LOS ANGELES—To comply with a state law requiring organic waste to be reduced by 75 percent by 2025, the Los Angeles City Council passed a motion on March 9 aimed at expanding its residential organics collection program from the current 18,000 customers to 750,000 customers by Dec. 31, 2022.
Senate Bill 1383 was adopted in 2016 as an effort to reduce statewide methane emissions from decomposing organic waste—by diverting organic waste from landfills and increasing edible food recovery for people in need beginning January 1, 2022. CalRecycle, the state’s recycling and waste regulatory agency, can issue escalating penalties for non-compliant cities.
