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11-6 REGULATIONS OF EDIBLE FOOD GENERATORS.
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The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (Public Resources Code Sections 40000 through 49620), created by AB 939 (chaptered as 1095) of the 1989 Legislative Session, declares that “the amount of solid waste generated in the state coupled with diminishing landfill space and potential adverse environmental impacts from landfilling constitutes an urgent need for state and local agencies to enact and implement an aggressive new integrated waste management program.”

SB 1383, the Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Act of 2016, requires CalRecycle to develop regulations to reduce organics in landfills as a source of methane. The regulations place requirements on multiple entities including cities, residential households, commercial businesses and business owners, commercial edible food generators, haulers, self-haulers, food recovery organizations, and food recovery services to support achievement of Statewide organic waste disposal reduction targets. SB 1383 requires cities to adopt and enforce an ordinance or enforceable mechanism to implement relevant provisions of SB 1383 regulations. This section will also help reduce food insecurity by requiring commercial edible food generators to arrange to have the maximum amount of their edible food, that would otherwise be disposed, be recovered for human consumption. (Ord. #262-2022, S2 (Exh. A))