BILL NUMBER: AB 2579	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2016
	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.   sol 
 id waste. 



	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 complete a study to establish baseline data relating to food
service 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 for food that is prepared onsite.
   (b) On or before January 1, 2018, the Department of Resources
Recycling and Recovery shall 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, 
 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
  those facilities  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  the  increased recycling and composting
of food service packaging and steps that may be taken to remove those
barriers.