California’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy

In September 2016, Governor Edmund Brown Jr. set methane emissions reduction targets for California (SB 1383 Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016) in a statewide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP). The targets must:

• Reduce organic waste disposal 75% by 2025.
• Rescue for people to eat at least 20% of currently disposed surplus food by 2025.

Beginning in 2022, SB 1383 requires every jurisdiction to provide organic waste collection services to all residents and businesses. 

2 million tons of organic waste a year was already cut between 2018 to 2021, even before most communities launched their organic waste programs when the law took effect on January 1, 2022. California now has 206 organic waste processing facilities and is building 20 more.

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