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CITY OF SANTA ANA
<br />Green Policy
<br />I. CALIFORNIA REGULATIONS RELATING TO DIVERSION OF MATERIALS
<br />FROM LANDFILLING
<br />AB 1826,AB 1594
<br />AB 341
<br />AB 939
<br />Mandatory
<br />commenrial
<br />commercial
<br />50%
<br />recycling State
<br />jurisdiction
<br />goal of 75%
<br />diversion
<br />diversion by
<br />requirement
<br />2020
<br />by 2000
<br />AB 1826,AB 1594
<br />SB 1383
<br />50% reduction in organics
<br />disposal by 2020 and 75% by
<br />2025, and 20% recovery of
<br />edible food by 2025
<br />Over the past 30 years California has passed many landmark environmental regulations. Summarized
<br />below are regulations that specifically address reducing the amount of material being disposed at
<br />landfills.
<br />California adopted its first statewide, general recycling program in 1989, The California Integrated Waste
<br />Management Act (AB 939), which required jurisdictions to achieve 25 percent diversion of all solid waste
<br />from landfills by January 1, 1995, and 50 percent diversion by January 1, 2000. In preparation for the
<br />2000 deadline, jurisdictions dramatically increased the number of diversion programs. Diversion
<br />programs include local effort for source reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting.
<br />In 2011, Assembly Bill 341 (AB 341) was signed into law requiring jurisdictions to implement commercial
<br />recycling programs, and requiring businesses that generate four or more cubic yards of solid waste, and
<br />multi -family complexes of 5 or more units to have a recycling program. Generators may comply by
<br />enrolling in a program offered by a jurisdiction, self -recycling, or onsite reuse. This bill also requires
<br />CalRecycle to establish a new statewide goal of 75 percent recycling, including source reduction,
<br />recycling, and composting, by 2020. This recycling paradigm differs from AB 939 in several significant
<br />ways. First, AB 341 establishes a statewide policy goal, rather than a jurisdictional mandate. This places
<br />the onus for achieving the goal on the state, rather than on the cities and counties that directly regulate
<br />waste disposal and recycling. Under the law, jurisdictions are not required to meet the new policy's
<br />numerical diversion goals, but jurisdictions are responsible for implementing required programs.
<br />In September 2014, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 1594, mandating that as of January 1, 2020,
<br />the use of green material as alternative daily cover (ADC) will no longer constitute diversion through
<br />Draft, October 9, 2018
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<br />Landfill
<br />Mandatory
<br />alternative
<br />commenrial
<br />daily cover
<br />organics
<br />no longer
<br />recycling; goal
<br />considered
<br />of 5.
<br />diversion in
<br />reduction in
<br />2020
<br />organics
<br />disposal by
<br />2020 ... —'ra.
<br />_. .
<br />SB 1383
<br />50% reduction in organics
<br />disposal by 2020 and 75% by
<br />2025, and 20% recovery of
<br />edible food by 2025
<br />Over the past 30 years California has passed many landmark environmental regulations. Summarized
<br />below are regulations that specifically address reducing the amount of material being disposed at
<br />landfills.
<br />California adopted its first statewide, general recycling program in 1989, The California Integrated Waste
<br />Management Act (AB 939), which required jurisdictions to achieve 25 percent diversion of all solid waste
<br />from landfills by January 1, 1995, and 50 percent diversion by January 1, 2000. In preparation for the
<br />2000 deadline, jurisdictions dramatically increased the number of diversion programs. Diversion
<br />programs include local effort for source reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting.
<br />In 2011, Assembly Bill 341 (AB 341) was signed into law requiring jurisdictions to implement commercial
<br />recycling programs, and requiring businesses that generate four or more cubic yards of solid waste, and
<br />multi -family complexes of 5 or more units to have a recycling program. Generators may comply by
<br />enrolling in a program offered by a jurisdiction, self -recycling, or onsite reuse. This bill also requires
<br />CalRecycle to establish a new statewide goal of 75 percent recycling, including source reduction,
<br />recycling, and composting, by 2020. This recycling paradigm differs from AB 939 in several significant
<br />ways. First, AB 341 establishes a statewide policy goal, rather than a jurisdictional mandate. This places
<br />the onus for achieving the goal on the state, rather than on the cities and counties that directly regulate
<br />waste disposal and recycling. Under the law, jurisdictions are not required to meet the new policy's
<br />numerical diversion goals, but jurisdictions are responsible for implementing required programs.
<br />In September 2014, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 1594, mandating that as of January 1, 2020,
<br />the use of green material as alternative daily cover (ADC) will no longer constitute diversion through
<br />Draft, October 9, 2018
<br />65A-16
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