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0 Waste Marin outlines SB 1383 duties, schools program and county outreach
Summary
Casey Fritz of 0 Waste Marin told the Corte Madera committee that the countywide JPA enforces California waste laws (including SB 1383), runs a decade‑old schools program that has prevented nearly 18,000 tons of greenhouse‑gas emissions, and coordinates household hazardous‑waste collection and outreach.
Casey Fritz, program manager at 0 Waste Marin, told the Corte Madera Town Climate Action Committee on Feb. 18 that the joint powers authority was founded in 1996 to implement California waste laws across Marin County and to reduce confusion where multiple private haulers operate.
Fritz said 0 Waste Marin oversees annual reporting to CalRecycle, maintains a shared SMART database that cities, towns and haulers use to log outreach and compliance activity, and provides technical assistance to businesses and multifamily properties to help them meet state requirements. "We are a joint powers authority," she said, "and we try to help, iron some of that out for people."
The agency runs a schools program that began in 2015 and now serves roughly 45 public…
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