Garbage, Recycling & Composting

The City of Petaluma has committed to drastically reducing our environmental footprint and becoming carbon neutral* by the year 2030. Keeping food out of our landfills is a great way to help prevent climate and air pollution. Commercial customers can now sign up for a FREE composting program (residential customers can already put their food waste in their free green bin!).

Maximum allowable rates for solid waste services will be increased in 2021 and 2022. Solid Waste Services include collection, processing, and disposal of landfilled waste, recyclables, and organic materials. These services are provided by an exclusive franchise agreement between the City of Petaluma and Recology Sonoma Marin.

The franchise agreement is a contract that establishes the services to be provided by Recology and the maximum rates they can charge customers for the services. The current maximum allowed rates are listed below.

Recology Sonoma Marin, Petaluma - Rates Effective 7/1/2024

Council Staff Report: Recology Detailed Rate Review

*Carbon neutrality is achieved through reducing carbon emissions and balancing carbon emissions through carbon offsets (programs that sequester/remove carbon from the atmosphere to make up for emissions elsewhere).

The City of Petaluma contracts with Recology for recycling, organics, and solid waste services.

The company has a well-organized website with information on everything from how to pay your bill to how to cut your household waste.

Please contact Recology directly with questions or concerns about schedule changes, billing, and other matters related to the services they provide and/or your account. They are experts in this field and have access to your account, so please give them a chance to answer your questions.

Tel: (800) 243-0291
Email: [email protected]
Web: https://www.recology.com/recology-sonoma-marin/contact/

If there is an issue they are unable to resolve to your satisfaction, or if there is an issue of which you believe City staff should be aware, please fill out the form below and someone will reach out to you.