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Talking Trash: Recyclables and Organic Waste <br />Jurisdiction Responsibilities <br />0 E5`1 Ve — <br />C� <br />Provide <br />Establish <br />Organics <br />Edible Food <br />Collection <br />Recovery <br />Services to All <br />Program <br />Residents and <br />Businesses <br />Figure 2 <br />Conduct <br />Procure <br />Education and <br />Recyclable <br />Outreach to <br />and Recovered <br />Community <br />Organic <br />Products <br />Secure <br />Monitor <br />Access to <br />Compliance <br />Recycling <br />and Conduct <br />and Edible <br />Enforcement <br />Food <br />Recovery <br />Capacity <br />Source: CalRecycle <br />Orange County Jurisdictions' SB 1383 Implementation Status <br />How do jurisdictions assess their own progress? <br />The OCGJ sent a ten -question survey to thirty-four cities and OC Waste & Recycling <br />(OCW&R) and received thirty-one responses. The purpose of the survey was to verify <br />how these agencies measure their progress on the implementation of various aspects of <br />SB 1383. Survey participants were asked to mark their progress on the scale from 1 <br />(significant challenges) to 5 (excellent) for each of the questions. The survey questions <br />as well as more detailed information on responses and follow-up comments and <br />explanations is included in Appendix A. <br />Main Implementation Issues <br />To follow-up on the survey, the OCGJ conducted a series of interviews with jurisdictions <br />to learn more about their specific challenges in implementing SB 1383, successes, <br />concerns, and solutions to common issues. The eleven jurisdictions interviewed were <br />the same included in the 2019-2020 OCGJ report "OC Recycling: Doing it the Right <br />Way" representing different geographical areas of the county and a variety of <br />populations and/or land areas. Several themes emerged from the interviews: <br />• Container Standardization <br />SB 1383 requires standardized colors for residential and business curbside containers <br />(green for organics, blue for recyclables, and grey for trash). It also requires container <br />2023-2024 Orange County Grand Jury Page 8 <br />City Council 11 — 10 8/20/2024 <br />