CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 881Introduced by Assembly Member GallagherFebruary 16, 2017 An act relating to solid waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 881, as introduced, Gallagher. Solid waste: composting: anaerobic digestion.The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 establishes an integrated waste management program administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery that requires each city, county, and regional agency, if any, to develop a source reduction and recycling element of an integrated waste management plan. The element is required to provide for the diversion of 50% of the solid waste subject to the element through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities, only 10% of which may be satisfied by diversion through transformation. The act specifies that composting, defined as the controlled or uncontrolled biological decomposition of organic wastes, is not transformation for these purposes, and therefore is not limited regarding contributing to the source reduction and recycling element.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to encourage investment in anaerobic digestion.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to encourage investment in anaerobic digestion.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 881Introduced by Assembly Member GallagherFebruary 16, 2017 An act relating to solid waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 881, as introduced, Gallagher. Solid waste: composting: anaerobic digestion.The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 establishes an integrated waste management program administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery that requires each city, county, and regional agency, if any, to develop a source reduction and recycling element of an integrated waste management plan. The element is required to provide for the diversion of 50% of the solid waste subject to the element through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities, only 10% of which may be satisfied by diversion through transformation. The act specifies that composting, defined as the controlled or uncontrolled biological decomposition of organic wastes, is not transformation for these purposes, and therefore is not limited regarding contributing to the source reduction and recycling element.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to encourage investment in anaerobic digestion.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 881
Introduced by Assembly Member GallagherFebruary 16, 2017
Introduced by Assembly Member Gallagher
February 16, 2017
An act relating to solid waste.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 881, as introduced, Gallagher. Solid waste: composting: anaerobic digestion.
The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 establishes an integrated waste management program administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery that requires each city, county, and regional agency, if any, to develop a source reduction and recycling element of an integrated waste management plan. The element is required to provide for the diversion of 50% of the solid waste subject to the element through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities, only 10% of which may be satisfied by diversion through transformation. The act specifies that composting, defined as the controlled or uncontrolled biological decomposition of organic wastes, is not transformation for these purposes, and therefore is not limited regarding contributing to the source reduction and recycling element.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to encourage investment in anaerobic digestion.
The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 establishes an integrated waste management program administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery that requires each city, county, and regional agency, if any, to develop a source reduction and recycling element of an integrated waste management plan. The element is required to provide for the diversion of 50% of the solid waste subject to the element through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities, only 10% of which may be satisfied by diversion through transformation. The act specifies that composting, defined as the controlled or uncontrolled biological decomposition of organic wastes, is not transformation for these purposes, and therefore is not limited regarding contributing to the source reduction and recycling element.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to encourage investment in anaerobic digestion.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to encourage investment in anaerobic digestion.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to encourage investment in anaerobic digestion.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to encourage investment in anaerobic digestion.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to encourage investment in anaerobic digestion.
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