Title
Adopt a Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Documents Required for the Purchase of Three-Stream Recycling Stations from MidPoint International Inc. dba CleanRiver Recycling Solutions for use in City Facilities for a Total Cost of $215,000
Staffreport
COUNCIL PRIORITY
• Infrastructure
SUMMARY
This item authorizes the purchase of three-stream recycling stations for City facilities to support proper sorting of trash, recyclables, and organics. The purchase advances the City’s compliance with California Senate Bill 1383 by improving waste diversion and reducing landfill methane emissions, and is funded through state grant funds and the City’s waste reduction fund (no General Fund impact).
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommend that the City Council adopt a resolution to approve and authorize the City Manager to execute all documents required to purchase three-stream recycling stations from MidPoint International Inc. dba CleanRiver Recycling Solutions for use in City facilities for a total cost of $215,000.
BACKGROUND
The City has long participated in robust recycling programs in an effort to divert waste from landfill, and to comply with local and State laws.
In 2022, the City began implementation of Senate Bill (SB) 1383, the Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy Act, a law that essentially requires California jurisdictions to enable and ensure that organics are separated from garbage and composted, and that edible food be diverted to food banks at the highest rate possible to avoid food waste. Organic material (food, yardwaste, etc.) that is composted instead of landfilled significantly reduces the production of methane, a greenhouse gas, generated at a landfill, and lowers the climate impact to the State and our local communities.
Analysis
As part of SB 1383 implementation, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) offered grant assistance to communities wanting to ease costs toward providing organics collection services, and to educate residents and businesses of the rules of sorting waste correctly to make sure organic material stays out of the landfill. The City received two such grants, and with the second and final grant’s funds Staff will work to ensure that City employees and those using the facilities are properly sorting discards wherever possible.
CleanRiver Recycling Solutions manufactures custom recycling stations with visual depictions of appropriate discards to go into each discard slot and avoids the need for multiple language translations on each bin. These stations are all made from 96% post-consumer recycled HDPE plastic.
CleanRiver recycling and waste containers have been approved for General Services Agreement (GSA) Government Contracts, under Contract 47QSWA23D0052 (Attachment C), which complies with the City’s purchasing policy.
The City will acquire these bins in two purchases, one in FY 2026 and one in FY 2027, with all bins to be placed at City facilities by the end of calendar year 2026.
Financial Impacts
This Council action will not impact the General Fund because this purchase is funded by an SB 1383 (OWR4) CalRecycle grant; and the City’s Measure D waste reduction fund account:
FY 2026: $110,741 purchase
• CalRecycle OWR4 Grant: Account 594-41-215-7410 $ 73,827
• Measure D Waste Reduction: Account 594-41-207-7410 $ 36,914
Total $110,741
FY 2027: $104,243 purchase
• CalRecycle OWR4 Grant: Account 594-41-215-7410 $ 69,495
• Measure D Waste Reduction: Account 594-41-207-7410 $ 34,748
Total $104,243
ATTACHMENTS
A: Resolution for Three-Stream Recycling Stations for City Facilities
B: Quote for CleanRiver Three-Stream Recycling Stations
C: CleanRiver/Midpoint International GSA Government Contract, 47QSWA23D0052
PREPARED BY: Kerry Parker, Environmental Services Manager, Public Works Department