Bill Text: NJ A1439 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires each solid waste management district to develop strategy in solid waste management plan to reduce food waste.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-02-28 - Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [A1439 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2022-A1439-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 1439

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  JAMES J. KENNEDY

District 22 (Middlesex, Somerset and Union)

Assemblyman  STERLEY S. STANLEY

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman  ANTHONY S. VERRELLI

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Lampitt

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires each solid waste management district to develop strategy in solid waste management plan to reduce food waste.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly State and Local Government Committee on February 16, 2023, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning the reduction of food waste and supplementing P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.).

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  No later than two years after the effective date of this section, each solid waste management district in the State shall develop and implement a strategy for reducing, by the year 2030, the amount of food waste generated annually in the district by at least 50 percent of the amount which is generated in the year this section takes effect.  The strategy shall be adopted as an amendment to the district solid waste management plan required pursuant to the "Solid Waste Management Act," P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) and subject to the approval of the department.

      b.   No later than 180 days after the effective date of this section, the department shall develop, and publish on its Internet website, a list of measures solid waste management districts can take in order to achieve the food waste reduction requirement established in subsection a. of this section.  Such measures shall include, but need not be limited to, measures to increase the donation of surplus edible food, the source separation and recycling of food waste, ¹the¹ composting and anaerobic digestion of food waste ¹and other food waste diversion methods that also reduce methane emissions¹ , and public awareness campaigns.

      c.   As used in this section, "food waste" means food processing waste, food processing residue generated from processing and packaging operations, overripe or spoiled produce, trimmings from food, food product over-runs, soiled and unrecyclable paper, and used cooking fats, oil, and grease. 

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.