New Statewide Mandatory Organic Waste Collection

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December 21, 2021

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(CalRecycle) Beginning in 2022, SB 1383 requires every jurisdiction to provide organic waste collection services to all residents and businesses.

“Jurisdiction” means a city, county, a city and county, or a special district that provides solid waste collection services.
“Organic waste” includes food, green material, landscape and pruning waste, organic textiles and carpets, lumber, wood, paper products, printing and writing paper, manure, biosolids, digestate, and sludges.

Jurisdictions can select from a variety of organic waste collection services to match their unique communities and local infrastructure, while producing clean streams of organic feedstock that can be recycled into high-quality, marketable recycled products, including compost, renewable natural gas, electricity, and paper.

Jurisdictions will educate all residents and businesses about collection requirements, including what materials to put in curbside bins. Education to residents and businesses may vary by jurisdiction and educational content may be provided electronically, through hard copy materials, or through direct outreach. READ MORE

Research to Reduce Consumer Food Waste in the United States Request for Applications (RFA) (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

From Farm to Kitchen: The Environmental Impacts of U.S. Food Waste (Environmental Protection Agency)

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