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Alameda County opted in Tuesday to an ordinance passed earlier this year by the Alameda County Waste Management Authority that aims to keep food and other compostable materials out of landfills to curb climate change.
The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted 5-0 to participate in the Organics Reduction and Recycling Ordinance along with cities in the county and two sanitary districts. The ordinance was passed earlier this year by Alameda County Waste Management Authority, also known as StopWaste.
StopWaste passed the ordinance in response to Senate Bill 1383. The Organics Reduction and Recycling Ordinance implements the requirements of SB 1383, which passed in 2016 and aims to reduce the amount of organics going to landfills by 75% by 2025.
"It's a large-scale effort," StopWaste spokesman Jeff Becerra said of the effort to meet the requirements of the law.
He said cities in Alameda County, the county and the Castro Valley and Oro Loma sanitary districts will be coordinating to do so. Implementation of the county law begins in January.
It affects businesses, institutions, nonprofits, multifamily property owners, residents, schools, and government agencies.
The law also aims to make edible food that would otherwise go to waste or be composted available to people who need it.
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