41000-41003
PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE
SECTION 41000-41003
41000. (a) On or before July 1, 1992, each city shall prepare, adopt, and, excepting a city and county, submit to the county in which the city is located a source reduction and recycling element which includes all of the components specified in this chapter and which complies with the requirements specified in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 41780). (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if a city determines that it is unable to comply with the deadline established under subdivision (a) and unable to comply with Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000), to the extent that division requires the preparation and certification of an environmental impact report for the element, the city shall do all of the following: (1) On or before July 1, 1992, the city shall adopt a resolution stating the reasons it is unable to comply with the deadline established under subdivision (a) and to complete and certify the environmental impact report for the element. The resolution shall also state a date when the city will comply with the deadline established under subdivision (a) and complete and certify the environmental impact report for the element. (2) On or before July 1, 1992, the city shall submit its draft source reduction and recycling element and a copy of the resolution adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) to the county within which the city is located. (3) Upon completion and certification of the environmental impact report for the source reduction and recycling element, or December 1, 1992, whichever is sooner, the city shall submit its final source reduction and recycling element to the county. 41001. The city source reduction and recycling element shall include a program for management of solid waste generated within the city, consistent with the waste management hierarchy provided in Section 40051. 41002. The city source reduction and recycling element shall place primary emphasis on implementation of all feasible source reduction, recycling, and composting programs while identifying the amount of landfill and transformation capacity that will be needed for solid waste which cannot be reduced at the source, recycled, or composted. 41003. Each city source reduction and recycling element shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following components for solid waste generated in the jurisdiction of the plan: (a) A waste characterization component. (b) A source reduction component. (c) A recycling component. (d) A composting component. (e) A solid waste facility capacity component. (f) An education and public information component. (g) A funding component. (h) A special waste component.