Beverage containers: supermarkets: reverse vending machines.
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Two Thirds
Fiscal committee
No
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No
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill aims to improve beverage container recycling in California by establishing ‘convenience zones’ around supermarkets and defining these zones as a one-mile radius. It creates a California Beverage Container Recycling Fund to incentivize reverse vending machine use and provides funding for recycling centers within these zones. The bill also updates definitions related to supermarkets and reverse vending machines, and adjusts handling fees to ensure equitable distribution of funds.
Key provisions
- Defines ‘convenience zone’ as a one-mile radius around a supermarket.
- Establishes a California Beverage Container Recycling Fund.
- Certifies reverse vending machines as recycling centers.
- Prohibits handling fees to dealer cooperatives if a certified recycling center exists in the convenience zone.
- Increases the minimum gross annual sales requirement for a supermarket to $5,000,000.
- Specifies that a reverse vending machine does not create an unserved convenience zone.
- Expands the eligible entities for program payments from the recycling fund.
- Declares that no reimbursement is required for local agencies due to the bill creating a new crime.
Who is affected
- Supermarkets
- Recycling Centers
- Consumers
- Retailers
- Beverage Manufacturers
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