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          SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                             Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
                            2015 - 2016  Regular  Session

          AB 2396 (McCarty) - Solid waste:  annual reports
          
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          |Version: April 13, 2016         |Policy Vote: E.Q. 6 - 0         |
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          |Urgency: No                     |Mandate: No                     |
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          |Hearing Date: June 20, 2016     |Consultant: Narisha Bonakdar    |
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          This bill does not meet the criteria for referral to the  
          Suspense File.


          Bill  
          Summary:  AB 2396 requires state agencies to include information  
          relating to commercial recycling and organic waste recycling in  
          their annual reports to the Department of Resources Recycling  
          and Recovery (CalRecycle).  


          Fiscal  
          Impact:  

          Minor additional state costs. State agencies are already  
          required to report annually to CalRecycle on their waste  
          diversion programs. This bill clarifies that mandatory  
          commercial recycling and mandatory organics are a part of the  
          waste diversion programs that agencies must include in their  
          annual reports.


          Background:  The Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989. The Integrated  
          Waste Management Act (Act) of 1989 establishes a statewide  







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          diversion goal of 75% by 2020.  The Act also requires state  
          agencies to develop an integrated waste management plan  
          indicating how the state agency or facility will divert 50% of  
          its waste from landfill disposal and to submit an annual report  
          to the CalRecycle summarizing its progress in reducing solid  
          waste.
          Local agencies are similarly required to divert, through source  
          reduction, recycling, and composting, 50% of solid waste  
          disposed by their jurisdictions.  Local agencies must also  
          submit a countywide siting element to CalRecycle that includes  
          specified information regarding the transformation and disposal  
          of solid waste.


          Statewide waste diversion goals. CalRecycle is tasked with  
          diverting at least 75% of solid waste statewide by 2020.   
          Currently, 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.  In addition, CalRecycle is charged with  
          implementing Strategic Directive 6.1, which calls for the  
          reduction of organic waste disposal by 50% by 2020.  




          Proposed Law:  
            This bill requires state agencies to include information  
          relating to commercial recycling and organic waste recycling in  
          their annual reports to CalRecycle.  


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