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Jan. 1, 2024 – Businesses generating at least eight cubic yards of organic material waste per week must arrange for organic materials management service.

Jan. 1, 2025 – Businesses generating at least four cubic yards of organic material waste per week must arrange for organic materials management service.

Jan. 1, 2026 – Businesses generating at least 96 gallons of organic material waste per week must arrange for organic materials management service.

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These requirements also apply to businesses arranging for gardening and landscape work.Following the schedule above, they must ensure that an organics management facility will process the organic materials taken off site.

The term “business” in the 2022 Organics Management Law is defined as a for-profit (private or public) or nonprofit entity including, but not limited to, a partnership or corporation that is organized as a for-profit or nonprofit entity.

Businesses include restaurants, hotels, retail stores, grocery stores, food processors, distribution centers, event stadiums, museums, recreational facilities, correctional facilities, government buildings, and assisted living facilities. This definition also includes nonprofit organizations, such as schools, animal shelters, places of worship, and hospitals.

“Business,” under this definition does not include multifamily residential buildings, such as apartments, condominiums, and townhomes

Organic materials are defined as "any solid waste that is a biological substance of plant or animal origin capable of microbial degradation.” This includes manure, yard debris, food waste, food processing waste, wood waste, and garden waste.

More specifically, food waste includes waste from fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy products, fish, shellfish, nuts, seeds, grains, and similar materials that result from the storage, preparation, cooking, handling, selling, or serving of food for human consumption.