San Diego Rolls out New Organic Waste Recycling Program

San Diego Rolls out New Organic Waste Recycling Program
A cook at a restaurant drops apple skins into a food scrap recycling container in San Francisco on April 21, 2009. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Starting this month, the City of San Diego will begin implementing its new organic waste recycling program for residents.

The program is the product of a new California law that became effective in January 2022. One of its goals is to divert 75 percent of organic waste from landfills by 2025.