Austin ordinance · Yes, compost has rules
Austin requires composting access at 5+ units.
That's Austin's Universal Recycling Ordinance: multifamily properties with 5+ units have recycling and composting requirements, and compost pickup is at least weekly. We help run the part residents actually see: organics collection, resident education, and the service details your annual recycling plan asks for.
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Banana peels, meet paperwork: the resident-facing side of Austin's composting rule, collected, explained and logged in your door-level report.
What's included
What your property gets
- Doorstep or hub organics collection
- Resident signage and education on what goes in the organics stream
- Door counts, exceptions and how each was resolved, in the nightly email report
- The service details your annual recycling plan asks for, in the same report
- Quoted on your location, existing waste contract and collection needs
- On the same contract and invoice as the rest of your RPMTX service
How it works
URO composting support, step by step
Your property, your quote
Each community is quoted on its location, existing waste contract and collection needs. Austin's rules get applied where they apply, and nowhere else.
Doorstep or hub collection
Organics are collected at the door or at a hub on the property.
Banana peel orientation
We help with resident signage and education on what goes in the organics stream.
The nightly paper trail
Your nightly email report, live from your first service night, logs doors, exceptions and how each was resolved, plus the service details your annual recycling plan asks for.
Questions
What property teams ask about this
Does the composting requirement apply to my property?
Austin multifamily properties with 5+ units have recycling and composting requirements under the Universal Recycling Ordinance. The composting requirement has applied since October 1, 2024, and compost pickup is at least weekly. Outside Austin, requirements vary by municipality, and we quote each community on its location, existing waste contract and collection needs.
Which part of Austin's URO rules do you help with?
The resident-facing side: doorstep or hub organics collection, resident signage and education, and the service details your annual recycling plan asks for, in the same door-level report as the rest of your service. The ordinance obligations themselves stay with the property owner.
Our property is outside Austin. Do Austin's rules end up in our quote?
No. Requirements vary by municipality, and each community is quoted on its own location, existing waste contract and collection needs.
Can composting sit on the same contract as our valet trash?
Yes. One contract, one invoice, and you can add or drop any line as the property's needs change.
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Price URO composting support for your property.
Tell us about your property. We'll send pricing and schedule a free property walk within one business day.