Greenhouse gases: soil carbon sequestration.

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2112 Introduced by Assembly Member Bains February 18, 2026 An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 41821.4 of the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2112, as introduced, Bains. Integrated waste management plans: annual report. Existing law, the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, establishes an integrated waste management program. Existing law requires each city, county, and regional agency, if any, to develop a source reduction and recycling element, household hazardous waste element, and nondisposal facility element of an integrated waste management plan. The act requires the source reduction and recycling element to divert from disposal 50% of all solid waste subject to the element through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities, with specified exceptions. Existing law requires each jurisdiction to submit an annual report to the department summarizing the jurisdiction’s progress in reducing solid and household hazardous waste. Existing law requires the annual report to, among others, identify locations for new or expanded organic waste recycling facilities capable of safely meeting the additional organic waste recycling facility capacity need identified in the annual report. This bill would, on and after August 1, 2027, clarify that the locations for new or expanded waste recycling facilities include, but are not limited to, a medium compostable material handling facility or operation and a small compostable material handling facility or operation, as defined. To the extent the bill would require a local jurisdiction to include additional information in its annual report, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 41821.4 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 41821.4. (a) Commencing August 1, 2017, a A county or regional agency shall include, in the annual report required pursuant to Section 41821, the following information: (1) An estimate of the amount of organic waste in cubic yards that will be generated in the county or region over a 15-year period. (2) An estimate of the additional organic waste recycling facility capacity in cubic yards that will be needed to process the amount of organic waste identified pursuant to paragraph (1). (3) Areas identified by the county or regional agency as locations for new or expanded organic waste recycling facilities capable of safely meeting the additional organic waste recycling facility capacity need identified pursuant to paragraph (2). (b) To provide the information pursuant to subdivision (a), the county or regional agency may use existing data regarding its diversion programs and is not required to perform additional waste characterization studies. (c) For purposes of this section, “organic waste recycling facility” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 42649.82. (d) This section shall become inoperative on August 1, 2027, and, as of January 1, 2028, is repealed. SEC. 2. Section 41821.4 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read: 41821.4. (a) A county or regional agency shall include, in the annual report required pursuant to Section 41821, the following information: (1) An estimate of the amount of organic waste in cubic yards that will be generated in the county or region over a 15-year period. (2) An estimate of the additional organic waste recycling facility capacity in cubic yards that will be needed to process the amount of organic waste identified pursuant to paragraph (1). (3) Areas identified by the county or regional agency as locations for new or expanded organic waste recycling facilities capable of safely meeting the additional organic waste recycling facility capacity need identified pursuant to paragraph (2), including, but not limited to, a medium compostable material handling facility or operation, as defined by Section 42656, and a small compostable material handling facility or operation, as defined by Section 42656. (b) To provide the information pursuant to subdivision (a), the county or regional agency may use existing data regarding its diversion programs and is not required to perform additional waste characterization studies. (c) For purposes of this section, “organic waste recycling facility” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 42649.82. (d) This section shall become operative on August 1, 2027. SEC. 3. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.