CALIFORNIA COMPOSTING

Kyle Pogue, CalRecycle

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SOLID WASTE POLICY DRIVERS FOR COMPOSTING

Cities, counties must maintain at least 50% solid waste diversion from landfill Composting = recycling

Statewide goal: 75% source reduction, recycling, composting

Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling started April 1, 2016 Largest businesses must comply now Threshold to comply decreases over time Generators need to obtain organics recycling

services Local government must offer programs to

their generators

Starting Aug. 1, 2017, cities, counties must estimate organic waste generation for 15-year period, identify facility capacity to handle that waste, and if it does not exist, identify locations for new facilities

Starting Jan. 1, 2020, green materials used as landfill alternative daily cover counts as disposal, not as diversion

CALIFORNIA POLICY DRIVERS FOR CLIMATEORGANICS IN LANDFILLS = 20% OF CA METHANE EMISSIONS

AB 32 (2006) CA GHG emissions equal to 1990 by 2020 (15% below BAU) Waste Sector plan calls for

more composting, anaerobic digestion

SB 32 (2016) CA GHG emissions 40% below 1990 levels by Dec. 31, 2030

SB 1383 (2016) Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Reduce methane emissions

40% by 2030 From 2014 levels, reduce

organic disposal 50% by 2020, 75% by 2025 (statewide)

By 2025, recover 20% of the edible food currently landfilled

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