Assembly Bill 341 - Mandatory Commercial Recycling

In January 2012, Assembly Bill 341 (AB 341) was signed into law in California to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. AB 341, also called the Mandatory Commercial Recycling Law, requires businesses and multi-family residential dwellings of five units or more, that generate four or more cubic yards of commercial solid waste per week to implement recycling programs, on or after July 1, 2012. The regulatory approach to this legislation has been designed to be extremely flexible. However, SB 1383 is not.

AB 341 is superseded by California's Senate Bill (SB) 1383 Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, which requires the State to divert 75% of the waste stream (base line of 2014 waste) from landfill by the year 2025. Regulations for SB 1383 include enforcement actions, such as the issuance of monetary fines, for those without a recycling program. To learn more about SB 1383, please visit Organic Waste Recycling - SB 1383 | City of Torrance (torranceca.gov).

Business Resources and Links

The Commercial Climate Calculator

The Commercial Climate Calculator helps your business and/or multi-family complex identify
the benefits of reducing trash and increasing recycling and composting. Your business will:

• Save money
• Reduce its contribution to climate change
• Keep valuable material out of landfills

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