It looks like SB 1110, a bill that would increase the state’s current recycled content mandate from 25-35 percent for rigid plastic containers, is headed for approval this year. The bill extends responsibility to food and cosmetics
containers for the first time.
Under current law, plastics industry manufacturers must either recycle by 25
percent, use 25 percent recycled content, reduce the amount of plastic used by
10 percent, or make the package reusable. Industry has yet to achieve these goals
and the California Integrated Waste Management Board is initiating enforcement actions against 99 companies.
“The Every Business Guide to California’s Plastics Recycling Law” identifies which plastics are covered by the law and steps needed to comply.
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