Glenn County, CA Landscaping Rules: Composting (2026)

Glenn County implements California's SB 1383 short-lived-climate-pollutant law through Glenn County Code Chapter 7.08, Article II.V (Organic Waste Disposal Reduction), built on definitions from 14 CCR Section 18982. It directs single-family and commercial generators to subscribe to and properly use the organic-waste (green and food-scrap) collection service rather than landfilling those materials, with education, recordkeeping and reporting provisions. Section 7.08.795.100 addresses facility operators and 'Community Composting' operations, requiring them, on county request, to provide capacity information and respond within 60 days, which recognizes community composting as a permitted recovery pathway. Section 7.08.795.110 sets self-hauler requirements for those who haul their own organics. Section 7.08.795.130 requires property owners and their landscape designers on qualifying projects (new landscapes over 500 square feet, or rehabilitated landscapes over 2,500 square feet) to comply with the compost and mulch provisions of the Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance, including applying compost at a minimum rate of four cubic yards per 1,000 square feet of permeable area and a minimum three-inch mulch layer on exposed soil. Home (backyard) composting of one's own organic waste is consistent with SB 1383's self-hauling and onsite-management options and is not prohibited.