AB 1103, as introduced, Dodd. Solid waste: organic waste.
Existing law, on and after April 1, 2016, requires a business that generates a certain amount of organic waste to arrange for recycling services specifically for organic waste, and requires each city, county, or regional agency approved by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to implement an organic waste recycling program designed to divert organic waste generated by those businesses, except as specified. Existing law defines the term “organic waste” for purposes of those provisions to include food waste and food-soiled paper waste.
This bill would also define the terms “food-soiled paper” and “food waste” for purposes of those provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 42649.8 of the Public Resources Code
2 is amended to read:
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
4apply:
P2 1(a) “Business” means a commercial or public entity, including,
2but not limited to, a firm, partnership, proprietorship, joint stock
3company, corporation, or association that is organized as a
4for-profit or nonprofit entity, or a multifamily residential dwelling.
5(b) “Commercial waste generator” means a business subject to
6subdivision (a) of Section 42649.2.
7(c) “Food-soiled paper” includes food soiled napkins, towels,
8egg cartons, pizza boxes, waxed cardboard containers, and
9uncoated plates and cups.
10(d) “Food waste” means discarded solid, semisolid, and liquid
11food, including fruit, vegetables, cheese, meat, bones, poultry,
12seafood, bread, rice, pasta, and oils; coffee filters and tea bags;
13cut flowers and herbs; and any putrescible matter produced from
14human or animal food production, preparation, and consumption
15activities. Food waste includes food-soiled paper.
16(c)
end delete
17begin insert(e)end insert “Organic waste” means food waste, green waste, landscape
18and pruning waste, nonhazardous wood waste, and food-soiled
19paper waste that is mixed in with food waste.
20(d)
end delete
21begin insert(f)end insert “Organic waste generator” means a business subject to
22subdivision (a) of Section 42649.81.
23(e)
end delete
24begin insert(g)end insert “Rural jurisdiction” means a jurisdiction that is located
25entirely within one or more rural counties, or a regional agency
26comprised of jurisdictions that are located within one or more rural
27counties.
28(f)
end delete
29begin insert(h)end insert “Rural county” means a county that has a total population
30of less than 70,000 persons.
31(g)
end delete
32begin insert(i)end insert “Self-hauler” means a business that hauls its own waste rather
33than contracting for that service and “self-haul” means to act as a
34self-hauler.
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