BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
AB 2812 (Gordon) - Solid waste: recycling: state agencies and
large state facilities
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|Version: May 27, 2016 |Policy Vote: E.Q. 7 - 0 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: No |
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|Hearing Date: August 1, 2016 |Consultant: Narisha Bonakdar |
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This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File.
Bill
Summary: AB 2812 requires Department of Resources Recycling and
Recovery (CalRecycle), on or before July 1, 2017, to develop
guidelines for adequate receptacles and staffing for collecting
and recycling recyclable materials in state office buildings.
The bill also requires state agencies, on or after July 1, 2018,
to provide and maintain recycling receptacles in state buildings
and large facilities based on standards adopted by CalRecycle.
Fiscal
Impact:
1)Increased administrative costs of approximately $145,000 per
year for 2 years for CalRecyle to gather information, adopt
requirements, conduct outreach and update the electronic
annual report to reflect new reporting requirements. Ongoing
absorbable costs for monitoring.
2)Unknown, potentially significant state costs to provide
receptacles, staff, and establish a collection schedule at
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each state agency and facility.
3)Unknown, likely minor, state costs to incorporate the new
requirement into the existing report to CalRecycle.
Background: The Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989. The Integrated
Waste Management Act (Act) of 1989 establishes a statewide
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 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:
4)Requires, CalRecycle, on or before July 1, 2017, to develop
guidelines for collecting and recycling recyclable materials
in office buildings of state agencies and large state
facilities.
5)Defines "recyclable materials" as, including, but not limited
to, paper, plastic, metal, and organic waste.
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6)Requires a state agency and large state facility, on and after
July 1, 2018, to provide adequate receptacles, signage,
education, and staffing, and arrange for recycling services
for each office building or large state facility.
7)Requires each state agency and large facility, at least once
per year, to review the adequacy and condition of receptacles
for recyclable material and of associated signage, education,
and staffing.
8)Specifies that a "state agency" and "large state facility"
does not include buildings or facilities of community college
districts or their campuses.
9)Requires each state agency to include a summary of the state
agency's compliance with the requirements in the bill in its
current annual report to CalRecycle.
Staff
Comments: Purpose of Bill. According to the author, "The
Integrated Waste Management Act requires that local governments
divert at least 50% of solid waste from landfill disposal and
establishes a statewide policy goal that 75% of solid waste
generated be source-reduced, recycled, or composted by the year
2020. According to CalRecycle, in order to achieve the state's
policy goal, an additional 23 million tons will need to be
recycled, reduced, or composted."
"AB 2812 would direct CalRecycle to develop requirements to
ensure recycling containers are made available to employees of
the state. By ensuring that state employees have adequate
opportunity to recycle their solid waste in the workplace, the
state will lead by example, and play a major role in
contributing to the state's ambitious diversion goals."
According to the Department of General Services, approximately
60 buildings are considered a state building or a large state
facility. Per the State Administrative Manual Chapter 50, each
state agency is already required to provide receptacles for
recycling, signage, and education, as well as ensure sufficient
staff to pick up the receptacles, review the adequacy of and
condition of receptacles, and provide a summary of these
activities in its annual report to CalRecycle.
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It is not clear how many state agencies, if any, are not
complying with the State Administrative Manual. However, to the
extent that certain state agencies that are currently not
complying with the State Administrative Manual comply under this
bill, the state will incur potentially significant costs.
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