BILL NUMBER: AB 2579	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 11, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Low

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act relating to recycling.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2579, as amended, Low. Food service packaging products:
extended producer responsibility program: study.
   The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989,
administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery,
regulates the disposal, management, and recycling of solid waste.
   This bill would require the department, on or before January 1,
2018, to  conduct   complete  a study to
establish baseline data relating to food service  packaging.
 packaging that contains specified information,
including the current and potential markets for recycled and
composted food service packaging  products. 
   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.  (a) For purposes of this section, "food service
packaging" means single-use packaging products used by food service
providers for their  customers.   customers for
food that is prepared onsite. 
   (b) On or before January 1, 2018, the Department of Resources
Recycling and Recovery shall  conduct   complete
 a study to establish baseline data relating to food service
packaging. 
   (c) The study required pursuant to subdivision (b) shall contain
all of the following information:  
   (1) The amount of food service packaging, by material type, used
in California and the disposition of the products, including the
percentages recycled, composted, and disposed, and an estimate of the
percentage littered.  
   (2) The facilities located in the state that accept food service
packaging for recycling or composting, the cities they serve, and the
infrastructure needed to increase the recycling rate to reach
California's statewide recycling goal of 75 percent and reduce
litter.  
   (3) The current and potential markets for recycled and composted
food service packaging products.  
   (4) Barriers to increased recycling and composting of food service
packaging and steps that may be taken to remove those barriers.