The California legislature passed a bill requiring beverage companies to publicly report the amount of post-consumer PET they use. And a separate piece of legislation sent to the governor extends a plastics-recycling subsidy programs for one year.The two plastics recycling-specific bills were passed before the end of the California legislature's 2015-16 session. At press time, both are awaiting possible signatures from Gov. Jerry Brown.Assembly Bill 2530 requires companies making beverages and selling them in the Golden Scate to begin reporting virgin and post-consumer plastic use to the state.Under the bill, scarring March 1, 2018, beverage companies must annually report the data to the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRe-cycle), which will be required to post it on the department's website. The requirement applies to makers of bottles subject to the California Redemption Value (CRV), a deposit-like fee of 5 cents or 10 cents (depending on bottle size) paid to consumers when they redeem containers.
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