Sorting Out Organics, so you don't have to!

Santa Barbara City · December 18, 2025

City presenters described Santa Barbara's approach to organic waste: residents may put food scraps in the trash unbagged for sorting at a local materials recovery facility, which diverts organics to an anaerobic digester that produces compost and renewable energy; restaurants face a municipal-code requirement to separate and donate recoverable food.

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