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Objectives 3.1 and 3.2 prioritize managing materials at their highest and
<br />best use and prioritize incorporating climate impacts into WMA programs.
<br />• Goal 4 is to "inform and engage the public in waste reduction activities."
<br />Objectives 4.2 and 4.3 provide for education of Alameda County residents,
<br />schools and businesses and emphasize the need for the public to take
<br />action and adopt positive waste reduction habits.
<br />• Goal 5 is to "develop and administer programs and address emerging
<br />issues in partnership with member agencies, the private sector, and other
<br />key stakeholders." Objective 5.1 identifies the need for organizational
<br />structures that foster inter jurisdictional cooperation.
<br />(d) State recycling law, Assembly Bill 939 of 1989, the California Integrated Waste
<br />Management Act of 1989 (approved by the Governor of the State of California on
<br />September 29, 1989, which among other things, added Division 30 (Section
<br />40000, et seq.) to the Public Resources Code, as amended, supplemented,
<br />superseded, and replaced from time to time), requires cities and counties to
<br />reduce, reuse, and recycle (including composting) Solid Waste generated in their
<br />jurisdictions to the maximum extent feasible before any incineration or landfill
<br />disposal of waste, to conserve water, energy, and other natural resources, and to
<br />protect the environment.
<br />(e) State recycling law, Assembly Bill 341 of 2011 (approved by the Governor of the
<br />State of California on October 5, 2011, which amended Sections 41730, 41731,
<br />41734, 41735, 41736, 41800, 42926, 44004, and 50001 of, and added Sections
<br />40004, 41734.5, and 41780.01 and Chapter 12.8 (commencing with Section
<br />42649) to Part 3 of Division 30 of, and added and repealed Section 41780.02 of,
<br />the Public Resources Code, as amended, supplemented, superseded and
<br />replaced from time to time), places requirements on businesses and multi -family
<br />property owners that generate a specified threshold amount of Solid Waste to
<br />arrange for recycling service and requires jurisdictions to implement a Mandatory
<br />Commercial Recycling program.
<br />(f) State organics recycling law, Assembly Bill 1826 of 2014 (approved by the
<br />Governor of the State of California on September 28, 2014, which added Chapter
<br />12.9 (commencing with Section 42649.8) to Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public
<br />Resources Code, relating to Solid Waste, as amended, supplemented,
<br />superseded, and replaced from time to time), requires businesses and multi -family
<br />property owners that generate a specified threshold amount of Solid Waste,
<br />recycling, and Organic Waste per week to arrange for recycling service for those
<br />materials, requires counties and cities to implement a recycling program to divert
<br />Organic Waste from businesses subject to the law, and to implement a Mandatory
<br />Commercial Organics Recycling program.
<br />(g) State organics recycling law, Senate Bill 1383 of 2016, the Short-lived Climate
<br />Pollutant Reduction Act of 2016 (approved by the Governor of the State of
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