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Supervisor Safai introduces on-site sorting requirement for large producers; Supervisor Cohen asks OEWD to study food access in underserved neighborhoods
Summary
Supervisor Ahsha Safai introduced legislation to require audits and corrective on‑site sorting at large waste producers, and supervisors asked OEWD to study ways to attract grocery stores to underserved "food districts."
Supervisor Ahsha Safai used the Board’s new‑business period on June 12 to introduce legislation aimed at increasing citywide waste diversion by requiring on‑site sorting and audits for large producers whose waste streams show contamination above thresholds to be set by the Department of the Environment. Safai recounted that, per the Department of the Environment and Recology, about 60 percent of what is placed in the city’s trash stream is compostable or recyclable, and argued on‑site sorting at large buildings is the most effective place to reduce contamination.
Under the proposal as described on the floor, the Department of the Environment would audit large apartment buildings, office…
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