Bill Text

Bill Information

PDF |Add To My Favorites | print page

HR-39 (2013-2014)

SHARE THIS:share this bill in Facebookshare this bill in Twitter
HR39:v99#DOCUMENT


CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2013–2014 REGULAR SESSION

House Resolution
No. 39

Introduced by Assembly Member Ting

April 21, 2014

Relative to compost awareness week.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


HR 39, as introduced, Ting.
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.