Community Corner
Commercial Buildings, Apartments Must Recycle
AB 341 sets 75 percent state-wide diversion goal by 2020. Some counties and cities are setting their own goals for income-generating properties but Los Angeles is not one of them.
Beginning July 1, 2012, about 470,000 California businesses and apartments will be required to recycle. This includes all businesses that generate four cubic yards or more of commercial solid waste per week, and all multifamily residential dwellings with five units or more regardless of the amount of commercial solid waste generated.
The affected businesses represent approximately 20 percent of California’s 1.3 million businesses and are responsible for about 75 percent of the commercial waste in California, according to the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery’s (CalRecycle) Web site.
Some counties and cities--for example, Alamenda County--have set up their own goals, but Los Angeles is not among them.
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Owners of commercial building and apartments are advised to contact their trash haulers about setting up this service, if they have not already.
Typical charge for a ten-unit commecial building is about $50 per month.
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AB 341 sets a statewide goal for 75 percent disposal reduction by 2020, and it requires local governments to inform businesses of the new Mandatory Commercial Recycling law. According to CalRecycle, the implementation of AB 341 will result in an estimated statewide average annual cost savings of $40 million-$60 million from 2012-2020.
For more information on AB 341 and Mandatory Commercial Recycling, visit www.calrecycle.ca.gov/climate/recycling/.
We'll have more on how local businesses are adapting to the new law. So check back at the site.
