Bill Text: CA AB2579 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 2579 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery: waste characterization study: food service packaging.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB2579 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2579-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 2579	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 20, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 11, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Low

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act  to add Section 40512 to the Public Resources Code,
  relating to solid waste.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2579, as amended, Low.  Food service packaging
products: study.   Department of Resources Recycling and
Recovery: waste characterization study: food service packaging.
 
   Existing law establishes the Department of Resources Recycling and
Recovery to administer the California Integrated Waste Management
Act of 1989, and authorizes the department to hold hearings and
conduct investigations in any part of the state necessary to carry
out its powers and duties.  
   This bill would require the department, in the next regularly
scheduled waste characterization study conducted by the department,
to include specified information relating to food service packaging
waste management.  
   The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989,
administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery,
regulates the disposal, management, and recycling of solid waste.
 
   This bill would require the department, on or before January 1,
2018, to complete a study to establish baseline data relating to food
service packaging that contains specified information, including the
current and potential markets for recycled and composted food
service packaging products. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 40512 is added to the 
 Public Resources Code   , to read:  
   40512.  (a) In the next regularly scheduled waste characterization
study conducted by the department on or after January 1, 2017, the
department shall include all of the following information:
   (1) The amount of food service packaging, by material type, used
in California and the disposition of the products, including the
percentages recycled, composted, and disposed and an estimate of the
percentage littered.
   (2) The facilities located in the state that accept food service
packaging for recycling or composting, the cities those facilities
serve, and the infrastructure needed to increase the recycling rate
to reach California's statewide recycling goal of 75 percent and
reduce litter.
   (3) The current and potential markets for recycled and composted
food service packaging products.
   (4) Barriers to the increased recycling and composting of food
service packaging and steps that may be taken to remove those
barriers.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "food service packaging" means
single-use packaging products used by food service providers for
their customers for food that is prepared onsite.  
  SECTION 1.    (a) For purposes of this section,
"food service packaging" means single-use packaging products used by
food service providers for their customers for food that is prepared
onsite.
   (b) On or before January 1, 2018, the Department of Resources
Recycling and Recovery shall complete a study to establish baseline
data relating to food service packaging.
   (c) The study required pursuant to subdivision (b) shall contain
all of the following information:
   (1) The amount of food service packaging, by material type, used
in California and the disposition of the products, including the
percentages recycled, composted, and disposed and an estimate of the
percentage littered.
   (2) The facilities located in the state that accept food service
packaging for recycling or composting, the cities those facilities
serve, and the infrastructure needed to increase the recycling rate
to reach California's statewide recycling goal of 75 percent and
reduce litter.
   (3) The current and potential markets for recycled and composted
food service packaging products.
   (4) Barriers to the increased recycling and composting of food
service packaging and steps that may be taken to remove those
barriers.