BB&K Attorney Joanna Gin Discusses SB 1383 with L.A. Times
Article Addresses Implementation and Complications of Landmark New Rules
Best Best & Krieger LLP Associate Joanna Gin recently spoke with the L.A. Times about the implications of SB 1383, a regulation that will require Californians to separate organic material from their other garbage starting in 2022, and the complications that some California cities are facing as a result.
Joanna, who is helping cities navigate the new rules, said that “in some places, they have a back order to get the containers the organic waste goes into, some of them don’t anticipate getting the containers before the Jan. 1 deadline.”
In the article, she explains that the complications don’t stop there. Some cities fret, in particular, over the requirement that they buy back organic waste byproducts. A formula based on population dictates, for instance, that a city of 100,000 purchase 8,000 tons of mulch a year, or the equivalent in compost or reclaimed natural gas, said Gin.
Read the entire L.A. Times article, “California goes to war with food waste. Composting is its next climate crusade,” here.
