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Board committee advances amended ‘zero waste’ ordinance targeting large refuse generators after heated debate
Summary
After extensive public comment and negotiation over exemptions and implementation timelines, the committee advanced amendments to an ordinance requiring audits of large refuse generators and, in many failing cases, an on‑site 0‑waste facilitator. The committee accepted several technical amendments and sent the bill to the full Board with a committee report.
The Budget & Finance Committee advanced an amended ordinance that would require audits every three years of designated "Large Refuse Generators" (LRGs) and, in defined failure cases, compel account holders to provide a dedicated 0‑waste facilitator to improve onsite sorting and increase diversion from landfill.
Sponsor Supervisor Safaie framed the ordinance as targeting a small subset of generators that produce a disproportionate share of landfill waste: "Less than 1% of the account holders...are sending over 20% of waste to landfill," he said, arguing the facilitator model is a best practice that typically pays for…
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