California currently has more than 160 permitted compost facilities and more than a dozen anaerobic digestion facilities that accept about 6 million tons of organic materials. This survey reveals that there is approximately 4 million tons of existing permitted capacity currently available to process additional organic materials. Across the state, 22 percent of survey respondents indicated they have 500-plus tons of available daily capacity. While this currently available capacity is not sufficient to meet the targets established by SB 1383, these results are different from what CalRecycle previously estimated and what local jurisdictions have reported throughout the SB 1383 regulation workshop process.
