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Claremont staff report progress on SB 1383 organics recycling and edible food recovery
Summary
City staff told the Community & Human Services Commission that Claremont has implemented California's SB 1383 requirements citywide, tracking about 60% proper organics sorting and reporting roughly 341,000 pounds of donated edible food in 2024 while noting processing capacity and rising costs as ongoing challenges.
Claremont staff on Wednesday updated the Community and Human Services Commission on the city's organics recycling and edible food recovery efforts under California's SB 1383, the Short‑Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Act.
The presentation, led by Community Services Manager Kristen and Solid Waste Supervisor Isaac Quintero, said SB 1383 requires jurisdictions to reduce organic waste to landfills and to promote edible food recovery. "This law has brought two main things," Quintero told commissioners: "The first reduces organics waste going to the landfill ... Second, it requires both organic recycling and food recovery programs." Staff said Claremont began a commercial food‑waste recycling program in 2018, expanded commercial coverage to all customers in January 2022, piloted residential organics recycling in 2021 and launched a…
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