Waste Recycling information

Brown = Food Organics

• All unfinished food scraps from breakfast, lunch, and supper meals.
  • examples include: sandwiches, eggs, fruit peels, egg shells, vegetables, etc.
• This does not include liquids: Soiled paper napkins and paper/carboard food trays acceptable (as of January 2024).

Blue = Recyclables

• All empty glass, plastic, cartons, and aluminum containers
  • disposable drink bottles, cans, cardboard milk cartons, etc.
• This does not include liquids, food packaging or wrappers.

Gray = Landfill Waste

• All other waste will be placed in the gray trash bins.
  • Examples include food wrappers, utensils, juice pouches, snack bags, foil, etc.
• Does not include liquids.

There will be a separate receptacle near the recycle bins where left over liquids/drinks can be emptied before the containers are disposed of.

In order to promote improved waste mitigation, California legislation has passed the following regulations:

• AB939 - California Integrated Waste Management Act
• AB341 - Mandatory Commercial Recycling
• AB1826 - Organic Waste 
• SB138 - Short Lived Pollutants

FUSD will be following this new plan in coordination with these regulations.