Carpet recycling.
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Fiscal committee
No
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No
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill aims to improve carpet recycling in California by updating the state’s product stewardship programs. It proposes changes to the existing carpet recycling plan, shifting from civil penalties to administrative penalties for violations, restructuring the governing board for the program, and requiring standardized marking on carpets to facilitate sorting. The bill also seeks to streamline the process for carpet collection and recycling, expanding approved collection sites and simplifying reporting requirements for producers and organizations involved in the program.
Key provisions
- Replaces civil penalties with administrative penalties for program violations, increasing the daily penalty to $25,000 for intentional or knowing violations.
- Requires a governing board for the carpet stewardship organization instead of a product stewardship organization.
- Expands approved collection sites to include carpet recycling centers, municipal facilities, and retailers.
- Allows for carpet to be exempt from transport requirements if returned to the producer.
- Requires standardized marking on carpets to identify the producer, date of manufacture, and fiber types.
- Modifies reporting requirements for the carpet stewardship organization, including specific information on grants and incentives.
- Eliminates the requirement for producers to submit an amendment to their producer responsibility plan.
- Requires producers to publish components that constitute more than 1% of the product’s weight and hazardous chemicals on their websites.
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