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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1019
Author: John A. Pérez (D)
Amended: 4/14/11 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE : 4-1, 06/20/11
AYES: Simitian, Hancock, Kehoe, Lowenthal
NOES: Strickland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Blakeslee, Pavley
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 5/23/11 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Solid waste: carpet stewardship
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill establishes January 1, 2014, as the
date by which the Department of General Services must take
steps to recycle postconsumer carpet removed from buildings
owned or leased by the state.
ANALYSIS :
Existing Law :
1. Requires, on or before January 1, 2014, the Department
of Resources Recycling and Recovery (DRRR) and the
Department of General Services (DGS) to complete a study
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that examines the standard for carpet purchases by the
state and recommend to the Governor and the Legislature
any appropriate changes to that standard.
2. Requires DGS, to the extent feasible and within existing
resources, to take appropriate steps, including revising
relevant procurement rules, to ensure that postconsumer
carpet that is removed from state buildings be recycled
whenever possible.
Comments
According to the author, "Discarded carpets are a major
heavy contributor to landfill mass. They are heavy, bulky,
and costly to manage as waste. These costs are often borne
by local governments. Postconsumer carpet also can be used
to make a variety of secondary products, including carpet
pads, carpet backing, carpet fiber, plastics, and
engineered material. The state is a major generator of
discarded carpet. This bill will ensure that by January 1,
2014, DGS will manage discarded carpet from state buildings
consistent with AB 2398 (John A. Perez), Chapter 681,
Statutes of 2010."
AB 2398 (John A. Perez) establishes a statewide product
stewardship program that requires California carpet
manufacturers to prepare a carpet stewardship plan that
maximizes the diversion of postconsumer carpet, or carpet
no longer used for its manufactured purpose, from landfills
and encourages the recycling of waste carpet into secondary
products. When consumers install new carpets, the carpet
installers will remove, and recycle or dispose of, the old
carpet. AB 2398 required DGS to take appropriate steps to
ensure that carpets removed from state buildings are
managed consistently with statutes relating to carpet
recycling, but did not set a date by which DGS should meet
that requirement. This bill requires DGS to take
appropriate action by January 1, 2014.
According to DRR's 2008 Statewide Waste Characterization
Study, an estimated 1.3 million tons of carpet are annually
disposed in California landfills, comprising 3.2 percent of
all solid waste. According to the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, barriers to effective
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recycling include the lack of an established infrastructure
to collect and process waste carpet, especially from
residential sources.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee,
negligible costs to DGS if any, as this bill simply creates
an effective date by which DGS must conduct an activity
statute already requires it to take.
SUPPORT : (Verified 7/13/11)
City and County of San Francisco
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Davis, Dickinson, Eng,
Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth Gaines,
Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Grove, Hagman,
Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill,
Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara,
Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller,
Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby,
Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, Silva,
Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao,
Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Cook, Donnelly, Gorell
DLW:do 7/13/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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