CC - Item 6C - Discussion on New State Organic Law Senate Bill 1383ROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL
STAFF REPORT
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: GLORIA MOLLEDA, CITY MANAGER
DATE: JUNE 8, 2021
SUBJECT: DISCUSSION ON THE STATE'S NEW ORGANIC LAW SENATE BILL
1383 — SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE POLLUTANTS
SUMMARY
This item is presented to the City Council at the request of Council Member Sandra Armenta.
She would like to discuss how the City will follow compliance with regards to Senate Bill 1383.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
That the City Council discuss and provide further direction.
STRATEGIC PLAN IMPACT - None
FISCAL IMPACT - None
PUBLIC NOTICE PROCESS
This item has been noticed through the regular agenda notification process.
Attachment A: SB 1383 Background and Requirements
AGENDA ITEM 6.0
Attachment A
SB 1383 Background and Requirements
SB 1383 Background
The Law In 2016, Senate Bill 1383 was signed into law to combat climate change and reduce landfill
methane emissions. Methane is a climate super pollutant, 84 times more potent than carbon
dioxide. Organics like food scraps, yard trimmings, paper, and cardboard currently make up 50%
of what Californians dump in landfills.
Targets:
Reduce organic waste disposal 50% by 2020 and 75% by 2025.
Rescue at least 20% of surplus food currently disposed of by 2025 to feed hungry people.
SB 1383 goes into effect on January 1, 2022.
What Does In 2022, SB 1383 requires every jurisdiction` to provide organic waste collection services to all
It Mean? residents and businesses.
This law requires that jurisdictions contract with their waste hauler, Republic Services, to collect
organics, including food waste, and process it as a unique and separate material stream. The
organics recycling system is not a one size fits all approach - so the program and solution for
processing the material may vary byjurisdiction.
What Are Organic waste includes food, green material, landscape, pruning waste, organic textiles and
Organics? carpets, lumber, wood, paper products, printing and writing paper, manure, biosolids, digestate,
and sludge.
Who IS Everyone. Residents, multi -family properties and complexes, businesses, schools, and public
Affected? agencies will all need to comply with the law and enroll in an organics recycling program.
How IS It The law requires a significantly higher level of processing of organic material than current
processed? standards. Processors are required to monitor, track, and ultimately limit the amount of organic
material sent to landfills after processing, requiring additional processing and the development of
new systems to remove contaminants and excess organic material that may have previously been
sent to the landfill as residue.
To learn more about SB 1383, go to:
https://www.calrecycle.ca.goWorganics/slcp/Jurisdictions
*Jurisdiction means a city, county, a city and
county, or a special district that provides solid
waste collection services
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SB1383 Requirements
Collection Organics Collection Program: Provide organics recycling collection to all customers
jurisdiction -wide, greatly expanding current state -mandated organic collection requirements.
Container Color Uniformity: New collection containers must meet a matching color scheme
and contain labels with graphics -based instructions for proper separation, which may require
replacing all containers. Depending upon a number of factors, this could represent a very large
outlay of capital, requiring years to recover in rates.
Non -containerized Green Waste: Organic materials must be separated or recovered from other
bulky items or other non -containerized collection.
Monitoring Minimizing Contamination: Monitor collection containers to ensure proper source separation
by physically inspecting containers.
Compliance Inspections: Ensure all customers participate in the organics collection program
and ultimately enforce compliance through penalties.
Enforcement & Grant Waivers: Facilitate verifiable waiver process for customer exemptions
Reporting Investigating Violators: Develop a system for tracking and reporting non-compliant customers.
Enforcement of Program: jurisdiction is responsible for ensuring program enrollment &
compliance and ultimately penalize non-compliant customers.
Adopt an Ordinance: Each jurisdiction must utilize an ordinance to outline its enforcement
efforts.
Reporting: All aspects of the program must be tracked and reported annually.
Education & Program Roll-out & Implementation: Outline new program requirements and service offerings
Outreach to all customers.
Ongoing: Explain the purpose of program participation and compliance requirements.
Generators: Ongoing information for program compliance and the requirements to participate.
Procurement Recovered Organic Waste Products: Each jurisdiction must procure a calculated volume of
products originating from recovered organic material (i.e., a jurisdiction with 100,000 people must
procure 4,640 tons of compost).
Recycled Paper: Procure paper products that contain recycled material.
Edible Food Establish a Food Recovery Program: Create partnerships with edible food collectors to help
Recovery reduce food waste.
Food Donor Requirements: Establish contracts with edible food collectors and submit data for
reporting.
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To learn more about SB 1383, go to:
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