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This bill allows the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to reduce the processing fee, which is a fee paid by beverage manufacturers to help fund recycling programs, for certain wine and distilled spirits containers, specifically those in boxes, bladders, or pouches. This reduction can occur if CalRecycle forecasts that the total amount collected from these specific container fees will be at least a certain percentage more than what is needed to cover the costs of processing and recycling those containers. The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, which this bill amends, already establishes processing fees and payments to ensure that the cost of recycling is covered, with the fee generally being 65% of the payment, but this change introduces flexibility for specific container types if their fees are over-collecting.

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