(a) Pursuant to Senate Bill 1383, the Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Act of 2016, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) developed regulations to reduce organics in landfills as a source of methane. The regulations place new requirements on cities, counties, residential households, businesses, waste haulers, and food recovery organizations to support achievement of statewide organic waste disposal reduction targets. The regulations are set forth in Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations ("14 CCR").
(b) CalRecycle's regulations direct cities and counties to develop edible food recovery programs and require certain businesses to arrange for the donation of edible food that would otherwise go to waste. In addition to targeting methane emissions, these programs will help address food insecurity in California.
(c) Pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18981.2, jurisdictions may delegate certain responsibilities for implementing, monitoring, and enforcing their edible food recovery programs to public or private entities.
(Ord 5536 § 3 (part), 2021)