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City Council Study Session
TUESDAY, JULY 231 2019
4:00 PM
July 23, 2019
Item No. SS3
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Topics to be Discussed
1 Overview of CalRecycle and State Recycling Mandates
2 City's CalRecycle Compliance Requirements
3 Status of Revised Ordinance
4 Status of Franchise Amendment
Future Legislation
Questions?
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Who is CalRecycle?
California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
(CalRecycle):
Administers and provides oversight for all of California's
state -managed non -hazardous waste handling and recycling
programs.
Monitors and works with local jurisdictions for compliance
with solid waste legislation.
Local jurisdictions are referred to the Jurisdictional
Compliance Unit for non-compliance.
AB 939
50%
jurisdiction
diversion
required by
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AB 341
Mandatory
commercial
recycling;
State goal
of 75%
diversion
by 2020
AB 1826 AB 1594
Mandatory
commercial
organics
recycling;
goal of 50%
reduction
in organics
disposal by
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Landfill
alternative
daily cover
no longer
considered
diversion
in 2020
SB 1353
50% reduction in
organics disposal by 2020
75% by 2025,
20% recovery of edible
food by 2025
In January 2019, Staff convened a City Council
Working Group that meets as needed to review
these refuse related items
Staff has developed a draft ordinance that will
"'roposed require businesses to recycle and comply with
CalRecycle's requirements
Ordinance The ordinance revision will also require conforming
amendments to the City's non-exclusive commercial
Revisiow franchise agreements
Staff has developed a draft franchise amendment
These items will be reviewed by the Working Group
and brought to Council in September
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Proposed Ordinance Revision
Staff has developed a draft ordinance revision that will
meet the requirements of AB 341 and AB 1826
Effective January 1, 2020, if approved by Council, the
ordinance will require all businesses and multi -family
properties covered by AB 341 and AB 1826 to recycle
The ordinance establishes requirements for businesses
required by statute to ensure quality programs and
City compliance
Proposed Ordinance Revision
City may enforce against businesses for non-compliance
Proposed Businesses may use self -haul or internal recycling
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D� � Waivers for low organics generation levels and space
constraints
Proposed Ordinance Revision
Compliance Impacts
AB 341 (Mandatory Recycling)
Proposed
Current compliance rate: ^' 90%
➢ Approx. 25 business and multi -family complexes
O)rdinance in City do not have recycling programs
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\evisionAB 1826 (Mandatory Organics Recycling)
➢ Current compliance rate: ^'40%
Approx. 150 food service establishments do not
have food scrap recycling programs
Next Steps
Ordinance revision is ready for working group review and
Proposed is on track to go to Council for 1St reading in September
firdinance City has retained PR Firm for Public Outreach efforts and
g,pVi to notify businesses impacted by the ordinance
15t Franchise Amendment:
Clarify Program Implementation Requirements
Current hauler compliance implementation
requirements are vague
Franchise lacks an `out' clause for accounts that refuse to
implement a recycling program
Haulers do not have the authority to require businesses
to implement state -mandated recycling programs
Components of 15t Franchise Amendment
Revises franchise to enhance hauler requirements for
program implementation
Allows for referral of `recalcitrant' accounts to City for
compliance action
Requires `best practices' be implemented and recorded
by hauler before referral to the City for ordinance
enforcement
Franchise Issue #2: Collision Avoidance
Per Section 18.c, all haulers are required to have
collision avoidance systems in place
Franchise amendment reinforces requirement and
requires annual reporting of collision avoidance
systems
Other Franchise Amendment Items
Ties construction and demolition waste recycling
requirements to state law (CALGreen)
Increases insurance amounts
Status Update
City Attorney's Office has completed review of
amendment
Amendment is ready for Working Group review
On track to be brought before City Council for review
and approval in September
AB 1594 - Alternative Daily Cover
Passed September 2014
Eliminates diversion credit for green waste used as
Alternative Daily Cover (ADC) effective January 1, 2020
This law will reduce the City's landfill diversion rate by
5% per year if no alternative processing options are
identified
City Council Working Group currently Assessing Options
AB 1383 — Organic Disposal Reduction
Passed September 2016
Sets organic waste reduction goal of 50% by 2020 and
75% by 2025 based on 2014 levels
Will require all businesses, residential households, and
multi -family properties to recycle organic waste on or
before January 1, 2022
City Council Working Group currently Assessing Options
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