REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Public Hearing: Action on Agreement with Mission Trail Waste Systems for Exclusive Franchise for the Collection and Transportation of Garbage, Organics, and Commercial Recyclables
Report
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The State has passed legislation that requires cities to implement organics recycling programs to minimize methane emissions from landfills. Staff has evaluated potential organics collection program options that are to be considered and incorporated into an exclusive franchise agreement with Mission Trail Waste Systems (MTWS) for the collection and transportation of garbage, organics and commercial recyclables. Staff is requesting direction from Council on which organics collection program options (
split-cart food scraps recycling program or mixed waste processing) to include in the successor agreement and Council approval of the successor agreement with MTWS.
BACKGROUND
Assembly Bill 1826 (AB 1826) was passed in 2014 and requires commercial businesses to either (a) separate organic waste and subscribe to a collection service that diverts organic materials from landfills or (b) self-haul their own organic waste for recycling. Senate Bill 1383 (SB 1383) was passed in 2016 and established methane emissions reduction targets in a statewide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP) in various sectors of California's economy. SB 1383 targets a reduction in the level of statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level; specifically, a 50 percent reduction by 2020 and a 75 percent reduction by 2025. The law grants the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) the necessary regulatory authority to achieve these organic waste disposal reduction targets.
The City will need to implement new organics recycling programs to comply with the SLCP regulations established by SB 1383. On May 9, 2017, Council authorized the implementation of a pilot residential food scraps rec...
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