REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Public Hearing: Action on an Agreement with GreenWaste Recovery, Inc. for Solid Waste Processing, Transfer, Transport, Recycling and Disposal Services
Report
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The agreement with GreenWaste Recovery, Inc. (GWR) secures permitted mixed waste processing capacity that enables the contents of customer's existing garbage containers to be processed to separate organic material from the garbage. The organic material will be sent to a composting facility and provides an additional program option to comply with State mandated organics recycling requirements. Along with Agenda Report 19-807 being heard separately, Council will be asked to provide direction on which organics collection programs to incorporate into an agreement with Mission Trail Waste Systems (MTWS). The options to mixed waste process the contents of existing garbage containers to separate organic material for composting without requiring customers to add an additional organics container for single-family, townhouse, commercial business and multi-family customers cannot be implemented unless the agreement with GWR is approved.
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 di...
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