Grimes: Sacramento Bolsheviks Hire Recycling Police for ‘Curbside Trash Bin Inspections’

The real issue is submission: the government needs you to submit to their policies, legitimate or not

Sacramento is conducting curbside trash bin inspections to enforce California’s organics recycling mandate. Really. Yet, as the Globe reported in January, California’s Recycling Agency doesn’t really recycle the items we as consumers are charged extra for and required to separate out from trash into the recycle bins. According to a report from CalRecycle, only 1% of milk jugs and 2% of certain plastic material is recycled. California dumps the rest into landfills.

Many home owners report that the same waste management truck picks up their garbage and their recyclables.

But it’s the realization from the report that legislating mandatory recycling is disingenuous as there are limited options for disposing certain materials.

“CalRecycle withdrew proposed SB 54 regulations from the Office of Administrative Law’s review, noting planned revisions related to packaging for food and agricultural commodities,” WasteDive reported.

“California has not figured out how to reduce single-use plastic, the Los Angeles Times reported in January.

Senate Bill 54, by Sen. Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica) was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2022, and was billed by Sen. Allen as “The most comprehensive measure in the nation to address the plastic waste crisis.” His bill established the “Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act,” which placed the responsibility for costs of the new program on the packaging producers rather than the local communities who pay for waste management and recycling.