Davis solid-waste update: state rule change will add thousands of tons and lower reported diversion

City conservation coordinator Jennifer Gilbert told the Climate & Environmental Justice Commission that a CalRecycle definitional change will add more than 3,000 tons of biosolids to Davis’s landfill totals and likely reduce the city’s reported diversion rate by 5–10 percentage points. Staff outlined procurement challenges and local program successes, including low contamination rates and a decade-old organics program.