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Special Event Waste Management

Waste Requirements for Mobile and Temporary Food Vending

Special Event Waste Management

Waste Requirements for Mobile and Temporary Food Vending

Managing Three Waste Streams - Garbage, Organics & Recycling

Mobile and temporary food vendors must follow new state and local laws for waste removal and diversion.

All three streams must be kept separate and have their own waste container in both the food prep area, and for public use, next to where food is being sold. All containers must follow the color and signage guidelines, which illustrate what is allowed, and not allowed in each container:

Organics - Green Brown	Recycling - Blue	Garbage - Black or Grey
Vegetables Meat Bones Cheese Fish Bread Food soiled paper Napkins Cardbaord used with food	Drink Bottles Drink Cans Sauce bottles Glass Cardboard - clean	Plastic Wrapping Cups Straws Plastic utensils (regular and compostable) Plates witheaxy coating

Organics - Green Brown

Recycling - Blue

Garbage - Black or Grey

Vegetables

Meat

Bones

Cheese

Fish

Bread

Food soiled paper

Napkins

Cardbaord used with food

Drink Bottles

Drink Cans

Sauce bottles

Glass

Cardboard - clean

Plastic Wrapping

Cups

Straws

Plastic utensils (regular and compostable)

Plates witheaxy coating

Backhauling

Waste from mobile and temporary food vending must be kept separate and backhauled to a central facility such as a commissary kitchen, commercial kitchen or restaurant affiliated with the food vendor. The waste must be disposed of in the appropriate garbage, organics or recycling receptacles at the facility.

Container Types

Containers are available through restaurant supply, office supply and home improvement stores. The most common “slim jim” style is available in the required colors, black, green and blue. Wire stands with bags and colored lids are available through Clear Stream Systems. Amazon and other online retailers also offer temporary trash containers, including cardboard. Search for "recycling systems containers" online and you will see a host of options.

Bags are as important as containers. Check with the facilty where you backhaul on what clear and compostable bags they accept in their dumpsters.

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three waste signs to separate trash, organics and recycling

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Signage

You can design your own signs. The most effective signage shows the exact type of material used at your food truck or tent, and in which bin each item should go. If creating your own signs, check with the hauler at your backhaul facility to confirm what they can and cannot accept in each container. The city has created generic signs for public use. Another resource is CalRecycle at https://calrecycle.ca.gov/recycle/commercial/organics/prtoolkit/ .

Generic Organics Sign PDF

Generic Recycling Sign PDF

Generic Trash Sign PDF

Vending Supply Tips

Consider using supplies that can be recycled or composted – put in the organics container, such as paper straws, plates and trays. Avoid plastic, plates coated with wax or film, and Styrofoam. Beware of products that claim to be compostable utensils or cups. The Sacramento region does not have an organics processor who can accept these types of products.

Special Event Vending

When selling at an event, on-site food vendors are responsible for maintaining a debris-free area around their food vending site; providing their customers with appropriate receptacles to separate their garbage, recyclables, and organic waste; and pick-up any debris in their surrounding area prior to departing. Food vendors cannot dump any waste generated by their food site into any vendor.

Event Organizers are required to provide organic containers for an event as a whole. Containers for the collection of organic waste shall be placed in all areas where food is prepared, served, and consumed. If food vendors will be present at an event, they’re required to provide an organic waste collection container only in the immediate vicinity of their location.

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EMD Inspections for Waste

The County of Sacramento Environmental Management Department will check that there are the right number of waste containers for the proper disposal of garbage, organics and recyclables as part of their inspection of temporary event food vendors at events.

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