CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1048Introduced by Senator AllenFebruary 08, 2018 An act relating to environmental education. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1048, as introduced, Allen. Environmental education: source reduction and recycling.Existing law requires the Office of Education and the Environment in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in cooperation with the State Department of Education and the State Board of Education, to develop and implement a unified education strategy on the environment for elementary and secondary schools in the state. Existing law requires the office, as a part of the strategy, to develop education principles for the environment that include concepts relating to various topics, including integrated waste management. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would add information about composting, food waste reduction, and reduction in the use of single use disposable plastics to the Office of Education and the Environments education principles for the environment.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. The Legislature finds and declares the following:(a) Greater public education is necessary to achieve the policy goal established pursuant to Section 41780.01 of the Public Resources Code that not less than 75 percent of solid waste generated be source reduced, recycled, or composted by the year 2020, and the requirement established pursuant to Section 39730.6 of the Health and Safety Code of a 75 percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by the year 2025. (b) Food is the single most prevalent item in Californias waste stream, with over 5.5 million tons of food dumped in landfills every year in the state. Americans throw away an estimated 21 percent of the food they bring home, equivalent to more than 20 pounds of food per person per month.(c) Consumer education to raise awareness of food waste and educating consumers about ways to reduce food waste have been identified as among the most effective strategies to prevent food waste.SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would add information about composting, food waste reduction, and reduction in the use of single use disposable plastics to the Office of Education and the Environments education principles for the environment.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1048Introduced by Senator AllenFebruary 08, 2018 An act relating to environmental education. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1048, as introduced, Allen. Environmental education: source reduction and recycling.Existing law requires the Office of Education and the Environment in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in cooperation with the State Department of Education and the State Board of Education, to develop and implement a unified education strategy on the environment for elementary and secondary schools in the state. Existing law requires the office, as a part of the strategy, to develop education principles for the environment that include concepts relating to various topics, including integrated waste management. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would add information about composting, food waste reduction, and reduction in the use of single use disposable plastics to the Office of Education and the Environments education principles for the environment.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill No. 1048
Introduced by Senator AllenFebruary 08, 2018
Introduced by Senator Allen
February 08, 2018
An act relating to environmental education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1048, as introduced, Allen. Environmental education: source reduction and recycling.
Existing law requires the Office of Education and the Environment in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in cooperation with the State Department of Education and the State Board of Education, to develop and implement a unified education strategy on the environment for elementary and secondary schools in the state. Existing law requires the office, as a part of the strategy, to develop education principles for the environment that include concepts relating to various topics, including integrated waste management. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would add information about composting, food waste reduction, and reduction in the use of single use disposable plastics to the Office of Education and the Environments education principles for the environment.
Existing law requires the Office of Education and the Environment in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in cooperation with the State Department of Education and the State Board of Education, to develop and implement a unified education strategy on the environment for elementary and secondary schools in the state. Existing law requires the office, as a part of the strategy, to develop education principles for the environment that include concepts relating to various topics, including integrated waste management.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would add information about composting, food waste reduction, and reduction in the use of single use disposable plastics to the Office of Education and the Environments education principles for the environment.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following:(a) Greater public education is necessary to achieve the policy goal established pursuant to Section 41780.01 of the Public Resources Code that not less than 75 percent of solid waste generated be source reduced, recycled, or composted by the year 2020, and the requirement established pursuant to Section 39730.6 of the Health and Safety Code of a 75 percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by the year 2025. (b) Food is the single most prevalent item in Californias waste stream, with over 5.5 million tons of food dumped in landfills every year in the state. Americans throw away an estimated 21 percent of the food they bring home, equivalent to more than 20 pounds of food per person per month.(c) Consumer education to raise awareness of food waste and educating consumers about ways to reduce food waste have been identified as among the most effective strategies to prevent food waste.SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would add information about composting, food waste reduction, and reduction in the use of single use disposable plastics to the Office of Education and the Environments education principles for the environment.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following:(a) Greater public education is necessary to achieve the policy goal established pursuant to Section 41780.01 of the Public Resources Code that not less than 75 percent of solid waste generated be source reduced, recycled, or composted by the year 2020, and the requirement established pursuant to Section 39730.6 of the Health and Safety Code of a 75 percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by the year 2025. (b) Food is the single most prevalent item in Californias waste stream, with over 5.5 million tons of food dumped in landfills every year in the state. Americans throw away an estimated 21 percent of the food they bring home, equivalent to more than 20 pounds of food per person per month.(c) Consumer education to raise awareness of food waste and educating consumers about ways to reduce food waste have been identified as among the most effective strategies to prevent food waste.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following:(a) Greater public education is necessary to achieve the policy goal established pursuant to Section 41780.01 of the Public Resources Code that not less than 75 percent of solid waste generated be source reduced, recycled, or composted by the year 2020, and the requirement established pursuant to Section 39730.6 of the Health and Safety Code of a 75 percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by the year 2025. (b) Food is the single most prevalent item in Californias waste stream, with over 5.5 million tons of food dumped in landfills every year in the state. Americans throw away an estimated 21 percent of the food they bring home, equivalent to more than 20 pounds of food per person per month.(c) Consumer education to raise awareness of food waste and educating consumers about ways to reduce food waste have been identified as among the most effective strategies to prevent food waste.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following:
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(a) Greater public education is necessary to achieve the policy goal established pursuant to Section 41780.01 of the Public Resources Code that not less than 75 percent of solid waste generated be source reduced, recycled, or composted by the year 2020, and the requirement established pursuant to Section 39730.6 of the Health and Safety Code of a 75 percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by the year 2025.
(b) Food is the single most prevalent item in Californias waste stream, with over 5.5 million tons of food dumped in landfills every year in the state. Americans throw away an estimated 21 percent of the food they bring home, equivalent to more than 20 pounds of food per person per month.
(c) Consumer education to raise awareness of food waste and educating consumers about ways to reduce food waste have been identified as among the most effective strategies to prevent food waste.
SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would add information about composting, food waste reduction, and reduction in the use of single use disposable plastics to the Office of Education and the Environments education principles for the environment.
SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would add information about composting, food waste reduction, and reduction in the use of single use disposable plastics to the Office of Education and the Environments education principles for the environment.
SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would add information about composting, food waste reduction, and reduction in the use of single use disposable plastics to the Office of Education and the Environments education principles for the environment.
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