New Law Gives California Green Light to Fine Residents Who Don’t Recycle Food Waste

Published on February 2, 2024

A bill that could fine Californians for not recycling food waste took effect on Jan. 1. A state Senate bill that passed in the 2021-22 legislative season required all local governments to provide organic waste collection services to residents beginning in 2022, according to a state government webpage. The bill was passed to help the state reach its goal of having 75 percent of organic waste recycled by 2025. The website defines “organic waste” primarily as “food, green material, landscape and pruning waste,” but includes “organic textiles and carpets, lumber, wood, paper products, printing and writing paper, manure, biosolids, digestate, and sludges.” The bill also required local governments to fine residents who don’t recycle organic waste starting Jan. 1, 2024....

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