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The way we think about trash is changing with new regulations coming out of Sacramento pushing for clean energy, and staffing shortages brought on by the pandemic.

Senate Bill 1383 went into effect January 1, 2022, and under state law everyone in California should have started making the transition to compost organic waste.

Several new laws have kicked in now that the new year has begun.

California is trying new ways to help curb pollution across the state, and it all starts with what you throw out in the trash. At the first of the year, those changes will be taking place.

Excess litter in one neighborhood is forcing neighbors to look at how the trash infrastructure is not meeting the needs of the residents.

Excess litter in one neighborhood is forcing neighbors to look at how the trash infrastructure is not meeting the needs of the residents.

Is excess trash an infrastructure problem or a behavior problem? and last updated 2021-06-10 16:54:27-04 MOJAVE, Calif. — When we think of infrastructure, roads, bridges and broadband come to mind, but for one town, the biggest infrastructure issue isn’t any of these—it’s trash. From neighborhood trash cans overflowing with garbage to dumpsters in parking lots spilling onto the pavement, neighbors in Mojave, California believe the infrastructure to handle their trash isnt do...

County-owned landfills stopped accepting treated wood on January 1, what are the costs? Treated wood is no longer allowed to be dumped at public landfills. This comes after Newsom vetoes SB68. Posted at 6:07 PM, Jan 06, 2021 and last updated 2021-01-07 00:40:45-05 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Senate Bill 68 allowed public landfills to accept treated wood for years, but in 2020 Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed that bill, which no longer allows for that to happen. "The dump does not take it at all," ...