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Committee Advances SB 279 to Expand On‑Site and Community Composting; Commercial Composter Groups Urge Changes
Summary
SB 279 would let growers compost large, episodic orchard or vineyard removal material on‑site, expand volumes for community composters, and allow limited food scraps into small/medium operations to catalyze composting; the committee advanced the bill after contested testimony.
Sen. Jim McNerney introduced SB 279 to increase on‑farm composting flexibility, expand permitted volumes for community composters, and allow small and medium composters to accept limited food scraps.
Proponents — including Californians Against Waste, the Western Tree Nut Association, the Almond Alliance, Wine Institute, California Farm Bureau and numerous local organizations and compost groups — said the measure responds to the January 1 ban on most open agricultural burning…
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