Item 10 - Visual Slideshow presented by staff at meetingOrganic Waste Recycling Workshop
January 21, 2020
Background:
•California disposes approximately 39 million tons of waste in landfills each year (2018).
•1/3 of landfill waste is compostable organic material.
•Commercial sector generates 3/4 of the state’s waste.
Poway Waste : 65,384 tons (2018)
•Trash: 48,443 tons
•Recycling: 7,156 tons
•Green waste: 9,784 tons
California’s Waste Stream
•California’s emission reductions goals:
•Reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 (AB 32, 2006)
•Reduce emissions by 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 (SB 32, 2016)
•California’s 75% recycling goal focuses on:
•Source reduction
•Recycling
•Composting (including anaerobic digestion)
Why Organics?
•AB 939 (1989) –Requires cities and counties to divert 50% of all solid waste
from landfills.
•AB 341 (2011) –Requires mandatory commercial recycling by certain
businesses; sets a state-wide 75% recycling goal.
•AB 1594 (2014) –Encourages local governments to divert their green waste
from landfills.
•AB 1826 (2016) –Requires businesses that generate 4 yd. of solid waste
per week to arrange for organic recycling services.
•SB 1383 (2016) –Requires 50% reduction in landfilled organic waste by
2020 and 75% by 2025; also requires 20% increase in recovery of currently
disposed edible food.
Recycling State Mandates
SB 1383 Jurisdictional Requirements
Provide organic collection services to
all residents and businesses.
Establish edible food recovery
Programs.
Conduct education and outreach to
community.
Procure recyclable and recovered
organic products.
Secure access to recycling and edible
food recovery capacity.
Monitor compliance and conduct
enforcement.
Organics Processing Infrastructure
EDCO Anaerobic Digester Under Construction
Escondido, CA
•Community Informational Meetings (February –March 2020)
•Organics Recycling Program Recommendation (April 2020)
Next Steps
Discussion