Proposed H.B. No. 5917
Session Year 2025

AN ACT REQUIRING THE RECYCLING OF FOOD SCRAPS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD DONATION PLANS BY CERTAIN COMMERCIAL FOOD WHOLESALERS, DISTRIBUTORS, SUPERMARKETS, INSTITUTIONS, RESORTS AND CONFERENCE CENTERS.

To provide for the diversion of food scraps and surplus foods from the solid waste stream.

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