The Tehama County Smart Business Alliance (SBA) is a voluntary incentive program for
Tehama County businesses, non-profits and government entities to engage in waste
reduction, reuse and recycling in the workplace. There are currently 84 members.
Current SBA members, new and existing, are as follows:
• Cabernet Apartments
• Bud’s Jolly Cone
• Masami Cattle Ranch Inc. Of Corning
• GreenWaste of Tehama Hauling Operations - Gold level
• Valley Vet Clinic - Silver Metal
• Dandy Lions Children’s Shop - Platinum Level
• Washington Court Senior Housing - Gold level
• Oak Park Manor - Gold level
• The Window and Door Shop - Gold level
• Nu-Way Market - Gold level
• Comfort Inn - Gold level
• Poor and the Homeless Sale House
• Rockin’ R Restaurant
• Riverview Manufactured Home Community, LLC
• Lake California POA
• Dale’s Carpet & Design
• Corning City Hall & Fire Department
• Sportsman Lodge
• Red Bluff RV Park
• Alsco, Inc.
• Gateway Mobile Home Park
• Island Park Mobile Home Park
• Villa Roma
• Villa Roma II
• Crown Cleaners
• F.C. Bickert
• Heritage RV Park - Corning
• Green Waste of Tehama - Landfill
• Sacramento River Discovery Center
• Round-Up Saloon
• Red Bluff Library
• Corning Library
• Los Molinos Library
• Red Bluff Chamber of Commerce
• Red Bluff Round-Up Association
• Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale Office
• Prime Cinemas
• Red Bluff Healthcare Center
• Red Bluff Interiors
• Bridgeway Community Church
• Dutch Bros-Main Street
• Red Bluff Daily News - Office
• Red Bluff Daily News - Warehouse
• Chimney Rock Market
• The Garage
• The Manor
• Heart S Ranch
• Brentwood Farms
• Poor and the Homeless - Winter Shelter
• O’Nite Mobile Home and RV Park
• Abbey Ranch
• Tobin & Associates
• Gary’s Autobody
• Southridge HOA
• Red Bluff High School
• Main Street Apartments
• I-5/Point S Tires
• Moule’s Tehama County Glass
• High Point Assembly
• Kevin’s Doughnuts
• Hawes Ranch and Farm
• Mill Stream Mobile Home Park
• Corning RV Park
• Cabinet Specialties
• California Power Holdings
• Collision Pros
• Motel 6
• Elmore Pharmacy
• Red Bluff Gas
• Angela Casler, Sustainability Management
• SIP Coffee Bar
• Kimball Crossing Apartments
• Creekside Village Apartments
• Thomas Wilson
• Reiter's Bakery
• RET Rentals
• Salado Orchard Apartments
• Northern Permit Services
• Shasta Boxing Club
• Tehama Tire
• Red Bluff Senior Living
• Corning Fire Department
• Tehama eLearning Academy (new)
• Red Bluff KOA Journey (new)
The SBA program was developed by Agency staff in preparation of Assembly Bill 341,
known as the Mandatory Commercial Recycling law. The SBA program fosters a
positive relationship between local businesses and the Agency. The SBA provides
businesses with recycling options that make financial sense. Agency staff continuously
encourage businesses to recycle and have promoted the program to businesses
through informational flyer mailings and in-person outreach. By joining the SBA,
businesses gain community recognition for their efforts. Partners appreciate the
assistance in complying with the Commercial Recycling mandate.
AB 341 requires any California business that generates four or more cubic yards of
commercial solid waste per week or is a multi-family dwelling (MFD) of five or more units to recycle. The law requires local jurisdictions to inform their businesses, public entities, and multi-family complexes of the state mandate to recycle. The SBA program helps the Agency meet its informational requirement and generates diversion data for reporting purposes.
The remaining businesses and multi-family dwellings out of compliance with AB 341 have been for many years and have made no effort to become compliant. In a revised attempt to get responses from these businesses and MFDs, Caitlin drafted personalized letters to send rather than the informational pamphlets the Agency has used in the past. Each letter reiterated the requirements of AB 341, specified how much waste that specific business/MFD produces each week, and explained the support the SBA can provide. Additionally, in the business letters, Caitlin calculated the potential cost-savings that would come from recycling and included that amount for the particular site. A week after mailing the first batch of letters, one business (Red Bluff KOA) contacted the Agency for assistance to become compliant. Caitlin is currently working with the General Manager to develop a recycling program for their site. The Agency also received a call from a an apartment owner the same week the MFD letters were mailed. Caitlin is in the process of working with him to set up recycling at his apartment complex.