SB 1383 Organics Capacity Calculator
SB 1383 requires California counties and each city, regional agency, and special district that provides solid waste collection services within each county, to plan for adequate capacity for recycling organic waste. CalRecycle is providing this optional calculator to assist jurisdictions with this organics recycling planning requirement.
This guidance tool was developed by CalRecycle as a courtesy for informational and example purposes only. Use of this tool is optional and is not a regulatory requirement. In the event of any conflict with this guidance tool or information herein, applicable statutory and regulatory provisions shall control. This tool and information herein are based on known facts and legal authority as understood by CalRecycle at the time of release. Any analysis, guidance, or other information herein may be subject to change based on changed facts or legal authority, actual or understood, subsequent to the time of this communication. The provision of this guidance tool and any analysis, guidance, or other information herein shall not be construed as a waiver of any rights or remedies available to CalRecycle. Recipients of this communication are encouraged to seek the assistance of legal counsel to comply with applicable state law based on their pertinent facts and circumstances. CalRecycle makes no representation that use of this tool will ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. The user assumes all risk and CalRecycle accepts no responsibility or liability to any person because of the use of, or reliance upon, this tool or the information herein.
Each county is responsible for leading this collaborative effort among all cities, regional agencies, and special districts that provide solid waste collection services within the county.
Estimating the amount of all organic waste in tons that will be disposed by organic waste generators.
- For capacity planning purposes, organic waste includes food scraps, landscape and pruning waste, wood, paper products, digestate, and biosolids. Each type of organic material included in the 2014 organic waste disposal baseline and Statewide Waste Characterization Studies (WCS) is included in the calculator below, except for carpet and textiles.
Identifying the amount in tons of existing, new, or expanded organic waste recycling infrastructure capacity,
located both in the county and outside of the county, that is verifiably available to the jurisdiction.
- “Verifiably available” means that each jurisdiction can demonstrate the available capacity through a contract, franchise agreement, or other documentation of existing, new, or expanded capacity at a facility, activity, operation, or property that recovers organic waste. A facility permit alone is not an indication of the amount of capacity available to a jurisdiction and, therefore, does not satisfy this requirement.
- Estimating the amount of new or expanded organic waste recycling facility capacity that is necessary to process the estimated amount of organic waste that will be disposed by organic waste generators.
- Collecting organic waste recycling capacity information from each of the jurisdictions.
- Identifying any jurisdiction, which includes the county, that does not have enough organic waste recycling capacity.
Submitting an organic waste recycling capacity report to CalRecycle according to the following schedule:
- August 1, 2022: For the period January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2024.
- August 1, 2024: For the period January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2034.
- August 1, 2029: For the period January 1, 2030 - December 31, 2039.
- August 1, 2034: For the period January 1, 2035 - December 31, 2044.
- Informing jurisdictions that have insufficient capacity that they are required to submit an implementation schedule to CalRecycle within 120 days following the date the county submits the report to CalRecycle.
Please note that the calculator contains ToolTips ( ) with definitions, user input instructions, and additional guidance about the origin of predefined or calculated data. Select the ToolTip and a small graphic will appear with more information.
Fields in each step that require an entry to calculate data in related steps are noted with a red asterisk (*).
Please note that this calculator does not save any of the data that is entered.
To save a record, of your data please use the "export to excel" button located at the bottom of the calculator after completion.
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Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCP): Organic Waste Methane Emissions Reductions: https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Organics/SLCP/
Technical/Policy Contact: Organic Waste Methane Emissions Reductions firstname.lastname@example.org
Local Assistance Contacts: Local Assistance & Market Development https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/LGCentral/Contacts/