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CITY OF SANTA ANA Green Policy recycling and will instead be considered disposal in terms of measuring a jurisdiction's annual per capita disposal rate, thereby requiring that jurisdictions find alternative means of diversion such as composting, or anaerobic digestion of the material. In October 2014 Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 1826, requiring local jurisdictions across the state to implement an organic waste recycling program to divert organic waste generated by businesses, including multi -family residential dwellings that consist of five or more units (please note, however, that multi -family dwellings are not required to have a food waste diversion program). This law also requires businesses to recycle their organic waste on and after April 1, 2016, depending on the amount of waste they generate per week. This law phases in the mandatory recycling of commercial organics over time, in particular, the minimum threshold of organic waste generation by businesses decreases over time, which means an increasingly greater proportion of the commercial sector will be required to comply. Senate Bill 1383 (SB 1383), was signed in September 2016, and establishes methane emissions reduction targets in a statewide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in various sectors of California's economy. As it pertains to jurisdictions and the reduction of materials landfilled, SB 1383 establishes targets to achieve a 50 percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020 and a 75 percent reduction by 2025. In order to meet these goals, all organics generators, including residents, will need to divert organics from landfilling either through a program offered by a jurisdiction through a franchise agreement, or by self -hauling. The law grants CalRecycle the regulatory authority required to achieve the organic waste disposal reduction targets and establishes an additional target that not less than 20 percent of currently disposed edible food is recovered for human consumption by 2025. SOLID WASTE BEST PRACTICES HIERARCHY The solid waste best practices hierarchy is a tool used in the evaluation of policies, programs, and practices that reduce the amount of waste disposed at landfills. By utilizing the hierarchy, users are able to maximize the benefit from materials, minimize the amount of waste, prevent greenhouse gas emissions, save energy, and conserve resources. The hierarchy indicates an order of preference for action to reduce and manage waste. The four -tier solid waste management hierarchy illustrated below ranks the most preferable ways to address solid waste. Source reduction or waste prevention is the best approach (tier one), followed by reuse of materials (tier 2), recycling, including composting, (tier 3), and disposal/landfilling (tier 4). Draft, October 9, 2018 Reuse Recycling 65A-17