BILL NUMBER: AB 744 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gordon
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
An act to amend Section 14551 of, and to repeal Section 14523.5
of, the Public Resources Code, relating to recycling.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 744, as introduced, Gordon. Recycling: beverage containers.
Existing law, the California Beverage Container Recycling and
Litter Reduction Act, requires the Department of Resources Recycling
and Recovery to establish reporting periods of every 6 months for
redemption rates and recycling rates for specified types of beverage
containers, to determine those rates for each reporting period, and
to issue a report on those determinations. The act defines various
terms for purposes of those provisions, including "redemption rate."
This bill would delete the provisions that require the department
to establish the reporting periods for the redemption rates and to
determine the redemption rates for specified types of beverage
containers. The bill also would delete the definition of the term
"redemption rate."
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 14523.5 of the Public Resources Code is
repealed.
14523.5. "Redemption rate" means the proportion of empty beverage
containers returned to processors measured in the manner prescribed
in Section 14551.
SEC. 2. Section 14551 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
14551. (a) The department shall establish reporting periods for
the reporting of redemption rates and recycling
rates. Each reporting period shall be six months. The department
shall determine all of the following for each reporting period and
shall issue a report on its determinations, within 130 days of the
end of each reporting period:
(1) Sales of beverages in aluminum beverage containers, bimetal
beverage containers, glass beverage containers, plastic beverage
containers, and other beverage containers in this state, including
refillable beverage containers.
(2) Returns for recycling, and returns not for recycling, of empty
aluminum beverage containers, bimetal beverage containers, glass
beverage containers, plastic beverage containers, and other beverage
containers in this state, including refillable beverage containers
returned to distributors pursuant to Section 14572.5. These numbers
shall be calculated using the average current weights of beverage
containers, as determined and reported by the department. To
these numbers shall be added and separately reported the following,
if greater than, or equal to, zero:
(A) All empty postfilled aluminum, glass, and plastic food or
drink packaging materials sold in the state, returned for recycling,
and reported by weight to the department which do not have a refund
value less the number specified in subparagraph (B).
(B) The number of beverage containers which comprise the first
five percentage points of the redemption rate without including the
empty postfilled aluminum, glass, and plastic food or drink packaging
materials sold in the state, returned for recycling and reported by
weight to the department which do not have a refund value.
(3) An aluminum beverage container redemption rate, the numerator
of which shall be the number of empty aluminum beverage containers
returned, including refillable aluminum beverage containers and empty
postfilled aluminum food or drink packaging material included in
paragraph (2), and the denominator of which shall be the number of
aluminum beverage containers sold in this state.
(4)
(3) An aluminum beverage container recycling rate, the
numerator of which shall be the number of empty aluminum beverage
containers returned for recycling, including refillable aluminum
beverage containers, and the denominator of which shall be the number
of aluminum beverage containers sold in this state.
(5) A bimetal beverage container redemption rate, the numerator of
which shall be the number of empty bimetal beverage containers
returned, and the denominator of which shall be the number of bimetal
beverage containers sold in this state.
(6)
(4) A bimetal beverage container recycling rate, the
numerator of which shall be the number of empty bimetal containers
returned for recycling, including refillable bimetal beverage
containers, and the denominator of which shall be the number of
bimetal beverage containers sold in this state.
(7) A glass beverage container redemption rate, the numerator of
which shall be the number of empty glass beverage containers
returned, including refillable glass beverage containers and empty
postfilled food or drink packaging materials included in paragraph
(2), and the denominator of which shall be the number of glass
beverage containers sold in this state.
(8)
(5) A glass beverage container recycling rate, the
numerator of which shall be the number of empty glass beverage
containers returned for recycling, including refillable glass
beverage containers, and the denominator of which shall be the number
of glass beverage containers sold in this state.
(9) A plastic beverage container redemption rate, the numerator of
which shall be the number of empty plastic beverage containers
returned, including refillable plastic beverage containers and empty
postfilled food or drink packaging materials included in paragraph
(2), and the denominator of which shall be the number of plastic
beverage containers sold in this state.
(10)
(6) A plastic beverage container recycling rate, the
numerator of which shall be the number of empty plastic beverage
containers returned for recycling, including refillable plastic
beverage containers, and the denominator of which shall be the number
of plastic beverage containers sold in this state.
(11) A redemption rate for other beverage containers, the
numerator of which shall be the number of empty beverage containers
other than those containers specified in paragraphs (1) to (10),
inclusive, returned, and the denominator of which shall be the number
of beverage containers, other than those containers specified in
paragraphs (1) to (10), inclusive, sold in this state.
(12)
(7) A recycling rate for other beverage containers, the
numerator of which shall be the number of empty beverage containers
other than those containers specified in paragraphs (1) to
(10) (6) , inclusive, returned for recycling,
and the denominator of which shall be the number of beverage
containers, other than those containers specified in paragraphs (1)
to (10) (6) , inclusive, sold in this
state.
(13)
(8) The department may define categories of other
beverage containers, and report a redemption rate and
a recycling rate for each such category
of those categories of other beverage containers.
(14)
(9) The volumes of materials collected from certified
recycling centers, by city or county, as requested by the city or
county, if the reporting is consistent with the procedures
established pursuant to Section 14554 to protect proprietary
information.
(b) The department shall determine the manner of collecting the
information for the reports specified in subdivision (a), including
establishing procedures, to protect any proprietary information
concerning the sales and purchases.