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Food scraps are clogging landfills and making climate change worse. How that'll change in 2022
If you live in California, chances are your food scraps are still getting buried in landfills and contributing to a warmer planet. And so, California became the first U.S. state to require local jurisdictions to compost their organic waste.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 25m ListenIf you live in California, chances are your food scraps are still getting buried in landfills and contributing to a warmer planet. And so, California became the first U.S. state to require local jurisdictions to compost their organic waste. SB 1383 was signed into law in 2016, and it aims to reduce organic waste disposal 75% by 2025. It also requires that by January 2022, all cities and counties in California need to establish a plan to compost the organic waste going into trash cans.
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3 storiesYour food scraps must turn into compost by 2022, says California law. Here’s how it’ll work
SB 1383 aims to reduce organic waste disposal 75% by 2025. It requires that by January 2022, all cities and counties in California need to establish a plan to compost the organic waste going into trash cans.
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California has two legal ways to dispose of bodies when people die: burial and cremation. Now state lawmakers are considering adding a third legal option: composting.
Read the story7 minOC’s Capistrano Beach used to be a vibrant coastline for recreation. How to revive and preserve it?
Capistrano Beach in Dana Point has been battered by storms and rising sea levels in recent years. It was once a vibrant stretch of coastline with volleyball courts, a basketball court, and fire rings.
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