A law passed in 2014 to help achieve California’s aggressive recycling and greenhouse gas emission goals moves into its next phase of implementation on January 1, 2019.
In October 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 1826 Chesbro, requiring businesses to compost their organic (biodegradable) waste on and after April 1, 2016, depending on the amount of waste they generate per week. Organic waste is food waste, green waste, landscape and pruning waste, nonhazardous wood waste, and food-soiled paper waste that is mixed in with food waste. The law phases in the mandatory recycling of commercial organics over time, and therefore an increasingly greater proportion of the commercial sector has been required to comply in each year since its passage.
Beginning January 1, 2019, all commercial businesses and public entities that generate 4-cubic yards of trash per week must recycle their organic waste to comply with new mandatory commercial organics recycling established under California Assembly Bill 1826 (AB 1826). These new state regulations apply to schools, stores, restaurants, businesses, and for-profit or nonprofit organizations located in California. New regulations also require multifamily properties with 5 or more units to have green waste service.
Businesses can meet these requirements by:
The City of Mill Valley has reduced its Greenhouse Gas emissions associated with waste generation by 26% since 2005. The new organics composting regulations will also work toward the City’s Zero Waste goal, wherein all materials are recycled, reused or repurposed.
You can learn more about commercial organics programs through Zero Waste Marin and Mill Valley Refuse Service's website.
In October 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 1826 Chesbro, requiring businesses to compost their organic (biodegradable) waste on and after April 1, 2016, depending on the amount of waste they generate per week. Organic waste is food waste, green waste, landscape and pruning waste, nonhazardous wood waste, and food-soiled paper waste that is mixed in with food waste. The law phases in the mandatory recycling of commercial organics over time, and therefore an increasingly greater proportion of the commercial sector has been required to comply in each year since its passage.
Beginning January 1, 2019, all commercial businesses and public entities that generate 4-cubic yards of trash per week must recycle their organic waste to comply with new mandatory commercial organics recycling established under California Assembly Bill 1826 (AB 1826). These new state regulations apply to schools, stores, restaurants, businesses, and for-profit or nonprofit organizations located in California. New regulations also require multifamily properties with 5 or more units to have green waste service.
Businesses can meet these requirements by:
- Separating organic waste from other waste as part of trash collection. (See Mill Valley Refuse Service website link for organic waste collection services).
- Recycling organic waste on site, or self-haul organic waste off site for recycling.
- Subscribing to an organic waste recycling service that may include mixed waste processing that specifically recycles organic waste. (See Zero Waste website link below).
The City of Mill Valley has reduced its Greenhouse Gas emissions associated with waste generation by 26% since 2005. The new organics composting regulations will also work toward the City’s Zero Waste goal, wherein all materials are recycled, reused or repurposed.
You can learn more about commercial organics programs through Zero Waste Marin and Mill Valley Refuse Service's website.