Residents mandated to properly dispose of food waste
Post Date:12/22/2022 4:59 PMLOMPOC, CA, Dec. 22, 2022 – The City of Lompoc wants to remind our residents that properly disposing of food waste in the green-lidded organics bin is required by statewide mandate, and that the city offers free kitchen pails for collecting food scraps.
One-gallon food collection pails are available at the City of Lompoc Solid Waste Office, 1300 West Laurel Ave., between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday during regular business hours. No appointment is necessary, but a resident name and address is required.
The State of California passed Senate Bill 1383 (SB 1383), which since the beginning of 2022 requires every city and county in the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions prolongs the life of the landfill. SB 1383 requires all single-family residences, multi-family dwellings, schools and businesses to divert organic materials (food scraps and yard waste) from the trash.
Tips on properly disposing of food waste:
• Place a layer of yard waste at the bottom of the organics bin before adding any food scraps
• If you do not want to place food scraps in your organics bin because you’re worried about the smell, place your food scraps inside a plastic bag and freeze it. The night before your service day, take the food scraps out of the plastic bag and place them in your organics bin. Plastic is not acceptable inside the organics bin
• Make sure to keep the lid closed on your organics bin
• Put out your organics bin every week, even if there is only a small amount of food scraps and yard waste in it
• As of right now, the City of Lompoc’s composting vendor does not accept any types of bags. Residents are to place their food scraps directly into their green-lidded organics container.
