FOOD WASTE&COMPOSTING

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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Repeals the definition of "food scrap"; adds definitions for "anaerobic digestion", "biogas", "digestate", "food waste", "organic material", and "organic waste"; and updates the definitions of "compost" and "composting". In provisions regarding pollution control facilities, includes a new exemption for portions of sites or facilities used for composting or anaerobic digestion of organic waste that meet specified siting, setback, floodplain, and operationa…

Source: OpenStates · fetched June 18, 2026

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D · PrimeAnna Moeller
D · CoSonya Harper
D · CoMargaret DeLaRosa
D · PrimeAdriane Johnson
D · CoJavier Cervantes

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