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Valley Vista Services
Waste Disposal and Recycling 17445 East Railroad Street • City of Industry, California 91748 • (626) 961-6291 • Fax (626) 961-1105
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MEMORANDUM
November 6, 2025
TO: City of Diamond Bar
City Manager’s Office
Attn: Tara Reyes, Management Analyst
FROM: Valley Vista Services, Inc.
SUBJECT: SB 1383 Recovered Organic Waste Product (ROWP) Procurement CY 2026; Revision 1
The Short-Lived Climate Pollutants law, Senate Bill 1383 (SB 1383), signed into law by Governor Jerry
Brown in September 2016, marks a significant legislative effort in California to reduce methane
emissions associated with organic waste. In addition to policy requirements targeting the reduction
of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) such as the Diversion and Edible Food Recovery
requirements, the law also imposes a mandate on cities and counties to procure products made
from recovered organic waste and meet targets as established by CalRecycle.
Valley Vista Services, Inc. (VVS), as the City of Diamond Bar’s (the “City’s”) Franchised Residential
Waste Hauler and pursuant to §6.4.4 of the City and VVS Agreement for such purposes, VVS plans to
procure the following ROWPs for Calendar Year 2026:
1. Mulch and Compost Giveaway Program. VVS will procure and transport two hundred forty
tons (240 t) of COMPOST and sixty tons (60 t) of MULCH for use at City’s Mulch & Compost
Giveaway Program located at Sycamore Canyon Park. Deliveries will be made semimonthly
for COMPOST and monthly for MULCH, in coordination with City staff.
2. Credits for Electricity from Renewable Gas. VVS will procure through its Anaerobic Digestion
partner the San Bernardino Anaerobic Digestion Facility operated by BioStar, sufficient
credits to meet the bulk of VVS’s required procurement. VVS plans to allocate up to 48,493
kWh per month of electricity credits toward City facility use.
3. Mulch and Compost Reserved for City. VVS will also procure bulk COMPOST and MULCH for
use in City parks, facilities, and infrastructure. Any procurement under this paragraph will
take precedence over paragraph 2.
4. Use of Renewable Gas in Collection Vehicles. As soon as SB 1383-compliant Renewable Gas
becomes commercially available, VVS will notify the City and adjust procurement levels
under this memorandum accordingly.
Utilizing the above methods, VVS plans to procure approximately 2,722.42 tons of ROWP for
Calendar Year 2026, meeting the 60% requirement in accordance with the Franchise Agreement.
All procurement will be documented and reported to the City as appropriate.
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Further, I’ve attached a screenshot of the CalRecycle ROWP Planning Calculator for your reference:
Please reach out to Manny Perez, manny@myvvs.com (626) 855-5532, with any questions.
Cordially,
VALLEY VISTA SERVICES, INC.
Manuel D. Perez
Business Development Manager
Cc: Grisell Vazquez, Client Services Manager
This Memorandum revises and supersedes the previous Memorandum dated 10/8/2025 to correct ROWP procurement target calculations.