California commission recommends a pause on SB 1383 organics law, industry disagrees
Cole Rosengren
Waste Dive
Urban Farm DB summary
California's Little Hoover Commission recommended pausing SB 1383, the state's organics recycling law, citing concern the state will miss its 2025 targets, but CalRecycle, industry and environmental advocates strongly opposed the pause, noting roughly $500 million already invested. 445 of 614 jurisdictions now have residential food-waste collection programs, and waste costs rose 20% for residential and 30% for commercial customers.
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- 445 count
jurisdictions with program(sb1383 compliance)
Policy- region
- California
- year
- 2023
- method
- out of 614 local jurisdictions statewide
- 500,000,000 usd
industry investment(sb1383 compliance cost)
Economics- region
- California
- year
- 2023
- 138 count
rural exemptions approved(sb1383 compliance)
Policy- region
- California
- year
- 2023
- 20 %↑ Increase
cost increase residential(waste service cost)
EconomicsControl: pre-SB1383 cost- region
- California
- year
- 2023
- 30 %↑ Increase
cost increase commercial(waste service cost)
EconomicsControl: pre-SB1383 cost- region
- California
- year
- 2023
- 56,700,000 usd
grant amount awarded(calrecycle grants)
Economics- region
- California
- year
- 2023
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- Policy and governanceMixedWith caveats
- Economic viabilityMixedWith caveats
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