To cut聽as much聽climate pollution as聽taking half-a-million cars off the road, new state support聽will invest $130 million聽to grow聽California聽industry and jobs and聽help communities turn聽food and yard waste into clean energy and compost.聽California Climate Investments鈥� Organics Grant Program聽awards聽will聽accelerate the state鈥檚聽climate progress by keeping 7.7 million tons of organic聽waste from emitting methane climate pollution in landfills.聽Methane is a climate super聽pollutant聽with 84 times more heat-trapping power than carbon dioxide.
鈥淐alifornia鈥檚 latest investments聽in聽food and yard waste recycling聽will cut聽planet-heating聽pollution聽and grow California companies with new聽green聽jobs聽in our communities,鈥� CalRecycle聽Director Rachel Machi Wagoner said. 鈥淥rganic waste recycling聽is聽part of聽California鈥檚 climate fight聽as we move toward circular, local systems that continuously聽recycle what we used to throw away.鈥�
Project Highlights
- $130聽million to 23聽infrastructure projects in 15聽counties
- Over 7.7聽tons of food and yard waste kept out of landfills
- Climate pollution cuts = Over 480,000聽cars off the road
- 114 new jobs for California鈥檚 clean economy
The funded projects will recycle organic material into聽new products like:
- Compost 鈥� a聽superfood聽for soil to聽retain聽more聽water, and help plants:聽get more nutrients, use less pesticides,聽and pull more planet-heating carbon from the air.
- Biofuel 鈥� to fuel local bus or service truck fleets聽with less carbon pollution, or for聽clean energy to power buildings.