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• Goal 5 is to "develop and administer programs and address emerging issues in
<br />partnership with member agencies, the private sector, and other key
<br />stakeholders." Objective 5.1 identifies the need for organizational structures that
<br />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 40000, et
<br />seq.) to the Public Resources Code, as amended, supplemented, superseded, and
<br />replaced from time to time), requires cities and counties to reduce, reuse, and recycle
<br />(including composting) Solid Waste generated in their jurisdictions to the maximum extent
<br />feasible before any incineration or landfill disposal of waste, to conserve water, energy,
<br />and other natural resources, and to protect the environment.
<br />(e) State recycling law, Assembly Bill 341 of 2011 (approved by the Governor of the State of
<br />California on October 5, 2011, which amended Sections 41730, 41731, 41734, 41735,
<br />41736, 41800, 42926, 44004, and 50001 of, and added Sections 40004, 41734.5, and
<br />41780.01 and Chapter 12.8 (commencing with Section 42649) to Part 3 of Division 30 of,
<br />and added and repealed Section 41780.02 of, the Public Resources Code, as amended,
<br />supplemented, superseded and replaced from time to time), places requirements on
<br />businesses and multi -family property owners that generate a specified threshold amount
<br />of Solid Waste to arrange for recycling service and requires jurisdictions to implement a
<br />Mandatory Commercial Recycling program.
<br />(f) State organics recycling law, Assembly Bill 1826 of 2014 (approved by the Governor of
<br />the State of California on September 28, 2014, which added Chapter 12.9 (commencing
<br />with Section 42649.8) to Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, relating to
<br />Solid Waste, as amended, supplemented, superseded, and replaced from time to time),
<br />requires businesses and multi -family property owners that generate a specified threshold
<br />amount of Solid Waste, recycling, and Organic Waste per week to arrange for recycling
<br />service for those materials, requires counties and cities to implement a recycling program
<br />to divert 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 Pollutant
<br />Reduction Act of 2016 (approved by the Governor of the State of California on September
<br />19, 2016, which added Sections 39730.5, 39730.6, and 39730.8 to the Health and Safety
<br />Code, and added Chapter 13.1 (commencing with Section 42652) to Part 3 of Division 30
<br />of the Public Resources Code, as amended, supplemented, superseded, and replaced
<br />from time to time), took effect on January 1, 2017 and sets Statewide Organic Waste
<br />disposal reduction targets of 50 percent by 2020 and 75 percent by 2025, based on the
<br />2014 organics waste disposal baseline, set forth in Section 39730.6 of the Health and
<br />Safety Code, and requires CalRecycle to develop regulations to reduce organics in
<br />landfills as a source of methane. The SB 1383 Regulations place requirements on multiple
<br />entities, including counties, cities, residential households, Commercial Businesses
<br />(including Multi -Family Residential Dwellings), Commercial Edible Food Generators,
<br />haulers, Self -Haulers, Food Recovery Organizations, and Food Recovery Services to
<br />support achievement of statewide Organic Waste disposal reduction targets with
<br />compliance required beginning January 1, 2022.
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