Chico's green waste facility will close Aug. 28, with operations relocating to Old Durham Wood, KRCR reports.

The move redirects the city's organics stream — yard trimmings and other green waste collected from Chico residents — to a new processing site, ending the current facility's role in the local composting chain. The Old Durham Wood site will absorb the intake going forward.

For haulers and municipal sanitation crews serving Chico, the Aug. 28 date marks the operational cutover: after that point, deliveries accepted at the existing facility stop, and the material stream routes to Old Durham Wood instead.

The closure comes as California municipalities continue adjusting organics handling under SB 1383, the state mandate requiring jurisdictions to divert organic waste from landfill disposal and procure recovered organic products. Facility siting and throughput capacity remain the pinch points for local governments working to meet those diversion targets.

What happens next: the practical test of the relocation will be whether Old Durham Wood maintains uninterrupted intake and processing capacity for Chico's green waste stream once the Aug. 28 closure takes effect.