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State Agency Waste Management

Requirements

Waste Diversion for State Agencies and Large State Facilities

The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) assists agencies and large facilities in the implementation of waste prevention, reuse, and recycling programs to reduce waste and increase diversion.

State agencies and large state facilities are required to:

• Divert at least 25 percent of their solid waste from landfills or transformation facilities by Jan. 1, 2002, and to divert at least 50 percent on and after Jan. 1, 2004, through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities.
• Designate at least one solid waste reduction and recycling coordinator to oversee the implementation of waste management plans and recycling/reuse programs.
• Submit an annual report, for the prior calendar year, including disposal amounts and explanation of diversion activities. Reports are due by Sept. 1 of each year.

CalRecycle's role includes:

• Train, advise, and assist state agency recycling coordinators in meeting solid waste reduction requirements.
• Analyze data from state agency annual reports.
• Connect state agencies with local government contacts to improve waste diversion efforts.

Assembly Bill (AB) 75 was passed in 1999 and statutes took effect on Jan. 1, 2000. The statutes were further updated with the passage of Senate Bill (SB) 1016 in 2008, and state agencies now use per capita disposal as an indicator of their progress toward meeting the 50 percent diversion mandates. The current statutes can be found in Public Resources Code Section 42920-42927.