UNSPSC 76122317: Recycling of garden waste

Contains the handling of garden waste after sorting waste.

UNSPSC 76122317 Recycling of garden waste (Commodity) covers collection, transport, processing, and end-use delivery of yard waste, landscaping debris, and food waste materials that state and local governments divert from landfills through grinding, composting, and mulch production. Recent state and local solicitations show active procurement across municipal solid waste departments, county environmental and parks agencies, school districts, and special-purpose authorities seeking grinding services for brush and debris piles, composting operations for source-separated organics, mulch bed maintenance and refurbishment, and haul services for processed green waste.

Issuing bodies soliciting under this code span city public works departments (Waco, Scottsdale, Richmond Hill), county solid waste and environmental services (Dorchester, Sarasota, Hillsborough, Boulder), municipal parks and recreation (Tucson, Augusta), transit and special-purpose districts (Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County), county health departments, school districts (Parkway), and correctional departments (Philadelphia). The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County appears twice with large-scale infrastructure procurements. Recent opportunities cluster in the South and Southwest: Texas (Waco), Florida (Sarasota, Hillsborough, Palm Beach County), Georgia (Richmond Hill, Augusta, DeKalb), Colorado (Boulder), Arizona (Scottsdale), and New Mexico (Los Alamos), with additional activity in South Carolina (Dorchester), Washington DC, Missouri (Parkway), and Pennsylvania (Philadelphia). Representative recent opportunities include the District of Columbia's leaf disposal services solicitation (RFB DCKT-FY26, due October 19, 2026); Dorchester County's Ashley River Scenic Blue Trail obstruction clearing under IFB 202709SCPRTRTPPROJECTNOP28052601226 (due October 21, 2026), requiring removal of 1,000 to 5,000 cubic yards of storm-related vegetative matter using barge equipment; the City of Scottsdale's green waste hauling and transport RFP 27RFP095 (due October 16, 2026); the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County's waste-to-energy facility RFEI 27-501 (due November 18, 2026); Los Alamos County's food waste composting RFP 27-13 (due August 20, 2026) with local-vendor preferences under New Mexico statute; and Sarasota County's odor control mulch bed refurbishment IFB 262888RM over five years at nine vacuum stations (bids due August 7, 2026).