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2. San Francisco Mandatory Recycling and Composting Ordinance

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   In 1988, San Francisco's Solid Waste Management Program set diversion goals, calling for a 32 percent reduction in the city's waste stream by 1992 and 43 percent by 2002. However, in 1989, the California legislature preempted San Francisco's goals by passing the Integrated Waste Management Act (AB 939), which set waste reduction goals of 25 ...

3. Recology - Wikipedia

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   Aerial view of Recology San Francisco, Recology's dump/transfer station. Recology Inc., formerly known as Norcal Waste Systems, is an American waste management company headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company collects and processes municipal solid waste, reclaiming reusable materials.

4. Pay as you throw - Wikipedia

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   PAYT programs operated in California, Michigan, New York and Washington as early as the 1970s, although The City of San Francisco “had practiced a kind of PAYT scheme since 1932.” [4] By 2000, 6,000 communities in the U.S. (20%) and 200 in Canada had implemented user fees for waste management. [2]

5. Revelations of possible radioactive dumping around the Bay ...

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   A former chemical plant dumped thousands of tons of industrial waste around the San Francisco Bay Area. The deposits were made in places that are now open to the public — and could contain ...

6. Waste management - Wikipedia

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   San Francisco started to make changes to their waste management policies in 2009 with the expectation to be zero waste by 2030. [102] Council made changes such as making recycling and composting a mandatory practice for businesses and individuals, banning Styrofoam and plastic bags, putting charges on paper bags, and increasing garbage ...

7. Zero waste - Wikipedia

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   Here, there is a planned structure to reach Zero Waste through three steps recommended by the San Francisco Department of the Environment. These steps are to prevent waste, reduce and reuse, and recycle and compost. [55] [56] [57] Los Angeles defines zero waste as "maximizing diversion from landfills and reducing waste at the source, with the ...