A Guide to Commercial Services
Napa businesses also receive free single stream recycling and yardwaste collection along with their garbage service.  For single-stream recycling, put it all together (Click here for details).  Recycling and yardwaste service is available in carts (35, 65 or 95 gallon) or bins (1½ to 6 yards). Free cardboard bin service is also available.  For large generators, debris box service is available for recycling (always free) and yardwaste (at a discount rate). Click here for more debris box information.

If your business has large amounts of shrink wrap, scrap plastic, e-waste, pallets, or other special recyclable materials, contact us for pickup options.

Business garbage rates are based on the size and frequency of service.  Garbage collection is available in a variety of size containers – including carts (35, 65, or 95 gallon), bins (1.5 to 6 yards), debris boxes, and compactors.   Please call 255-5200 for more info or to sign up for service.  City of Napa (NRWS) customers, please click here for updated rate info (as of January 1, 2012).

The City of Napa requires all new development or remodeling projects to provide adequate enclosures for trash and recycling - click here for the complete Enclosure Standards, and here for the Supplemental Builder Guidelines.

 

As part of California's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reach a 75% recycling rate by 2020, recycling is now mandatory for all large businesses and apartment complexes.  In Napa, we make it easy for your business - so call now to start or improve your recycling program!  For more info, visit CalRecycle's Mandatory Commercial Recycling page.

 

 

Additional Services:

FREE WASTE ASSESSMENTS
Can you decrease the garbage bill at your office, 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 NRWS/NCRWS offers. Call or email us for a site visit to help you determine what services are right for your business.  All Napa businesses, along with multi-family apartment complexes and schools, are eligible for annual awards given to the best recyclers.  Awards include cash prizes...make your sure recycling program is working the best it can, and you could be one of next year's winners. 

Get certified as a green business through the Bay Area Green Business Program - click here to get started.  Check out who's already certified in Napa County.

 

Businesses - you can calculate the energy you save through recycling by using EPA's Individual Waste Reduction Model (iWARM).  Their Recycled Content (ReCon) Tool also calculates greenhouse gas savings achieved by purchasing recycling-content products.

 

Are you trying to green your small business?  Click here for a comprehensive guide.

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 or Napa County will provide interior recycling containers to businesses, schools and multi-family dwellings committed to recycling.  Email naparecycles@cityofnapa.org or call 257-9200 for more details.  Many stores (including Office Depot and Staples) also carry a wide variety of recycling equipment.  Remember, always pair recycling & trash bins together!

E-WASTE, TIRE, AND BULKY ITEM PICKUP
E-waste drop off is free at our Napa facility - click here for details.  NRWS/NCRWS will also pick up used tires, e-waste (TVs, computers, microwaves, etc.), and bulky items.  Fees apply and pickups must be scheduled in advance…call 255-5200 for details.


ROLL OFF BOXES FOR LARGE GENERATORS 
Click here for information on roll off box services

SPECIAL EVENT RECYCLING
Special events provide a great opportunity to recycle…do you wonder why it is missing at so many events?
NRWS/NCRWS is committed to increasing recycling at Napa events and helping you make it work. When you call us for service, we’ll help you select the right recycling and trash containers and provide guidelines for successful event recycling. State policies require recycling at large events. Plus, recycling will save you money because there is no charge for separated recyclables at events…while there is always a charge for trash collection. Check out our special event recycling page.

FOOD COMPOSTING
Is your restaurant, catering company, grocery store, or office interested in composting your food scraps?  Food composting is currently available to all NCRWS businesses and on a pilot basis to select NRWS food service businesses.  Click here to learn more about this new program.

TOURS & PRESENTATIONS
What happens to your recyclables and yardwaste after you put them in your curbside carts?
Napa County is in the forefront of recycling and our customers are largely responsible for that. 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.  All you need to do is call us, and we'll set it up!

REDUCE, REUSE & RECYCLE GUIDE FOR NAPA COUNTY
Explore the “green” in your phonebook yellow pages.  Look under “Recycling” for this comprehensive guide about recycling programs, workshops, rebate incentives, donation alternatives and proper recycling of hazardous wastes.  All of this info is also available here on our website.