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Three companies help the City to collect your
garbage, recycling, and yard trimmings.

Norcal Waste Systems logo

Norcal
Waste Systems
is new to San José but has
extensive experience in Northern California. They now serve
about 80% of the City’s 195,000 single-family homes citywide
by collecting their garbage and recycling.

GreenTeam logo

GreenTeam
also shares the collection of garbage and recycling but now
operates in a smaller district than it did in the past, serving
about 45,000 single-family homes. GreenTeam, who has worked
with the City since 1993, continues to collect from all of
the 85,000 multi-family homes (apartments, condominiums, and
mobile homes).

GreenWaste logo

Norcal Waste Systems logo

GreenWaste
Recovery
and Norcal
now share the job of collecting yard trimmings and sweeping
residential streets, each serving about half the city.