West County Resource Recovery

RecycleMore' is a local government agency officially known as The West Contra Costa Integrated Waste Management Authority (WCCIWMA). It is a joint powers agency created by the Cities of El Cerrito, Hercules, Pinole, Richmond and San Pablo, and Contra Costa County California charged with making sure the region is in compliance with California State Law 'AB 939' which mandates reducing the amount of material going to landfill by 50% by the year 2000. The Authority as region has met and exceeded this requirement. To read more about what the Authority does please visit our FAQ page. Board Meetings are generally held at 7:00pm on the second Thursday of each month (except August) at the San Pablo City Hall Council Chambers located at 13831 San Pablo Avenue at Church Lane. The public is invited to attend these meetings and address the Board of Directors on agenda items or other matters that are within the mission of the agency.  Businesses are vital for a community to thrive.  They offer housing, food and financial and medical services and more. Every business generates waste materials on a daily basis. Most of these materials can be diverted from disposal at a landfill.  With the right knowledge and tools, any business can operate more sustainably. Many businesses are creating Sustainability teams to find ways for their business to be a leader in the community.

The West Contra Costa Integrated Waste Management Authority (WCCIWMA) is a regional joint powers agency created by the Member Cities of El Cerrito, Hercules, Pinole, Richmond and San Pablo, and Contra Costa County, California. The agency is also known as 'RecycleMore' and is sometimes referred to as 'the Authority' or 'JPA'. Elected officials from each of the member cities serve on the Authority's Board of Directors. Representation on the Board consists of three council members from the City of Richmond, one council member from each of the remaining cities, and a non-officio member from the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors representing the unincorporated areas within the Authority's jurisdiction - for a total of eight seats on the Board of Directors.

RecycleMore was created because of Assembly Bill 939 (AB939), which was passed in 1989 and mandated a 50% reduction in trash by the year 2000. AB 939 required the creation of a plan to reduce waste and good faith effort to implement the approved plan or to take other actions to achieve the State mandated reduction in waste. West County met the 50% waste diversion goal in 2006, and RecycleMore continues to work to maintain this level of diversion. In 2008, the California Intergrated Waste Management Board (now part of the Department of Conservations’s Division of Recycling) updated the system for determining diversion goals for each city. At present, per capita landfill disposal limits are determined each year and RecycleMore works with the West County jurisdictions to meet these goals. Fines of up to $10,000 pre day may be imposed if the State decides that good faith efforts are not being made to implement the approved plan or other actions to achieve the State mandated reduction in landfill disposal of trash. AB 939 also specified that waste management plans must give first priority to reduction in the amount of waste and recyclable materials produced by residential, commercial and industrial generators, second priority to recycling of materials, third priority to composting of organic materials, and last priority to disposal of remaining trash in environmentally sound landfills.