Bans food waste, including from households, from disposal in trash and landfills on July 1, 2020.
Mandates the Air Resources Board to establish targets for reducing organic waste in landfills and mandates the adoption of regulations to reduce methane emissions from livestock and dairy manure operations.
Requires that food wholesalers, manufacturers, grocery stores, and conference centers located within 20 miles of a composting facility must source separate organic materials and ensure they are composted.
Catalogs composting regulations across a variety of states and large cities, including Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, NYC, Austin, and San Francisco. The Council has also published a Model Composting Rule Template.
The FAO’s brief report surveys the carbon footprint of food waste, the carbon intensities of different food types, and food waste reduction scenarios.
Takes a national snapshot of composting practices and identifies model public policies and programs.
Provides a systematic approach to estimate consumer level food waste on a country scale and globally, based on food availability and requirements.
The Electronics TakeBack Coalition’s 2013 spreadsheet comparing state laws on electronics recycling provides a survey of states with producer responsibility laws and other models.
California’s Global Warming Solutions Act (2006) prompted a scoping plan from the California Air Resources Board that included mandatory commercial recycling. AB 341 reduces landfill methane emissions via upstream diversion.
Describes the evolution of EPR policies in the United States, focusing on the role of states.