BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Senator Wieckowski, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: SB 742
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|Author: |Hertzberg |
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|Version: |4/6/2015 |Hearing |4/29/2015 |
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|Urgency: |No |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant:|Joanne Roy |
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SUBJECT: Solid waste: diversion
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1. Pursuant to the California Integrated Waste Management Act of
1989, establishes a state policy goal that 75% of solid waste
generated be diverted from landfill disposal by 2020.
(Public Resources Code (PRC) §40000 et seq.).
2. Establishes the State Agency Integrated Waste Management Act
(PRC §42920 et seq.), which does the following:
A. Requires that state agencies develop and implement an
integrated waste management plan. (PRC §42920)
B. Requires each state agency and large state facility to
divert at least 50% of all solid waste from landfill
disposal or transformation facilities through source
reduction, recycling and composting activities by 2004.
(PRC §42921)
This bill requires each state agency and each large state
facility to divert at least 60% of solid waste from landfills
through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities
on and after January 1, 2018.
Background
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1. Statewide Waste Diversion Goals.
The Department of Resources, Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)
is tasked with diverting at least 75% of solid waste in the
state by 2020. Currently, organic materials, including green
waste make up one-third of the waste stream (approximately 11
million tons) and food waste continues to be the highest
single category of disposal at over 15%. Green materials,
such as lumber, cardboard, and leaves and grass comprise over
20%.
2. State Agencies and Large State Facilities.
The State Agency Integrated Waste Management Act (AB 75
(Strom-Martin), Chapter 764, Statutes of 1999) requires that
state agencies develop and implement an integrated waste
management plan. State agencies and large state facilities
are required to divert at least 50% of their solid waste from
disposal facilities by January 1, 2004. Also, each state
agency and large facility must submit an annual report to
CalRecycle summarizing progress in implementing solid waste
diversion programs. Of the 282 reportable state agencies and
large state facilities, 247 are currently achieving at least
50% diversion.
Comments
1. Purpose of Bill.
According to the author, "The State must, by example, contribute
to achieving its own policy goal. Their participation will
have important practical and symbolic effects, and will
encourage local governments and businesses to do more."
Related/Prior Legislation
AB 1826 (Chesbro), Chapter 727, Statutes of 2014, phases in
requirements for a business that generates a specified amount of
organic waste per week to arrange recycling services for that
material beginning January 1, 2016, through January 1, 2019.
AB 341 (Chesbro), Chapter 476, Statutes of 2011, requires
business and multifamily residential dwellings of five or more
units that generate more than four cubic yards of solid waste
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per week to separate recyclable materials from solid waste and
subscribe to basic level of recycling service that includes
collection, self-hauling, or other arrangements for the pickup
of the recyclable materials or subscribe to a recycling service
that may include mixed waste processing that yields diversion
results comparable to source separation.
AB 75 (Strom-Martin), Chapter 764, Statutes of 1999, established
the State Agency Integrated Waste Management Act, which requires
state agencies to develop and implement an integrated waste
management plan.
SOURCE: California Recycling Refuse Council
SUPPORT:
Advance Disposal Support
Californians Against Waste
CR&R Waste Services
Desert Valley Disposal Inc.
Inland Empire Disposal Association
Los Angeles County Waste Management Association
Metropolitan Recycling, LLC
Mid Valley Disposal
Palm Springs Disposal Services
Solid Waste Association of Orange County
Varners Bros Inc.
OPPOSITION: None on file
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