The City of Napa Materials Diversion Division (aka Recycling Division) is responsible for the compliance of State Assembly Bill 939, requiring all jurisdictions to reduce their waste by 50% by the year 2000.  The Materials Diversion Division also administers the recycling and solid waste collection contract.

Check out the 22-page recycling guide in your phone book yellow pages for complete details about our programs, or click on the following link:

Reduce, Reuse, & Recycling Guide

Click on the links below for specific program information:

Single Stream Recycling

Residential Curbside Service

Business Recycling

School Education

Special Event Recycling

E-waste Recycling

NapaMax/CalMax - Materials Exchange

FREE Home Composting Workshops

Pay your garbage bill 

CONTACT US:

City of Napa Recycling Division: 257-9200 or by email.

For service related questions, please call Napa Recycling & Waste Services at 255-5200 or visit their website at www.naparecycling.com.

BUSINESS RECYCLING

FREE Waste Assessments

Can you decrease the garbage bill at your school, business, or apartment building?
Are you paying to dispose of materials that could be recycled at no charge? Learn how to take advantage of ALL the recycling services the City of Napa offer. We will schedule a site visit to help you determine what services are right for your business. We help give you a strategy to reduce waste, recycle more and save money.  Call us at 257-9200 or email us.

FREE Interior Bins

Do you need a better way to get the recycling from your office, classroom, or apartment to the bins outside?  The City of Napa offers free interior recycling equipment for schools, businesses and multi-family complexes.  Order your bin here.

Bay Area Green Business Program

Napa County is part of the Bay Area Green Business Program. More than 1,700 businesses & organizations have been certified by the Bay Area Green Business program since 1997! Napa’s program works primarily with small to medium-sized, locally based organizations. Green Businesses benefit from free technical assistance and public promotions, enjoy a positive community image and are seen as leaders in sustainable business. To become a certifi ed Green Business, your business must be in compliance with all environmental regulations and then you need to implement a minimum number of measures in four different areas. Those four areas are energy efficiency, water conservation, pollution prevention and solid waste reduction/recycling. The Green Business program has checklists for different types of businesses that cover these four areas and many businesses find they have adopted many of the measures already. For winery information, contact Steven Lederer at 253-4471 or by email. For information about all other business types, contact Danielle Sinclair at 259-5968 or by email, or check www.greenbiz.ca.gov.

SPECIAL EVENT RECYCLING

Look for recycling containers at fairs, concerts or other public events!

Holding an event? Resources are available to help you.
Call NRWS at 255-5200 before the event. They will help you select the right recycling and trash containers for your needs and provide guidelines for successful event recycling. State and County policies require recycling at large events. Plus, recycling will save you money because there is no charge for recycling at large events (south county and north county free services vary)…while there is always a charge for trash collection.

PLAN AHEAD

• Include recycling from the start of the event planning process.
• Always place recycling containers alongside trash containers.
• Proper signage on all containers is key.
• Work with cleanup staff to monitor containers throughout event.

Tours & Presentations

What happens to your recyclables and yardwaste after you put them in your curbside carts?

We invite your organization, business, or school to take a tour and see our recycling and composting facility first-hand.  We are also available for presentations about the economic
and environmental benefits of recycling – we’ll modify our presentation to make it age appropriate. To arrange for a tour, call us at 257-9200 or email us.

SCHOOL EDUCATION

Tour the Napa Recycling & Composting Facility, either separately or as part of combined full-day trip in conjunction with the Jamieson Canyon Water Treatment Plant and Napa Sanitation District Water Recycling Facility.  Napa Recycling & Composting Facility is 60 minutes including introductory discussion and escorted tour.  Grades K-12.  40 students maximum.  Tuesdays preferred.  Transportation costs may be covered.  Schedule a tour by calling us at 257-9200 or email us.

Classroom Presentation:  30-60 minute interactive presentation on waste reduction and recycling for home and school.  Grades K-12.  Schedule a presentation by calling us at 257-9200 or email us.

The Environmental Education Coalition of Napa County connects teachers with local agencies, nonprofits, and businesses that provide local environmental education opportunities. With field trips, guest speakers, and service projects, these organizations hope to make it easy for you to take advantage of our wonderful local resources. Visit www.napaenvironmentaled.org to learn more.

Teachers and youth group leaders should also visit the CREEC web site to find additional environmental education opportunities.

HOME COMPOSTING WORKSHOPS

Learn to reduce and eliminate yardwaste and turn it into wonderfully rich, free compost for your garden. Discover the basics of backyard composting, composting with worms and grasscycling. Become familiar with tools, types of bins and the ins and outs of recycling yardwaste, garden waste, and even some food scraps. Learn about GRASSCYCLING . Grass clippings release valuable nutrients back into the soil.

SIGN UP FOR A FREE WORKSHOP - Workshops offered every year from March to October.  Please check your February garbage bill for registration form.

For more information or questions about our workshops, call us at 257-9200 or email us.

For information on how to compost or troubleshooting, contact the Napa County UC Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program at 253-4221 M-W-F 9am–Noon.