AB 1966, as introduced, Patterson. Hazardous waste: toxics: packaging.
The Toxics in Packaging Prevention Act generally prohibits a manufacturer or supplier from offering for sale or for promotional purposes in this state a package or packaging component that includes intentionally introduced lead, mercury, cadmium, or hexavalent chromium in the package or in a packaging component. Existing law makes a statement of legislative findings and declarations regarding the act.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that statement.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 25214.11 of the Health and Safety Code
2 is amended to read:
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
4following:
P2 1(1) The management of solid waste can pose a wide range of
2hazards to public health and safety and to the environment.
3(2) Packaging comprises a significant percentage of the overall
4solid waste stream.
5(3) The presence of heavy metals in packaging is a part of the
6total concern regarding the disposal of hazardous constituents in
7the solid waste stream, in light of the presence of heavy metals in
8emissions or ash when packaging is incinerated, or in leachate
9when packaging is disposed of in a solid waste landfill.
10(4) Lead, mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium, on the
11basis of available scientific and medical evidence, are of particular
12concern.
13(5) It is desirable, as a first step in reducing the toxicity of
14packagingbegin delete waste,end deletebegin insert wasteend insert and reducing the hazardous materials that
15may be disposed of in solid waste landfills, to eliminate the addition
16of these heavy metals to packaging.
17(6) The intent of this article is to achieve this reduction in
18toxicity without impeding or discouraging the expanded use of
19recycled materials in the production of packaging and its
20components.
21(b) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Toxics
22in Packaging Prevention Act.”
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