SB 1383 – Rio Vista
Did you know that organic waste accounts for most of the material landfilled in California?
Great news: your food waste recycling program went into effect in early 2024!
Reducing Food Waste in Landfills Limits Greenhouse Gas Emissions!
The new state law, SB 1383, requires all residents to recycle their organics weekly.
Put Yard Waste + Food Scraps in the Brown Cart!
Organic waste accounts for more than half of what goes into landfills and produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
Over 50% of our landfills are comprised of organic waste: food, green waste, and food-soiled paper.
Organic waste emits 20% of the state’s methane, a climate superpollutant 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide.
Recycling organic waste reduces climate pollution. Put your yard waste, food scraps, and food-soiled paper in your brown cart and set it out on your weekly service day. MDRR processes these materials and sends them to composting facilities, where they become nutrient-rich compost instead of landfill waste.
Use Your Kitchen Pail for Food Scraps
Composting in Rio Vista is easy!
How it Works:
- Collect food scraps in a container.
- Empty the contents into your brown organics cart.
- Set out your organics cart for weekly pickup.
Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery organics trucks transport separated green waste, food scraps, and food-soiled paper to our Pittsburg facility for preprocessing. We then transport the material to our partnering compost facility for the final step of turning the materials into soil-enriching compost.
What is Senate Bill (SB 1383)
SB 1383 is a recent state law that requires residents to recycle their organics weekly.
The State has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving human health, and creating clean jobs that support resilient local economies. Implementing the statewide plan under SB 1383 will reduce short-lived, harmful superpollutants with significant warming impacts and is essential to achieving California’s climate goals.
Organic waste, such as food scraps, yard trimmings, paper, and cardboard, makes up half of what Californians send to landfills. Organic waste in landfills emits 20% of the State’s methane, a climate super pollutant 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide.
The law seeks to achieve a 75% reduction in the disposal of organic waste.
Frequently Asked Questions
For additional support for SB 1383, visit our FAQs page.