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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