CC - Item 1A - Rosemead AB 1826 Study Session - June 12 2017AB 1826 Food Waste
Diversion & Rate Plan
City of Rosemead
June 2017
AB 1826 & AB
1594 Organics
California Legislative Actions
Third Largest Country –Food Waste
•Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling (MORe) –
This law requires that on and after January 1, 2016, local
jurisdictions across the state implement an organic waste recycling
program to divert organic waste generated by businesses,
including multifamily residential dwellings of five or more units.
•Organic waste means food waste, green waste, landscape and
pruning waste, nonhazardous wood waste, and food-soiled paper
waste that is mixed in with food waste.
AB 1826 Legislation Definition
•Local Government Requirements
•Implementing Source Separated Organics Recycling Program
•Enforcement, Fines & Fees for Compliance Cost Recovery
•Outreach and Education Plan
Newsletters, Presentations to business groups: Service Clubs, Chamber,
Restaurant Association, Website
April 2016
8+ cu yds.
Organics
January 2017
4+ cu yds.
Organics
January 2019
4+ cu yds. MSW
January 2020
2+ cu yds. MSW
Optional
•Monitoring –EAR due August 2017
•Unfunded Mandate
•Tier 4 Optional with SB 605 & SB 1383 Failsafes
AB 1826 Program Key Dates
Highest & Best
9 million tons
AB 1826 Food Waste Diversion Approach
Food Waste Diversion through Recovery
•Food Waste Service Support:
•Source Separation of food waste from
MSW
•Material delivered to permitted Food
waste recyclers -CORe
Waste Characterizations
Source Reduction Consulting
Food Recovery Support -WasteNotOC
Equipment to Maximize Convenience
65 gallon organics carts
1 yard organics bins
Slim Jims for efficiency
Steam Pans for Recovery
Green & Wood Waste Services
Republic Customer Centric Service
1.Source Separated organics
collected by Republic Services
Food Waste Route in Rosemead
2.Organics materials direct
hauled to City of Orange CORe
facility
3.Materials processed to Slurry
and transferred to Tanker
4.Slurry received at L.A. County Sanitation –Carson
POTW for anaerobic digestion to green energy
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•Turning food waste into
green energy
•Return Nutrients to Soil –
Agromin Chino
•Unfunded Mandate
•EAR due August 2017
•Council Action requested at Future
Meeting
•18 month program –Tier 3 January 1,
2019
AB 1826 Legislation
SERVICE COSTS: $180,000 -Dedicated Food Waste Truck & Specialized Containers, Driver, Helper for
Employee Safety & Public Safety, Outreach, Admin.
Processing Costs: $153,000
Total Rosemead
AB 1826 Costs: $333,693
SB 1383:
Wholesome Food
Recovery
Commingled Route –Saves Rosemead $
…” Spreading the costs to all commercial and residential (multi-family)
customers is justified by the fact that the program will help meet the
overall diversion requirements for commercial customers. Secondarily,
spreading the costs to just food service customers would be over
burdensome for those businesses.
Commercial Sector Wide
•High Participation
•Full Compliance
•Minimizes Cost impacts
Generator Only
•Minimal Participation
(enforcement & penalties)
•Non-Compliance
•High Cost impact
Commercial Sector Wide
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Republic Services Confidential
$330.79
$74.01
$66.03
AB1826 costs covered by Generators
Only
AB1826 Costs offset by Generator +
Commercial Sector
Current Rates for Tier 2 Generators
Price per Month (1 Yard MSW Total Weekly Service)
Wide
AB 1826 Compliance Rate
(Food Waste Generators)
•Highest & Best Use
•Food Finders Partnership food
recovery diversion
•CORe organics recycling
diversion
•Council Action required for
program\rate approval
•Thank You & Questions
Summary AB 1826 Compliance
•Waste Audits –Completed in May
2017
•Recruitment and training
•Ongoing Training, Support and
education
•Local Partnership with the
Rosemead Chamber of Commerce
•Community Workshops
Implementation Plan