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<br />Orozco, Norma <br />From:Hoiyin Ip <hoiyini@hotmail.com> <br />Sent:Sunday, April 04, 2021 3:04 PM <br />To:Sarmiento, Vicente; Penaloza, David; Phan, Thai; Hernandez, Johnathan; Bacerra, Phil; <br />Mendoza, Nelida; Lopez, Jessie; Ridge, Kristine; !City Clerk <br />Cc:Virginia Bernal; Tristan Miller-Mansey; Nathan Taft; Suvan Geer <br />Subject:Public Comment: SB 1383 Organic Waste Reduction <br />Attachments:California Organic Waste Reduction Actions.pdf <br />Categories:Correspondence <br />Dear City Council, <br />Jurisdictions across the state are working hard to stop dumping organic material into landfills, as called for by SB 1383 <br />“Short-Lived Climate Pollutants: Organic Waste Methane Emissions Reductions.” The City is negotiating with haulers, <br />and council formed a solid waste ad hoc committee in Mar. Thank you for your efforts! We support you to make rapid <br />progress to divert organics, including food waste, from landfill. <br />Nearly one in four Californians suffer from food insecurity. Yet more than 11 billion pounds of food is wasted every year <br />in California. According to LA Times, “Wasted food is the single largest category of material placed in municipal landfills. <br />The typical American adult wastes about $3.50 worth of food every day.” Organic waste, including food waste, <br />decomposes in landfills releasing methane emissions that account for 20% of the state’s methane. Since methane is a <br />short-lived climate super pollutant 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide, reducing methane has the fastest impact <br />on the climate crisis. <br />According to the Legislative Analyst's Office, organic waste reduction is one of the cheapest forms of greenhouse gas <br />reductions. And according to a well-known report The Business and Societal Case for Reducing Food Waste by ReFED: <br /> “Restaurants and foodservice providers could gain the largest profit boost” <br /> “Food waste solutions are a strong engine for job creation.” <br /> Consumer education campaigns have the smallest cost and biggest benefit. <br />Santa Ana can act individually and/or partner with other cities to form regional Organic Waste Reduction Campaigns <br />with three excellent results: <br /> Feed the Hungry <br /> Conserve Natural Resources <br /> Slow Down Climate Change <br />Attached is Sierra Club’s recommended actions for organic waste reduction. <br />SB 1383 implementation is not easy, may require raising collection fees. But it's important for environmental justice. <br />Please let us know how community members can help. Thanks! <br /> <br />Hoiyin Ip <br />Co-Chair, Sierra Club California Zero Waste Committee <br />Hoiyin.Ip@California.SierraClub.org <br />Facebook | Twitter <br />1 <br />