City Of Mission Viejo: Zoom Meeting Jan. 13 Regarding State-Mandated New Residential Food Scrap Recycling Program

Press release from the City of Mission Viejo:

January 6, 2022

Learn more about the new State-mandated Residential Food Scrap Recycling Program during the Mission Viejo Chamber of Commerce’s Community & Legislative Affairs Zoom meeting from 8-9 am on Thursday, January 13. 

The meeting features Waste Management’s Recycling Education and Outreach Manager Victoria Nguyen discussing Senate Bill 1383 and Mission Viejo’s food, waste and recycling programs.  

On January 1, Senate Bill 1383, whose lead author is Ricardo Lara, went into effect requiring residents to begin placing food scraps like fruit and vegetable trimmings, eggshells, pasta, grains, coffee grounds, leftover inedible food, and expired food along with their garden trimmings into the green-lidded container provided by Waste Management of Orange County. The materials are collected on the same day as residents’ trash and recycling containers and transported to a facility for composting. See the FAQs about the Food Scrap Recycling Program at this link. 

SB 1383 requires residents across California to participate in organics recycling. You can find out more information during the January 13 Zoom meeting. Registration is required and available at this link.  

This press release was produced by the City of Mission Viejo. The views expressed here are the author’s own.