NEWS AND INFORMATION
Council Approves Resolution 20-97 - Extending Commercial Diversion Rates Until December 2021
On December 16, 2020, The City Council approved Resolution 20-97 which amended by 1-year the mandatory compliance provisions of Resolution 17-62. Resolution 17-62 implemented changes to the City’s Solid Waste and Recycling Programs by establishing mandatory diversion rates for all commercial solid waste providers and requiring brokers and consolidators to report recycling tonnage to the City. The Resolution was developed to comply with State mandates imposed at the time; reduce the City’s waste; increase recycling and diversion; reuse materials; and work within the community to comply with State laws, requirements, and mandates.
Having achieved a reported average commercial diversion rate in excess of 70 percent at the time, Resolution 17-62 was designed to ensure the City’s compliance with the programmatic requirements and reporting of referenced mandates. While the City’s progress continued in 2019, the unforeseen impacts of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has resulted in many of the City’s previously compliant haulers having difficulties meeting the 75 percent mandated diversion requirements by the end of 2020, and others struggling just to meet 70 percent.
As many of the City’s commercial businesses were either closed for extended periods of time or operating on a limited capacity since March 2020, the closures and reduced operating capacities have made it extremely difficult for some of the existing nonexclusive solid waste franchises to comply with the mandatory diversion rate of 75 percent by December 31, 2020. In essence Resolution 20-97 kept all of the requirements of the previous resolution in place and established that alll nonexclusive franchises providing services within the City of Montebello must achieve the following diversion rates by December 31 of each calendar year:
- 2020 = 70% Diversion
- 2021 = 75% Diversion
A link to the updated Resolution 20-97 can be found below.
Council Approved Mandatory Recycling In Accordance with AB341 & 1826
In 2011 Assembly Bill 341 was enacted to ensure mandatory commercial recycling. Designed to further increase recycling efforts by adding requirements of a state-wide mandatory commercial recycling program, the purpose of the Act was to reduce GHG emissions by diverting commercial solid waste to recycling efforts and expanding the opportunity for additional recycling services, as well as recycling manufacturing facilities in California.
Assembly Bill 1826 was signed in to law by Governor Brown in October of 2014. Among the provisions created was that all businesses are required to recycle their organic waste on and after April 1, 2016, depending on the amount of waste they generate per week. This law also requires local jurisdictions to implement an organic waste recycling program to divert organic waste generated by businesses, including multifamily residential dwellings that consist of five or more units.
The programs and requirements established in the attached Resolution, set forth the basic parameters for which the City will use to ensure State mandated compliance.
Among the provisions enacted by Resolution 17-62 are:
- That all public and private entities covered under the legislative confines of AB341 are required to implement a mandatory recycling program within 45-Days of the passage of this Resolution.
- That all public and private entities covered under the legislative confines of AB1826 are required to recycle their organic waste in a manner commensurate with the enacted legislation.
- That all brokers and consolidators of waste and/or recyclable material shall be required to register and report solid waste and recycling tonnage to the City in similar fashion as the nonexclusive franchised haulers. This category also includes third party consolidators; brokers; and anyone that arranges for the collection, transportation, and/or disposal of waste and/or recyclable material from any business entity located within the jurisdictional confines of the City of Montebello.
Expanded e-Waste Collection Event Dates Better Serve Montebello Residents
The City’s successful E-waste collection events have Unfortuanalty been postponed due to the public health emergency relating to the 2019 novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. Because of the restrictions imposed to protect the health and safety of our residents, all electronic waste, composting events, and public collection events have been postponed until such time as restrictions are lifted. If you have specific questions, please contact us, or click on the link below to send us an email.
Collection dates will be posted once it is safe to do so and restrictions are lifted