Educating Local Governments
on Recycling Organic Waste
into Animal Feed
ŶĞǁƉƌŽũĞĐƚĂŝŵƐƚŽŚĞůƉĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂ͛ƐŵƵŶŝĐŝƉĂůŝƟĞƐƌĞĐŽŐŶŝnjĞŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞ
approved pathways to deal with organic waste is through rendering.
By Sharla Ishmael
AƐ ŽĨ :ĂŶ͘ ϭ͕ ^ĞŶĂƚĞ ŝůů ϭϯϴϯ ǁĞŶƚ ŝŶƚŽ ĞīĞĐƚ ŝŶ
ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂƌĞƋƵŝƌŝŶŐůŽĐĂůŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚƐƚŽĐŽůůĞĐƚĂŶĚ
ƌĞĐLJĐůĞŽƌŐĂŶŝĐǁĂƐƚĞĨƌŽŵĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂůďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ͕
customers and residents. Rachel Oster of Diversion
Strategies told attendees at the Pacific Coast Renderers
ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶĂŶŶƵĂůŵĞĞƟŶŐŝŶDĂƌĐŚŵĂŶLJůŽĐĂůŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚƐ
have not yet rolled out their organic waste programs.
͞DĂŶLJĂƌĞũƵƐƚďĞŚŝŶĚƚŚĞĞŝŐŚƚďĂůůďĞĐĂƵƐĞŽĨKs/Ͳϭϵ
ŝŵƉĂĐƚƐ͕͟ƐŚĞƐĂŝĚ͘͞ŶĚŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞďŝŐŝƐƐƵĞƐŝƐƚŚĞĨĂĐƚƚŚĞƌĞ
is limited capacity in the state to recycle organic waste in
ƚŚĞǁĂLJƚŚĂƚƚŚĞƌƵůĞƌĞĂůůLJĂƐŬƐƵƐƚŽĚŽďLJĐŽŵƉŽƐƟŶŐŝƚ͕
ďLJĂŶĂĞƌŽďŝĐĂůůLJĚŝŐĞƐƟŶŐŝƚ͘ŶŝŵĂůĨĞĞĚŝƐĂĐƚƵĂůůLJĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ
ĂƉƉƌŽǀĞĚƉĂƚŚǁĂLJĨŽƌŽƌŐĂŶŝĐƐŝŶƚŚĞƐƚĂƚĞƚŽďĞĚŝǀĞƌƚĞĚ͘͟
dŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ĐŽŵŵŽŶ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ͘ ^Ž͕ Ă
stakeholder group including PCRA, the California Feed and
'ƌĂŝŶƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͕ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂ&ĂƌŵƵƌĞĂƵĂŶĚƚŚĞĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂ
Department of Food and Agriculture hired Diversion Strategies
ƚŽĂƐƐĞƐƐƚŚĞƉƌŽďůĞŵ͘KŶĞŽĨƚŚĞƚŽŽůƐŶŽǁĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞĂƐĂƌĞƐƵůƚ
ŽĨƚŚĞƉƌŽũĞĐƚŝƐĂŚĂŶĚLJǁĞďƐŝƚĞ͕ŚŽƐƚĞĚďLJƚŚĞĐŽŵƉĂŶLJĨŽƌ
ƚŚĞŶĞdžƚƚŚƌĞĞLJĞĂƌƐʹŽƌŐĂŶŝĐƐƚŽĂŶŝŵĂůĨĞĞĚ͘ĐŽŵ͘
͞/ƚ͛ƐĂůĂŶĚŝŶŐƉĂŐĞƚŚĂƚŚĂƐĂƐĞƌŝĞƐŽĨĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂůƚŽŽůƐ
so your industry can educate the regulators, the implementers
ŽĨ^ϭϯϴϯ͕ƚŚĞůŽĐĂůŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚƐ͕ĂŶĚƐŚŽǁƚŚĞŵŚŽǁƚŚŝƐ
industry can support organics diversion and recycling in the
ƐƚĂƚĞ͕ĂŶĚƚŚĂƚŝƚŚĂƐďĞĞŶĚŽŝŶŐƐŽĨŽƌĂǀĞƌLJůŽŶŐƟŵĞ͕͟KƐƚĞƌ
ĞdžƉůĂŝŶĞĚ͘
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