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California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act: reusable beverage containers.

It became law on Oct 5, 2021.

CA AB 962 · Assembly Bill · 2021–2022

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Became law
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Assembly
Sponsors
12
Latest action
Oct 5, 2021

What it does

The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, which is administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, is established to promote beverage container recycling and provides for the payment, collection, and distribution of certain payments and fees based on minimum refund values established for beverage containers. The act requires a distributor of beverage containers to pay to the department the redemption payment for every beverage container sold or transferred to a dealer for deposit into the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund. The act defines "recycling" for its purposes as the reuse or refilling of empty beverage containers, or the…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Oct 5, 2021

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Where it goes next

Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in California.

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