Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 54 (Allen, Chapter 75, Statutes of 2022) into law to address the impacts of single-use packaging and plastic food service ware. This landmark packaging law requires that by 2032:
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25% of single-use plastic use is cut
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65% of single-se plastic is recycled
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100% of since-use plastic is recyclable or compostable
The law shifts the plastic pollution burden from consumers to producers by raising $5 billion from industry members over 10 years to:
- Cut plastic pollution and
- Support disadvantaged, low-income, and rural communities hurt most by the impacts of plastic waste.
Additional info:
- Circular Action Alliance has been approved to serve as the first Producer Responsibility Organization. (Section 42061.5 of the Public Resources Code)
- CalRecycle released four SB 54 implementation documents on Dec. 28, 2023, including: