SB1383, Food Waste Reduction and Organics Recycling Regulations 

Receive a presentation from Monterey Regional Waste Management District's consultant, HF&H, regarding new statewide regulations and modifications that will need to be implemented at the local level to be in compliance with Senate Bill 1383, Food Waste Reduction and Organics Recycling Regulations.

In September 2016, Governor Brown signed into law SB 1383, establishing methane emissions reduction targets in a statewide effort to reduce emissions of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCP). The law codified the California Air Resources Board's SLCP reduction strategy, established pursuant to SB 605 of 2014, to achieve reductions in statewide emissions of pollutants. Actions to reduce SLCPs are essential to address the many impacts of climate change on human health, especially in California's most at-risk communities and on the environment.

As it pertains to CalRecycle, SB 1383 establishes targets to achieve a 50 percent reduction in the level of statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020, and a 75 percent reduction by 2025. The law also grants CalRecycle the regulatory authority required to achieve the organic waste disposal reduction targets, and establishes an additional target that not less than 20 percent of currently disposed edible food is recovered for human consumption by 2025.

Summary

• Reduce organic waste disposal 50% by 2020 and 75% by 2025.
• Starting in 2022, all jurisdictions must provide organic waste collection services to all residents and businesses and recycle these organic materials.
• Rescue for people to eat at least 20% of currently disposed surplus food by 2025.

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