New Jersey 2022-2023 Regular Session

New Jersey Senate Bill S2730 Compare Versions

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1	1	SENATE, No. 2730 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 220th LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED MAY 26, 2022
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7	7	STATE OF NEW JERSEY
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9	9	220th LEGISLATURE
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13	13	INTRODUCED MAY 26, 2022
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17	17	Sponsored by: Senator RICHARD J. CODEY District 27 (Essex and Morris) Senator BOB SMITH District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset) SYNOPSIS Requires each solid waste management district to develop strategy in solid waste management plan to reduce food waste. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT As introduced.
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21	21	Sponsored by:
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23	23	Senator RICHARD J. CODEY
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27	27	Senator BOB SMITH
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39	39	SYNOPSIS
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41	41	Requires each solid waste management district to develop strategy in solid waste management plan to reduce food waste.
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51	51	An Act concerning the reduction of food waste and supplementing P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.). Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. a. No later than two years after the effective date of this section, each solid waste management district in the State shall develop and implement a strategy for reducing, by the year 2030, the amount of food waste generated annually in the district by at least 50 percent of the amount which is generated in the year this section takes effect. The strategy shall be adopted as an amendment to the district solid waste management plan required pursuant to the "Solid Waste Management Act," P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) and subject to the approval of the department. b. No later than 180 days after the effective date of this section, the department shall develop, and publish on its Internet website, a list of measures solid waste management districts can take in order to achieve the food waste reduction requirement established in subsection a. of this section. Such measures shall include, but need not be limited to, measures to increase the donation of surplus edible food, the source separation and recycling of food waste, composting and anaerobic digestion of food waste, and public awareness campaigns. c. As used in this section, "food waste" means food processing waste, food processing residue generated from processing and packaging operations, overripe or spoiled produce, trimmings from food, food product over-runs, soiled and unrecyclable paper, and used cooking fats, oil, and grease. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. STATEMENT This bill would require each solid waste management district in the State (i.e., each county and the Hackensack Meadowlands District) to develop, as part of its district solid waste management plan, a strategy to reduce food waste in the district. Specifically, this bill would require each solid waste management district to develop and implement a strategy for reducing, by the year 2030, the amount of food waste generated annually in the district by at least 50 percent of the amount which is generated in the year this bill is enacted into law. The strategy would be adopted as an amendment to each district's solid waste management plan and subject to the approval of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The bill would require the DEP to develop, and publish on its Internet website, a list of measures solid waste management districts can take in order to achieve the food waste reduction requirement established in the bill. These measures would include actions to prevent food waste and increase the donation of surplus edible food, the source separation and recycling of food waste, composting and anaerobic digestion of food waste, and public awareness campaigns.
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53	53	An Act concerning the reduction of food waste and supplementing P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.).
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57	57	Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
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61	61	1. a. No later than two years after the effective date of this section, each solid waste management district in the State shall develop and implement a strategy for reducing, by the year 2030, the amount of food waste generated annually in the district by at least 50 percent of the amount which is generated in the year this section takes effect. The strategy shall be adopted as an amendment to the district solid waste management plan required pursuant to the "Solid Waste Management Act," P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) and subject to the approval of the department.
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63	63	b. No later than 180 days after the effective date of this section, the department shall develop, and publish on its Internet website, a list of measures solid waste management districts can take in order to achieve the food waste reduction requirement established in subsection a. of this section. Such measures shall include, but need not be limited to, measures to increase the donation of surplus edible food, the source separation and recycling of food waste, composting and anaerobic digestion of food waste, and public awareness campaigns.
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65	65	c. As used in this section, "food waste" means food processing waste, food processing residue generated from processing and packaging operations, overripe or spoiled produce, trimmings from food, food product over-runs, soiled and unrecyclable paper, and used cooking fats, oil, and grease.
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69	69	2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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79	79	This bill would require each solid waste management district in the State (i.e., each county and the Hackensack Meadowlands District) to develop, as part of its district solid waste management plan, a strategy to reduce food waste in the district.
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81	81	Specifically, this bill would require each solid waste management district to develop and implement a strategy for reducing, by the year 2030, the amount of food waste generated annually in the district by at least 50 percent of the amount which is generated in the year this bill is enacted into law. The strategy would be adopted as an amendment to each district's solid waste management plan and subject to the approval of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
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83	83	The bill would require the DEP to develop, and publish on its Internet website, a list of measures solid waste management districts can take in order to achieve the food waste reduction requirement established in the bill. These measures would include actions to prevent food waste and increase the donation of surplus edible food, the source separation and recycling of food waste, composting and anaerobic digestion of food waste, and public awareness campaigns.