The Responsible Textile Recovery Act (SB 707, Newman, Chapter 20.5, Statutes of 2024) requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to approve a producer responsibility organization (PRO) by March 1, 2026, for the purposes of carrying out the producer requirements of the statute.
Pursuant to Public Resources Code section 42984.4, producers of covered products (textile articles and apparel) must form and join a PRO. By January 1, 2026, the governing body of the PRO(s) must submit an application to CalRecycle describing how their PRO meets the requirements to be an approved PRO. If CalRecycle receives applications from more than one PRO, CalRecycle is required to determine which proposed PRO can most effectively implement the law.
CalRecycle is developing a PRO application form and will open the solicitation in Fall 2025.
Questions may be directed to textiles@calrecycle.ca.gov