SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – The amount of organic waste being delivered to the San Diego Miramar Greenery has nearly doubled in the two-years since SB 1383 went into effect.
The law requires everyone in California to recycle their organic waste. It was passed by the Legislature in 2016, but the state delayed implementation to let cities and counties plan the roll-out. Then the pandemic delayed it further.
ABC 10News has been covering the roll out across San Diego county since 2021 as plans began to form . In 2023, San Diego began their roll out of green bins and kitchen caddies to single-family homes. As part of that roll out, then Director of Environmental Services Renee Robertson invited ABC 10News Anchor Jared Aarons into her home for a lesson on the best practices of house-hold organic waste recycling.
For the most part, the city’s efforts have been working. According to numbers from the City of San Diego, 90,400 tons of organic waste went to the Greenery in Fiscal Year 2022, the year before the roll-out. In 2023, that number increased to 108,115 tons. In 2024, it was 158,086 tons.