California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)

Beverage Container Recycling

Emergency Regulations

Emergency regulations may be readopted if permanent regulations are not in effect at the time the emergency regulation expires.

Interested parties may obtain a copy of the text of any current emergency regulation by calling: 1-800-RECYCLE.

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Regulation Package Name Office of
Administrative Law
Emergency
Regulation
Effective Date		 Date Emergency Regulation
Expires		 Office of
Administrative Law
Emergency
Regulation
Readoption
Effective Date		 Date
Emergency
Regulation
Readoption
Expires		 Summary of Emergency Regulations Text
Distributor Administrative Fee 12/21/2009 These regulations shall remain in effect until revised by the Director of the Department of Resources recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)     Amended Sections 2310 and 2320 to allow distributors to report and pay redemption payment by the last day of the second month following the month of sales or transfer, but not later than the last day of the third month following the sales or transfers.
Handling Fee 2/5/2007       Governor Schwarzenegger signed changes to the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act into law on September 30, 2006. Assembly Bill 3056 (Chapter 907, Statutes of 2006) amended, among other things, Section 14585 which changed the process for determining how handling fees are calculated for eligible recycling centers. Handling Fee Emergency Regulations are necessary in order to ensure that the cost survey criteria are in place prior to the cost surveys being started in early 2007.
Plastic Market Development Payments 6/8/07     Assembly Bill 3056 ( Chapter 907, Statutes of 2006) instituted a new Market Development Payment Program that may make a payment to California certified entities that wash and flake or pelletize plastic materials in California. This program may also make a payment to product manufacturers in California that manufacture products out of the flake, pellets or other form of plastic produced by the certified entity.
Proposed Quality Incentive Payment 6/21/07       Assembly Bill 3056 (Chapter 907, Statutes of 2006) instituted a new Quality Incentive Payment (QIP) Program, and authorizes expenditures of up to $15 million annually. The QIP Program will provide fiscal incentives to registered curbside programs or other certified entities to improve the quality and marketability empty glass, plastic and aluminum beverage containers collected by registered curbside programs or dropoff or collection programs.

 

Last updated: February 11, 2011
Beverage Container Recycling, http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/BevContainer/
Contacts: http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/BevContainer/Contacts.htm