The state of California has introduced a new law that requires households and businesses to compost all food scraps, instead of throwing them into the trash.1 This law, known as S.B. 1383, took effect on January 1, 2022, although it was signed in 2016 by then-governor Jerry Brown and will still take another two years to phase in fully.
The bill’s goal is to reduce greatly the amount of food scraps going to landfill, where they decompose and emit methane, a greenhouse gas 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. S.B. 1383 will reduce organic waste in California’s landfills by 75%, once fully implemented.1
A Big Change Joe La Mariana, executive director of Rethink Waste, South Bayside Waste Management Authority, said on a KQED radio interview that the law has been a […]
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