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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to disposal of food waste materials 2
study; directing the Department of Environmental 3
Protection to conduct a study on the disposal of food 4
waste materials and submit a report to the Legislature 5
by a specified date; providing study requirements; 6
providing an appropriation; providing an effective 7
date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. (1) The Department of Environmental Protection 12
shall conduct a study on the disposal of food waste materials 13
and submit a report to the President of the Senate and the 14
Speaker of the House of Representatives on or before July 1, 15
2024. 16
(2) The study must: 17
(a) Determine the current impact of the disposal of food 18
waste materials in landfills and at solid waste facilities. 19
(b) Determine what composting facilities, anaerobic 20
digestion facilities, and other recycling facilities currently 21
exist in the state with the capacity t o accept food waste 22
materials. 23
(c) Examine the current cost of the disposal of food waste 24
materials in landfills and at solid waste facilities versus the 25
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cost of the disposal of food waste materials at composting 26
facilities, anaerobic digestion facilitie s, and other recycling 27
facilities. 28
(d) Provide legislative recommendations on the feasibility 29
of a pilot program to require food outlets, food service 30
establishments, schools or other educational facilities, and 31
businesses to recycle food waste materials and the most 32
efficient method to accomplish the goal of redirecting the 33
disposal of food waste materials in landfills and at solid waste 34
facilities to composting facilities, anaerobic digestion 35
facilities, and other recycling facilities. The department ma y 36
provide legislative recommendations for additional goals of the 37
pilot program. 38
(e) Provide legislative recommendations for educational 39
materials on the benefits of alternative food disposal methods. 40
(f) Determine the type and size of food outlets, fo od 41
service establishments, schools or other educational facilities, 42
and businesses that should participate in the pilot program 43
under paragraph (d). 44
(3) For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the nonrecurring sum of 45
$100,000 from the General Revenue Fund is appr opriated to the 46
department for the purpose of conducting a study on the disposal 47
of food waste materials pursuant to this section. 48
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 49