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Trash receptacles and storage containers: reflective markings.

It became law on Oct 1, 2025.

CA SB 731 · Senate Bill · 2025–2026

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Oct 1, 2025

What it does

Existing law requires a manufacturer who sells or provides for compensation, and, commencing January 1, 2026, an owner of, a trash receptacle or storage container that is longer than 3 feet and taller than 4 feet and that is designed to be placed on a roadway or the curb of a roadway in order to be emptied or picked up to mark the receptacle or container with a reflector on each side. Existing law additionally requires 8 strips of fluorescent yellow reflective tape made of certain high-performance retroreflective sheeting to be placed on specified locations on a trash receptacle or storage container, unless the trash receptacle or storage container's reflective tape is made of the…

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This bill passed and is now law.

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    Oct 1, 2025

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