ORGANICS RECYCLING AND EDIBLE FOOD DONATION
Senate Bill (SB) 1383: California’s Short-lived Climate Pollution Reduction Strategy Act
Senate Bill (SB) 1383 is a state law that aims to drastically reduce organic waste, conserve landfill space and reduce methane emissions through mandatory organics recycling and edible food recovery for certain food-generating businesses. Methane, a short-lived climate pollutant, leaves the atmosphere quicker than carbon dioxide and is more than 28 times as potent as carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere (EPA). Massive reductions of organic waste from the landfill and beneficial reuse of this resource through organics recycling and edible food recovery will have a rapid and significant effect on global warming while building healthy soils and feeding hungry people.
SB 1383 Objectives
- Reduce statewide disposal of organic waste 75% by 2025 (based on 2014 levels)
- Recover at least 20% of currently disposed surplus edible food by 2025
Whatever program you decide to incorporate at your business, Burrtec and the City of Santa Clarita will provide support and assistance so that you can be successful in complying with State law and reducing waste that goes to the landfill.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has resources available, such as the Wasted Food Scale below, to understand the different pathways that are available to avoid wasting good food.
