Under California SB 1383, Buena Park provides organic waste collection through the green cart and requires source separation of organics. Effective January 1, 2022, all residents and businesses must participate. With roughly 84,000 residents (over the 70,000 rural-exemption threshold), Buena Park is not rural-exempt. Tier 1 and Tier 2 food generators must also recover edible food.
California's SB 1383 requires cities to establish organics recycling programs for all properties, including single-family homes, multifamily residences and businesses, and Buena Park implements this through the green organics cart and source-separation rules in Buena Park Municipal Code Chapter 8.12. The city's Public Works Department states that organic waste collection services took effect January 1, 2022, and that, effective that date, all commercial businesses including multifamily residential dwellings must comply with state-mandated recycling and organic waste provisions. Because Buena Park's population (about 84,000) far exceeds the 70,000-resident threshold used for SB 1383 rural exemptions, the city does not qualify as rural-exempt and must run a full organics program. SB 1383 also requires edible food recovery: Tier 1 generators (such as supermarkets and grocery stores of 10,000+ square feet, food service providers, distributors and wholesale vendors) and Tier 2 generators (such as restaurants of 5,000+ square feet or 250+ seats, hotels with on-site food facilities, certain health facilities, large venues and education agencies with food facilities) must arrange written food recovery agreements to redirect surplus edible food to recovery organizations. The city set a target tied to a 20% increase in recovery of disposed edible food by January 1, 2025. Residents and businesses unable to comply may apply for waivers (such as de minimis or physical-space waivers) through the city.
SB 1383 carries inspection, contamination-monitoring and enforcement requirements. Buena Park businesses and residents that fail to source separate organics into the green cart, or covered food generators that fail to establish edible food recovery agreements, can face local enforcement under the city's solid waste authority and state SB 1383 rules. The city offers an organic waste and recycling regulations waiver/self-hauling waiver application for qualifying parties.
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