Progress has never been achieved by pressing pause. In June, the Little Hoover Commission suggested that California’s short-lived pollutant reduction law, Senate Bill 1383, a first-of-its-kind ...

According to state regulations, residents, regardless of their jurisdiction, are required to recycle organic waste. But Cal Recycle is leaving development and regulation to localities. This will be in ...

Soon, you'll have to think twice before throwing out your leftovers. A law is requiring everyone to properly dispose of organic waste. That includes businesses.Thomas Wilkins is an employee at Great ...

ENFORCEMENT. THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO DOESN’T WANT TO BE THE GARBAGE POLICE. I DON’T KNOW IF I’M BREAKING THE LAW, BUT I NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DILIGENT ABOUT KEEPING IT IN THAT INSTEAD OF PUTTING ...

ENCINITAS, Calif. — Mimicking nature, employees at the Solana Center for Environmental Innovation turn food waste into nutrient-rich organic material. Through their Food Cycle composting program, ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Composting is a concentrated effort that many Californians don't bother with, but as of New Year's Day, they may have to think twice about whether to throw a banana peel or ...

Food waste, food-soiled paper towels and napkins. Yard trimmings and non-hazardous wood waste will also go into the green bins. I live in the city of San Diego, but I don’t have a green bin yet. What ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - Starting in 2022, a new law goes into effect across California that will change what everyone tosses into the garbage. SB 1383, passed in 2016, requires any person or business that ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A new law goes into effect in 2022 that requires the state to reduce organic waste in landfills by 75 percent in the next five years. Organic waste is just food scraps that you're ...

Michael Houseman never envisioned a future in compost. He’s the kind of guy who wears a beard, a comfortable hoodie and a Tacoma Rainiers cap. He comes home from work dirty, and it suits him; he has ...

Much of our garbage is food that was still edible. Yet over 10 percent of Washingtonians don’t know where their next meal will come from. EVERETT — A new state law aims to combat both climate change ...