Greenhouse gases: recycling and organic waste reduction: needs assessment.

Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board, no later than January 1, 2018, to approve and begin implementing a comprehensive short-lived climate pollutant strategy to, among other things, achieve a reduction in the statewide emissions of methane by 40% below 2013 levels by 2030. As part of that methane emissions reduction goal, existing law establishes a target to reduce organic waste in landfills by 75% below 2014 levels by 2025. The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 declares that it is the policy goal of the state that not less than 75% of solid waste generated be source reduced, recycled, or composted by the year 2020, and annually thereafter. This bill would require the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to develop, on or before January 1, 2023, and would authorize the department to amend, a 5-year needs assessment to support innovation and technological and infrastructure development, in order to meet the above-mentioned organic waste reduction and recycling targets, as provided.