Your part · 2 minutes
Tell us where you operate
Every city and state where you run a kitchen, a store or a building.
Start right here
List every location, even the ones you think are fine. Rules change city by city.
✦ How it works
Three steps. You do one.
Tell us where you operate. Melly’s does the rest, and keeps doing it.
Melly’s part
We tell you what applies
The rule for each location, in plain English, with the dates that matter.
One clear summary
We match every location to its state and city rules and send you one page: what’s required, who it covers, and the next deadline.
No legal reading on your end. Places without a law yet go on our watch list.
Melly’s part
We handle the rest
The filing, the hauling and the records, done and kept current.
And we keep watching
We take over the paperwork and the pickup. When a rule changes, we update your setup before it catches you out.
The four jobs we take on are listed below.
✦ What Melly’s handles
Off your plate. On ours.
Four jobs every organic waste rule comes with. All four are assigned to Melly’s, and we sign them off for you.
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Melly’s sign-off sheet
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Know the rules
Which law covers each of your locations, and what it asks of you.
Handled by Melly’s- Which state and city rules apply to each location
- What each rule asks of a business like yours
- The dates that matter, tracked for you
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File the paperwork
Registrations, plans and reports, sent on time.
Handled by Melly’s- The forms each rule asks for
- Sent before the deadline
- Copies kept for you
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Set up the hauling
A pickup that meets the rule at every location.
Handled by Melly’s- A hauler that meets the rule where you operate
- Pickup set up at each location
- Changed when the rule changes
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Keep the records
Current, in one place, ready if an inspector asks.
Handled by Melly’s- The records each rule asks you to keep
- Kept current, in one place
- Ready to hand over if an inspector asks
4 of 4 signed off by Melly’s
Get a compliance plan →✦ Straight answers
Questions
The questions businesses ask us most.
Which states have organic waste laws?
As of October 14, 2026: 11 have a statewide law in force for businesses (counting DC), 1 has passed a law that starts later, 2 have narrow rules or goals only, 4 have city or county rules only, and 33 have no state or notable local mandate yet. See every state on the law tracker →
Still have a question? Email Ethan at ethan@mellysrecycling.com, or start your compliance plan and ask it there.
✦ Let Melly’s handle it
Nothing left on your desk.
Tell us where you operate. We’ll take it from there.