Austin Resource Recovery (ARR), a department of the City of Austin, provides cart-based landfill trash, recycling and composting collection services for some small businesses. Most properties with ARR services are located in residential areas and most businesses choose a private hauler to provide landfill trash, composting or recycling services. ARR does not directly provide dumpster-based services.

The City of Austin requires food-permitted businesses to provide their employees convenient access to diversion options that keep organic material out of the landfill. Organic material can include unused food, food scraps and food-soiled paper. Diversion options can include donating food, feeding animals and/or composting.

The City of Austin requires property owners and business managers of commercial/ mixed use properties to ensure that their employees and commercial tenants have convenient access to recycling.

The City of Austin requires multifamily property owners or managers with five or more units to ensure that their residents and employees have convenient access to recycling. Multifamily properties include apartments, condominiums, dormitories, assisted living facilities and nursing homes.

Austin Resource Recovery offers a variety of zero waste resources and services to commercial businesses, multifamily communities and food-permitted businesses.