California requires mandatory organics (food scrap) recycling and businesses generating 4 cubic yards of food scrap waste per week must recycle their food scraps. The law includes schools, hospitals, stores, restaurants, for-profit or nonprofit organizations, as well as residential dwellings with 5+ units. These new requirements will be phased in over several years and will help California recycle 75% of its generated waste by 2020.
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California's Mandatory Food Recycling Law.