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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS


          AB  
          1103 (Dodd)


          As Amended  June 6, 2016


          Majority vote


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          Original Committee Reference:  NAT. RES.


          SUMMARY:  This bill adds self-haulers to the requirement that  
          exporters, brokers, and transporters of recyclables or compost  
          submit specified, periodic information to the Department of  
          Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) and requires  
          CalRecycle to develop regulations to define "self-hauler."


          The Senate amendments delete the Assembly version of the bill,  
          and instead: 


          1)Add self-haulers to the requirement that exporters, brokers,  
            transporters of recyclables or compost submit specified,  
            periodic information to CalRecycle.
          2)Require CalRecycle to develop regulations to define  








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            "self-hauler" and include in the definition, at a minimum, a  
            person or entity that generates and transports, utilizing its  
            own employees and equipment, more than one cubic yard per week  
            of its own food waste to a location or facility that is not  
            owned and operated by that person or entity.


          EXISTING LAW, pursuant to the California Integrated Waste  
          Management Act: 


          1)Establishes a state recycling goal that 75% of solid waste  
            generated be diverted from landfill disposal by 2020 through  
            source reduction, recycling, and composting.


          2)Requires each local jurisdiction to divert 50% of solid waste  
            from landfill disposal through source reduction, recycling,  
            and composting.


          3)Requires exporters, brokers, and transporters of recyclables  
            or compost to submit periodic information to CalRecycle on the  
            types, quantities, and destinations of materials that are  
            disposed of, sold, or transferred.  


          4)Grants CalRecycle regulatory authority to adopt practices and  
            procedures related to waste tracking in the state.


          FISCAL EFFECT:  According to Senate Appropriations Committee,  
          pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, this bill has negligible state  
          costs.  


          COMMENTS:  An estimated 35 million tons of waste are disposed of  
          in California's landfills annually, of which 32% is compostable  
          organic materials, 29% is construction and demolition debris,  
          and 17% is paper.  










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          CalRecycle is tasked with diverting at least 75% of solid waste  
          generated statewide by 2020.  Organic materials make up  
          one-third of the waste stream and food continues to be the  
          greatest single item disposed, making up over 15% of materials  
          landfilled.  CalRecycle is also charged with implementing its  
          Strategic Directive 6.1, which calls for reducing organic waste  
          disposal by 50% by 2020.  According to CalRecycle, significant  
          gains in organic waste diversion are necessary to meet the 75%  
          goal and implement Strategic Directive 6.1.  Recycling  
          technologies for organic waste include composting, anaerobic  
          digestion, and other types of processing that generate renewable  
          fuels, energy, soil amendments, and mulch.  


          Compost and other soil amendments that can be produced from  
          organic materials have been shown to improve soil health by  
          incorporating organic matter, beneficial micro-organisms, and  
          nutrients and reduce the need for chemical pesticides and  
          fertilizers.  These products also conserve water by allowing  
          water to penetrate the soil more quickly decreasing runoff.  


          Recycling organic waste provides significant Greenhouse Gas  
          (GHG) reductions over landfilling.  Composting and other  
          organics processing technologies, including anaerobic digestion,  
          reduce GHGs by avoiding the emissions that would be generated by  
          the material's decomposition in a landfill.  Landfill gas is  
          generated by the decomposition of organic materials such as  
          food, paper, wood, and yard waste.  Fifty percent of landfill  
          gas is methane, a GHG that is over 80 times more efficient at  
          trapping heat than carbon dioxide.  While most modern landfills  
          have systems in place to capture methane, significant amounts  
          continue to escape into the atmosphere.  According to California  
          Air Resources Board (ARB) GHG inventory, approximately 7 million  
          tons of CO2 equivalent are released annually by landfills.  That  
          number is expected to increase to 8.5 million tons of CO2  
          equivalent by 2020.


          According to the author, there is a significant amount of  
          organic waste that is collected by "self-haulers" who may not be  
          captured by CalRecycle's waste tracking system.  To the extent  








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          that these self-haulers transport a significant amount of  
          organic waste, California may have an incomplete picture of how  
          much organic waste is being diverted from landfills and what the  
          true amount GHG emissions reductions are actually being  
          achieved, relative to the state's statutory goals.  


          Analysis Prepared by:                                             
                          Elizabeth MacMillan / NAT. RES. / (916) 319-2092  
                                                                         
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