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CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />Green Policy <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The City of Santa Ana has a Ione history of implementing environmentally focused programs without an <br />established Green Policy. This Green Policy has been developed to capture the vision of future <br />environmental efforts in the City of Santa Ana and will be used as the basis for refining the Solid Waste <br />Services Request for Proposals scope, and implementing future solid waste environmental programs <br />The policy identifies California regulations relating to diversion of materials from landfilling solid waste <br />best practices hierarchy, current City of Santa Ana programs practices and policies existing programs to <br />be included In solid waste agreement environmental programs required by State regulations to be <br />included in Solid Waste Agreement, suite of additional environmental programs to be included in the <br />new Solid Waste Agreement as financial feasible and additional environmental policies for <br />consideration. <br />CALIFORNIA REGULATIONS RELATING TO DIVERSION OF MATERIALS <br />FROM LANDFILLING <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 />Draft, October 16, 2018 <br />SB 1383 <br />AB 1826 <br />AB 1594 <br />5o% udyru. to ,gni. <br />Landfill <br />disposal by 2020 and 75% by <br />Mandatory <br />alternative <br />2025, and 20%recovery of <br />AB 341 <br />comawrcisf <br />daily cover <br />edible food by 2025 <br />orgarucs <br />no longer <br />AB 939 <br />Mandatory <br />�Yy�& goal <br />considered <br />commercial <br />of 50% <br />diversion in <br />50% <br />nrycling; State, <br />reduction in <br />2020 <br />jurisdiction <br />goal of 75% <br />organics <br />diversion <br />diversion by <br />disposal by <br />requirement <br />2020 <br />2020.. <br />by 2000 <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 />Draft, October 16, 2018 <br />