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Take-back programs are based on the concept of product stewardship, and Californians Against Waste went on the apply this concept to major sources of waste besides e-waste. Since 2010, the organization has sponsored legislation that brought the PaintCare unused paint drop-off recycling program to California, [ 9 ] and created a used mattress ...
Goal: Requires C&D projects to use city-registered transporters and processing facilities to increase debris recovery; 2006 Food Service Waste Reduction Ordinance. Goal: Requires restaurants and food vendors to not use styrofoam food service ware and instead use food ware that is recyclable or compostable; 2007 Plastic Bag Reduction Ordinance
The California Recycling Market Development Act (AB 1583 by Assembly Member Susan Eggman) established the Statewide Commission on Recycling Markets and Curbside Recycling to advise the Department on issues related to market development, recyclability, and achieving the department's existing waste diversion goals. [24]
In California, landfilled food waste accounts for 20% of the state’s methane emissions, which has led to the passage of Senate Bill 1383, a statewide organics recycling law that went into effect ...
Puente Hills Landfill was the largest landfill in the United States, rising 500 feet (150 meters) high and covering 700 acres (2.8 km 2). [1] Originally opened in 1957 in a back canyon in the Puente Hills, the landfill was made to meet the demands of urbanization and waste-disposal east of Los Angeles.
Winnemem Wintu chief Caleen Sisk in 2009 A representation of a Pomo dancer, painting by Grace Hudson. Indigenous peoples of California, commonly known as Indigenous Californians or Native Californians, are a diverse group of nations and peoples that are indigenous to the geographic area within the current boundaries of California before and after European colonization.
The 4,543-square-mile sanctuary, located off California's rugged Central Coast, would prohibit oil drilling and offer other protections to an area that encompasses numerous cultural resources.
In June 2022, Divert launched a waste food recycling program with Giant Food, part of the Ahold Delhaize family of companies, to reduce the amount of organic waste going to landfill. The program has since expanded to 165 Giant Food stores across DC, Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware. [ 25 ]