California SB 1383 requires Stockton residents and businesses to separate food scraps, food-soiled paper, and yard waste from regular trash. The city's franchised hauler provides green organics carts, and CalRecycle audits jurisdiction compliance with statewide diversion targets.
SB 1383, the Short-Lived Climate Pollutants reduction law, requires every California city to provide organic waste collection to all residents and businesses and to inspect for compliance. Stockton's franchised solid waste hauler provides green organics carts, and households must place food scraps, food-soiled paper, and yard waste into them rather than the trash. Tier-one and tier-two commercial generators must subscribe to organics service and may need to arrange edible food recovery donations to qualifying nonprofits. The state targets a 75 percent reduction in landfilled organic waste from 2014 levels by 2025 and a 20 percent recovery of currently disposed edible food.
Failing to subscribe to organics service, contaminating green carts with prohibited material, or refusing inspections can result in administrative fines, escalating per repeated violation under the city's enforcement framework.
See how Stockton's mandatory organics recycling rules stack up against other locations.
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