San Mateo Shifts To Organic Waste Recycling In 2022

San Mateo CA

29 December, 2021

4:08 PM

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SAN MATEO, CA — The new year will bring with it new recycling regulations for San Mateo businesses and residences. Beginning on Jan. 1, residents and businesses will be asked to separate out food products from their trash and recycling and put them into the green organics bin without a trash bag. This means you'll be dumping your scraps from produce, meat, dairy items, egg shells, coffee grounds and tea bags, bakery and dry goods and yard waste into the green bin. For those who don't currently have a green organics container, residents, businesses and multi-family dwelling mangers can set up organic recycling with San Mateo County's Recology office. The city will deliver a green bin for free. Contact the Recology San Mateo County Office to get your bin here. Wasted food accounts for eight percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report from The Washington Post. In the United States, wasted food has a bigger carbon footprint than the airline industry. Over a third of all produced food doesn't actually get consumed, and instead ends up rotting in landfills, the Post reported. The organic waste program in San Mateo is a result of a new state law, SB 1383, which passed earlier this year ro reduce methane emission from landfills. Read More: 11 New California Laws For 2022, Explained In One Minute19 New CA Laws You Need To Know About For 2022Bringing Home The Bacon Tops New California Laws In 2022