Bill Text: CA AR39 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to compost awareness week.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-08 - Read. Adopted. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4846.). [AR39 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AR39-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: HR 39 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Ting
APRIL 21, 2014
Relative to compost awareness week.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST
WHEREAS, Materials, such as yard trimmings, vegetable cuttings,
biosolids, food scraps, manures, and hay shavings, have all been
composted and converted into a beneficial product known as compost;
and
WHEREAS, Compost is an important soil amendment and is critical to
the state's valuable agricultural industry; and
WHEREAS, Returning organic resources to the soil decreases
dependence on chemical fertilizers and pesticides, decreases erosion,
reduces greenhouse gas emissions and nonpoint source pollution,
conserves water, and creates drought-resistant crops; and
WHEREAS, Composting is an effective form of waste reduction,
reuse, and recycling; and since compostable organic materials make up
approximately 42 percent of the material going to landfills,
composting is becoming one of the primary methods used by communities
to reach waste diversion goals; and
WHEREAS, Anaerobic digestion is a form of organics management that
prepares materials for composting, while capturing methane, a potent
greenhouse gas, and uses it to generate electricity and heat or
processes it into a ultra-low carbon transportation fuel; and
WHEREAS, Composting California's food waste could cut landfill
methane emissions by up to 3 million tons of carbon dioxide per year,
and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an additional 3.3 million
tons, through the use of finished compost in agriculture; and
WHEREAS, Communities, through their local governments, highway
departments, soil conservation services and extension offices, and
public works professionals, can have significant impact on clean
water, soil, climate change, and landfill diversion by using compost
for public works projects; and
WHEREAS, Composting creates green jobs and infrastructure for
cities and states that implement composting programs; and
WHEREAS, The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery has
estimated that recovering a significant portion of our organic waste
stream could create 14,000 new jobs in the state by 2020; and
WHEREAS, the composting councils of the United States, Canada, and
the United Kingdom have all declared the first full week of May as
the annual International Compost Awareness Week; now, therefore, be
it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the week
of May 5 to 11, 2014, is hereby designated as Compost Awareness
Week; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
