Bill > AB793

This bill aims to increase the use of recycled content in plastic beverage containers sold in California. The key provisions are: 1. It requires plastic beverage containers sold in California to contain minimum amounts of postconsumer recycled plastic content, starting at 15% in 2022-2024, increasing to 25% in 2025-2029, and reaching 50% or more by 2030. The director can review and adjust these minimum requirements annually based on market conditions. 2. It imposes annual administrative penalties on beverage manufacturers that do not meet the recycled content requirements, with penalties calculated based on the amount of virgin plastic used. 3. It allows the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to conduct audits and investigations to ensure compliance, while keeping business trade secrets and proprietary information confidential. 4. It creates a Recycling Enhancement Penalty Account to deposit the collected penalties, to be used for supporting the recycling, infrastructure, collection, and processing of plastic beverage containers in California. 5. It authorizes the department to contract with a research university to study the markets and opportunities for meeting the recycled content requirements, if the Legislature appropriates funds for this purpose. 6. It prohibits local governments from adopting their own ordinances regulating the minimum recycled plastic content for plastic beverage containers. The overall goal of the bill is to increase the use of recycled content in plastic beverage containers, reduce reliance on virgin plastic, and support the development of domestic recycling markets and infrastructure in California.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Budget and Finance

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