AB 2530, as introduced, Gordon. Recycling: beverage containers.
Existing law, the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, requires that every beverage container sold or offered for sale in this state have a minimum refund value. A beverage distributor is required to pay a redemption payment to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery for every beverage container sold or offered for sale in the state to a dealer, and the department is required to deposit those amounts in the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund. The act defines the term “beverage” for these purposes to include certain types of products in liquid, ready-to-drink form, and also excludes specified products from the definition of “beverage.”
This bill, beginning January 1, 2018, would require a manufacturer of a beverage sold in a plastic beverage container to clearly indicate through labeling the average percentage of postconsumer recycled content in the beverage container, subject to certification by a 3rd party certification entity, as specified.
Existing law provides for the department to reduce processing fees paid by beverage manufacturers under certain circumstances.
This bill would require a beverage manufacturer to demonstrate compliance with the labeling provisions annually to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, and would prohibit the department from reducing processing fees unless the manufacturer demonstrates compliance.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 14549.3 is added to the Public Resources
2Code, to read:
(a) On and after January 1, 2018, a manufacturer of
4a beverage sold in a plastic beverage container shall clearly indicate
5through labeling the average percentage of postconsumer recycled
6content in the beverage container by either printing or embossing
7the beverage container or by securely affixing a clear and
8prominent stamp, label, or other device to the beverage container.
9The indication of postconsumer recycled content shall follow the
10size and format requirements described in paragraph (2) of
11subdivision (b) of Section 2200 of Title 14 of the Code of
12California Regulations.
13(b) For purposes of determining and labeling the average
14percentage of postconsumer recycled content of plastic beverage
15containers, a manufacturer of a beverage shall
utilize one or both
16of the following approaches:
17(1) The average amount of postconsumer recycled content in
18all beverage containers sold by the manufacturer in the state during
19the previous year.
20(2) The average amount of postconsumer recycled content in a
21specified type of beverage container.
22(c) A third-party certification entity shall certify that the
23manufacturer’s plastic beverage containers meet the requirements
24of this section. The third-party certification entity shall be an
25independent, accredited (ISO/IEC 17025) laboratory.
26(d) This section does not apply to a refillable plastic beverage
27container.
Section 14575.2 is added to the Public Resources Code,
29to read:
(a) A manufacturer of a beverage sold in a plastic
31beverage container shall demonstrate compliance with Section
3214549.3 to the department on an annual basis.
P3 1(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 14575, the
2department shall not reduce the processing fee requirements for a
3beverage manufacturer for a plastic container sold in this state
4unless the manufacturer demonstrates to the department that the
5plastic beverage container complies with the labeling requirements
6of Section 14549.3, regardless of whether the plastic beverage
7container is manufactured in this state.
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