Florida Senate - 2023                                    SB 1336
       
       
        
       By Senator Polsky
       
       
       
       
       
       30-01354-23                                           20231336__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to disposal of food waste materials
    3         study; directing the Department of Environmental
    4         Protection to conduct a study on the disposal of food
    5         waste materials and submit a report to the Legislature
    6         by a specified date; providing study requirements;
    7         providing an appropriation; providing an effective
    8         date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. (1) The Department of Environmental Protection
   13  shall conduct a study on the disposal of food waste materials
   14  and submit a report to the President of the Senate and the
   15  Speaker of the House of Representatives on or before July 1,
   16  2024.
   17         (2) The study must:
   18         (a) Determine the current impact of the disposal of food
   19  waste materials in landfills and at solid waste facilities.
   20         (b) Determine what composting facilities, anaerobic
   21  digestion facilities, and other recycling facilities currently
   22  exist in the state with the capacity to accept food waste
   23  materials.
   24         (c) Examine the current cost of the disposal of food waste
   25  materials in landfills and at solid waste facilities versus the
   26  cost of the disposal of food waste materials at composting
   27  facilities, anaerobic digestion facilities, and other recycling
   28  facilities.
   29         (d) Provide legislative recommendations on the feasibility
   30  of a pilot program to require food outlets, food service
   31  establishments, schools or other educational facilities, and
   32  businesses to recycle food waste materials and the most
   33  efficient method to accomplish the goal of redirecting the
   34  disposal of food waste materials in landfills and at solid waste
   35  facilities to composting facilities, anaerobic digestion
   36  facilities, and other recycling facilities. The department may
   37  provide legislative recommendations for additional goals of the
   38  pilot program.
   39         (e) Provide legislative recommendations for educational
   40  materials on the benefits of alternative food disposal methods.
   41         (f) Determine the type and size of food outlets, food
   42  service establishments, schools or other educational facilities,
   43  and businesses that should participate in the pilot program
   44  under paragraph (d).
   45         (3) For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the nonrecurring sum of
   46  $100,000 from the General Revenue Fund is appropriated to the
   47  department for the purpose of conducting a study on the disposal
   48  of food waste materials pursuant to this section.
   49         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.