REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AND
CORONA UTILITY AUTHORITY ACTION
DATE: 11/03/2021
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
Honorable President and Board Members
FROM: Utilities Department
SUBJECT:
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Ordinance amending Chapter 8.20 of the Corona Municipal Code relating to solid waste handling, organics recycling, and edible food recovery.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
An ordinance amending Chapter 8.20 of the Corona Municipal Code for the purpose of updating the solid waste and recycling regulations to implement provisions of Senate Bill 1383.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council introduce, by title only, and waive the full reading of Ordinance No. 3338, amending Chapter 8.20 of the Corona Municipal Code relating to solid waste handling, organics recycling, and edible food recovery.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (the "Act") established a solid waste management process that requires cities and other local jurisdictions to adopt and implement plans to divert the amount of solid waste generated by maximizing reuse and recycling. Over the past decade, the California Legislature has amended and added provisions to the Act to reinforce the ambitious statewide diversion goals. For example, Assembly Bill No. 341 ("AB 341") amended the Act to, among other things, require commercial waste generators to arrange for recycling services. Assembly Bill No. 1826 ("AB 1826") amended the Act to include provisions regarding organic waste recycling for commercial waste generators. Senate Bill No. 1383 ("SB 1383") builds upon AB 1826 and expands mandatory organic waste recycling requirements to all governmental, commercial, and residential entities to support achievement of the statewide organic waste disposal reduction by diverting 75 percent, from 2014 levels, of organic waste from landfills by 2025.
The Corona Municipal Code (CMC) Chapter 8.20 provides waste and recycling requirements ...
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