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Edible Food Recovery Program
California Senate Bill 1383 (SB 1383) sets requirements to divert organic waste from landfills and to increase edible food recovery by 20% by the year 2025. The law requires cities to establish edible food recovery outreach and inspection programs, help connect mandated edible food generators with food recovery organizations/services and ensure there is sufficient county-wide capacity for all the recovered edible food.
Edible Food Recovery Organizations
List of Local Edible Food Recovery Organizations and Services – COMING SOON
Reduce Food Waste
Did you know that 25% of food is thrown away and most of it is still edible? You can do your part by reducing the amount of organics going into our landfill. If you would like to donate leftover food or receive more information, contact South Antelope Valley Emergency Services (SAVES).
View Guidelines for Safe Food Donations (PDF) to reduce food waste.
SAVES is located at:
1002 E Avenue Q-12
Palmdale, CA 93550
Phone: 661-267-5191
Food Waste Challenge
SB 1383 requires businesses that are defined as either a “Tier 1” or “Tier 2” edible food generators to recover edible food. Please see the chart below for a description of the types of businesses that fall under the Tier 1 and Tier 2 categories and when they are required to start recovering edible food.
Tier 1 Edible Food Generator These entities are required to recover the maximum amount of edible food (that would otherwise be disposed of) starting January 1, 2022 | Tier 2 Edible Food Generator These entities are required to recover the maximum amount of edible food (that would otherwise be disposed of) starting January 1, 2024 |
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Commercial edible food generators are required to arrange to recover the maximum amount of their edible food that would otherwise be disposed of.
Edible Food Generators must arrange food recovery through a contract or written agreement, one or both of the following:
(1) Food recovery organizations or services that will collect their edible food for food recovery.
(2) Food recovery organizations that will accept food that is self-hauled by the generator to the food recovery organization during the delivery/drop-off times specified in the contract or written agreement.
Tier 1 and Tier 2 edible food generators must maintain records of their food recovery activities. This recordkeeping includes the following:
- A list of each food recovery service or organization that collects or receives its edible food under a contract or written agreement.
- A copy of contracts or written agreements between the edible food generator and a food recovery service or organization.
For each food recovery organization or service that the Tier 1 and Tier 2 edible food generators has a contract or written agreement with, records must be kept of
- The name, address, and contact information of the service or organization.
- The types of food that will be collected by or self-hauled to the service organization.
- The schedules for food recovery deliveries or collections.
- The quantity of food collected or self-hauled to a service or organization for food recovery. The quantity shall be measured in pounds recovered per month.
The City of Palmdale will in turn report to CalRecycle the pounds collected to measure statewide progress toward achieving 20 percent edible food recovery goal.
The SB 1383 regulations make a distinction between a Food Recovery Organization and a Food Recovery Service. These definitions are important because the requirement for these entities is slightly different under the regulations.
Food Recovery Organization | Food Recovery Services |
An entity that engages in the collection or receipt of edible food from commercial edible food generators and distributes that edible food to the public for food recovery either directly or through other entities including, but not limited to, a food bank, a nonprofit charitable organization, or a non-profit charitable temporary food facility. | A person or entity that collects and transports edible food from a commercial edible food generator to a food recovery organization or other entities for food recovery. |
To assist the City in its efforts to track progress, food recovery organizations and services are required to report to the City quantities of food managed through their efforts.
Click here for a list of Edible Food Recovery Organizations & Services in the City of Palmdale: (Coming Soon)
- The name, address, and contact information for each Tier 1 or Tier 2 edible food generator that the organization receives edible food from.
- The quantity in pounds of edible food received from each Tier 1 or Tier 2 edible food generator per month.
- The name, address, and contact information for each food recovery service that the organization receives edible food from for food recovery.
- The name, address, and contact information for each Tier 1 or Tier 2 edible food generator that the service collects edible food from.
- The quantity in pounds of edible food collected from each Tier 1 or Tier 2 edible food generator per month.
- The quantity in pounds of edible food transported to each food recovery organization per month.
- The name, address, and contact information for each food recovery organization that the service transports edible food to for food recovery.
Food recovery organizations and services are required to submit a report with the following information to the City of Palmdale;
- The total pounds recovered from Tier 1 and Tier 2 edible food generators in the previous calendar year to the jurisdiction where their primary address is physically located.
The City of Palmdale will in turn report to CalRecycle the pounds collected to measure statewide progress toward achieving 20 percent edible food recovery goal.