BILL NUMBER: AB 837	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nestande

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section 42310 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to solid waste.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 837, as introduced, Nestande. Solid waste: plastic packaging
containers.
   Existing law requires rigid plastic packaging containers sold or
offered for sale in this state to meet specified criteria, including,
but not limited to, that the container be made from 25% postconsumer
material.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 42310 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   42310.  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every rigid
plastic packaging container sold or offered for sale in this state
shall, on average, meet one of the following criteria:
   (a) Be made from 25 percent postconsumer material.
   (b) Have a recycling rate of 45 percent if it is a
product-associated rigid plastic packaging container or a single
resin type of rigid plastic packaging container, as demonstrated to
the  board   department  by the product
maker, container manufacturer, or other entity. The  board
  department  may take appropriate action to verify
the demonstration, but the  board   department
 is not required to expend state funds to conduct a survey or
calculate the rate.
   (c) Be a reusable package or a refillable package.
   (d) Be a source reduced container.
   (e)  Is   Be  a container containing
floral preservative that is subsequently reused by the floral
industry for at least two years.