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AB 1826 Compliance Update
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Requested Action(s)
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a) Approve either Option 1 (onsite composting) or Option 2 (offsite organics transportation).
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b) Delay approval of the proposals until the jurisdictions amend their franchise hauling agreements to offer organics collection service to commercial accounts.
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Financial Impact:
Background Information:
At the January 5, 2026 Board of Directors meeting the Board directed Waste Connections to bring back cost estimate proposals for constructing and operating a compost facility or hauling organics offsite. As Waste Connections developed their proposals they ran into internal delays in getting approval for the project proposals. As such, these proposals are presented today for consideration.
Option 1 is to construct and operate a compost facility onsite at a cost to the tipping fee of $26.55/ton.
Option 2 is to construct a tipping area for organics and ship offsite to a permitted compost facility at a cost to the tipping fee of $9.35/ton.
Currently, the franchise hauling agreements for each member jurisdiction do not include commercial organics collection service and will have to be amended to address this. Based on previous analysis of AB 1826, a jurisdiction’s program could include yard waste and not allow food scraps. This would allow the Tehama County/Red Bluff Landfill to continue managing organics without any changes as yard waste is already accepted from self-haul customers and from residents through their existing collection service provided by both waste haulers. Additionally, waivers can be granted for commercial entities that do not produce more than one half of a cubic yard of all organic waste per week, and a rough estimate is that waivers could apply to 65% of commercial accounts throughout Tehama County that produce 2 cubic yards or more of total waste per week.