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CITY OF SANTA ANA
<br />Green Policy
<br />In 2011, Assembly bill 341 (AB 34111 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 jurisdiction, self -recycling, or onsite reuse. This hill also requires
<br />Cal Recycle to establish anew 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 dally cover (ABC) will no longe r constitute diversion through
<br />recycling and will instead be considered disposal in terms of measuring a jurisdiction's annual per capita
<br />disposal rate, thereby requiring that jurisdictions find alternative means of diversion such as
<br />composting, or anaerobic digestion of the material.
<br />In October 2014 Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 1826, requiring local jurisdictions across the state
<br />to implement an organic waste recycling program to divert organic waste generated by businesses,
<br />including multi -family residential dwellings that consist of five or more units (please note, however, that
<br />multi -family dwellings are not required to have a food waste diversion program). This law also requires
<br />businesses to recycle their organic waste on and after April 1, 2016, depending on the amount of waste
<br />they generate per week. This law phases in the mandatory recycling of commercial organics over time,
<br />in particular, the minimum threshold of organic waste generation by businesses decreases over time,
<br />which means an increasingly greater proportion of the commercial sector will be required to comply.
<br />Senate Bill 1383 (SU 1383), was signed in September 2026, and establishes methane emissions reduction
<br />targets in a statewide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in various sectors of
<br />California's economy. As it pertains to jurisdictions and the reduction of materials landfilled, SB 1383
<br />establishes targets to achieve a 50 percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic
<br />waste from the 2014 level by 2020 and a 75 percent reduction by 2025. In order to meet these goals, all
<br />organics generators, including residents, will need to divert organics from landfilhoe either through a
<br />program offered by a jurisdiction through a franchise agreement, or by self -hauling. The law grants
<br />CalRecycle the regulatory authority required to achieve the organic waste disposal reduction targets and
<br />establishes an additional target that not less than 20 percent of currently disposed edible food is
<br />recovered for human consumption by 2025,
<br />SOLID WASTE BEST PRACTICES HIERARCHY
<br />The solid waste best practices hierarchy is a tool used in the evaluation of policies, programs, and
<br />practices that reduce the amount of waste disposed at landfills., By utilizing the hierarchy, users are able
<br />to maximize the benefit from materials, minimize the amount of waste, prevent greenhouse gas
<br />emissions, save energy, and conserve resources,
<br />The hierarchy indicates an order of preference for action to reduce and manage waste. The four -tier
<br />solid waste management hierarchy illustrated below ranks the most preferable ways to address solid
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