SCH Number 2024070487

Project Info

Title

Proposed Regulations for the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act

Description

CalRecycle is proposing to implement regulations for the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (Senate Bill (SB) 54, Allen, Chapter 75, Statutes of 2022). CalRecycle proposes to add to the California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 7, Chapter 11.1 (commencing with section 18980.1) and Chapter 11.5 (commencing with section 18981) regulations to implement, interpret, and make specific the requirements of SB 54 and establish various elements of Ca!Recycle's oversight and enforcement responsibilities under SB 54. SB 54 facilitates shifting the burden of managing covered material from local governments to the producers. The Proposed Program would implement the statutory requirement for producers of covered materials to source reduce plastic covered material by 25 percent by January 1, 2032; to ensure that all plastic covered material offered for sale, distributed in, or imported in or into the state achieves the recycling rate of 65 percent on and after January 1, 2032; and to ensure that all covered material offered for sale, distributed in, or imported into the state on or after January 1, 2032, is recyclable or eligible for being labeled "compostable." SB 54 also requires producers to establish a Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) for the purpose of developing and implementing an Extended Producer Responsibility program for covered material. SB 54 prohibits a producer from selling, offering for sale, importing, or distributing covered materials in the state unless the producer is approved to participate in the producer responsibility plan of a PRO or alternatively, complies individually outside of a PRO. SB 54 imposes requirements on producers. including registration, reporting, recordkeeping, and auditing requirements; remittance of surcharges; and budget and annual report preparation. SB 54 also requires that local jurisdictions and recycling service providers include all covered material deemed by CalRecycle as recyclable and compostable in their collection and recycling programs, except as specified.

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