Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, February 01, 2022
Consent
SUBJECT:
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SENATE BILL 1383 INITIAL AND ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
This item transmits an informational update to the City Council on the status of the State-mandated reporting requirements for SB-1383.
Waste Resources sent out information about the Organics waste program in their Winter Brochure which was mailed to all Waste Resources customers including residential, commercial, and industrial.
Waste Resources continues to work with City staff to ensure that all compliance requirements are met. The most recent meeting was the week of January 24, 2022. Future brochures from Waste Resources will continue to have outreach information. This will be in addition to staff working on information to include on the City's website.
City staff will complete both the initial and annual CalRecyle reports to: (i) comply with annual State of California mandates pursuant to SB 1383; (ii) continue working with its franchised waste hauler, Waste Resources, to produce all required documentation; and (iii) work collaboratively with CalRecycle to meet the recycling and diversion requirements set by the State through SB 1383.
An analysis of commercial customers who currently have organic waste bins is ongoing and those that do not already have bins will be provided them by March 1, 2022.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Receive and File.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE any other action the City Council deems appropriate and consistent with California state law and existing agreements with the County of Los Angeles.
IV. BACKGROUND
The Legislature of the State of California enacted AB 939, AB 32, AB 341, AB 1826 and SB 1383 pertaining to the environmental impacts of solid waste. The City is required to comply with these laws and will need to produce bi-annual reports to CalRecycle and Los Angeles County, with supporting data and documentation provided by the Cit...
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