California's SB 1383 requires residents and businesses in unincorporated Solano County to keep organic waste out of the landfill. The county franchised hauler provides weekly organics collection (food scraps, food-soiled paper, and yard waste), and the Department of Resource Management administers compliance, edible food recovery, and commercial waivers.
Organics recycling in unincorporated Solano County is driven by California Senate Bill 1383, which sets a statewide target of cutting organic-waste disposal 75 percent below 2014 levels by 2025 and recovering surplus edible food. The Solano County Department of Resource Management administers SB 1383 in the unincorporated area, and the program is layered on top of the county's franchised collection system under Chapter 23, which already provides for green-waste collection. Section 23-12 defines 'green waste' to include leaves, grass clippings, brush, tree cuttings, yard trimmings, untreated wood waste, and natural-fiber products (excluding food material, treated/painted wood, biosolids, and mixed C&D debris). Under SB 1383 the green/organics stream is expanded to include food scraps and food-soiled paper, not just yard waste. The franchised hauler for the unincorporated county (Recology Vacaville Solano / Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery, with Republic Services and Marin/Daylight Resource Recovery serving other zones) provides weekly organics collection; in the unincorporated bag program residents receive an annual supply of green organics bags set out with the garbage cart. Businesses that are not yet compliant must implement a green-waste/organics program, and self-hauling businesses must keep records of organic waste delivered to a processing facility. Commercial generators may request an organic-waste collection waiver from the county, which requires documentation and a site visit. Tier 1 (since January 2022) and Tier 2 (since January 2024) edible-food generators must arrange edible food recovery and keep records of pounds recovered. Compliance is enforced through the county and CalRecycle.
Putting food scraps, food-soiled paper, or yard waste in the trash instead of the organics stream violates SB 1383 obligations. Non-compliant businesses must start an organics program; covered edible-food generators must recover surplus food and keep records. Enforcement runs through the Department of Resource Management and CalRecycle, with state-authorized penalties for continued non-compliance; county collection violations are infractions under Section 23-73.
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