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DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT

CHAPTER 1 - Findings

Section 14500. - 14500. This division shall be known and may be cited...

Section 14501. - 14501. The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Experience...

Section 14501.5. - 14501.5. This division does not apply to any beverage container...

CHAPTER 2 - Definitions

Section 14502. - 14502. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 14503. - 14503. “Aluminum beverage container” means a beverage container which consists...

Section 14503.5. - 14503.5. “Average monthly volume” means the average number of empty...

Section 14503.5.1. - 14503.5.1. “Bag drop recycling center” means a recycling mechanism operated...

Section 14503.6. - 14503.6. “Beneficiating processor” means any person certified by the department...

Section 14504. - 14504. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), “beverage” means...

Section 14505. - 14505. “Beverage container” means the individual, separate bottle, can, jar,...

Section 14506. - 14506. “Beverage manufacturer” means any person who bottles, cans, or...

Section 14506.3. - 14506.3. “Bimetal container” means a beverage container which consists of...

Section 14506.5. - 14506.5. “Commingled” means a mix of empty beverage containers, as...

Section 14506.7. - 14506.7. “Commingled rate” means the ratio of empty beverage containers,...

Section 14507.5. - 14507.5. (a) “Community Conservation Corps” means a nonprofit public benefit...

Section 14508. - 14508. “Consumer” means every person who, for his or her...

Section 14509. - 14509. “Container manufacturer” means any person who produces beverage containers...

Section 14509.3. - 14509.3. “Cullet” means scrap glass that is derived from postfilled...

Section 14509.4. - 14509.4. (a) “Convenience zone” means either of the following: (1)...

Section 14509.5. - 14509.5. “Curbside program” means a recycling program which meets all...

Section 14510. - 14510. “Dealer” means a retail establishment that offers the sale...

Section 14510.2. - 14510.2. “Dealer cooperative” means a stewardship organization that is exempt...

Section 14510.5. - 14510.5. “Department” means the Division of Recycling in the Department...

Section 14510.6. - 14510.6. “Director” means the Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery....

Section 14511. - 14511. “Distributor” means every person who engages in the sale...

Section 14511.5. - 14511.5. “Drink” means fruit juice or any other noncarbonated drink....

Section 14511.7. - 14511.7. “Dropoff or collection program” means any person, association, nonprofit...

Section 14512. - 14512. “Empty beverage container” means a beverage container which meets...

Section 14512.5. - 14512.5. “Food or drink packaging material” means any material which...

Section 14512.6. - 14512.6. “For recycling” means that an empty beverage container has...

Section 14512.7. - 14512.7. “Fund” means the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund established...

Section 14513. - 14513. “Glass beverage container” means a beverage container which has...

Section 14513.2. - 14513.2. (a) Except as provided under Section 14549, “glass container...

Section 14513.3. - 14513.3. “Glass food or drink container” means any nonbeverage container,...

Section 14513.4. - 14513.4. “Handling fee” means an amount paid to an operator...

Section 14513.5. - 14513.5. “HDPE” means a plastic beverage container labeled with a...

Section 14514. - 14514. “Managing employee” includes, but is not limited to, any...

Section 14514.4.1. - 14514.4.1. “Neighborhood dropoff program” means a recycling program that meets...

Section 14514.6. - 14514.6. “Not for recycling” means that an empty beverage container...

Section 14514.7. - 14514.7. “Nonprofit convenience zone recycler” means a recycling center that...

Section 14515. - 14515. “Other beverage container” means a beverage container which has...

Section 14515.1. - 14515.1. “Out-of-state container” means a used beverage container or used...

Section 14515.2. - 14515.2. “Person” means any individual, corporation, operation, or entity, whether...

Section 14515.5. - 14515.5. “PET container” means a plastic beverage container labeled with...

Section 14515.6. - 14515.6. “Physical recycling location” means the area in a convenience...

Section 14515.8. - 14515.8. (a) “Pilot project recycler” means a recycling location established...

Section 14516. - 14516. “Place of business of the dealer” means the location...

Section 14517. - 14517. “Plastic beverage container” means a beverage container which has...

Section 14517.5. - 14517.5. “Postfilled container” means any container which had been previously...

Section 14518. - 14518. “Processor” means any person, including a scrap dealer, certified...

Section 14518.4. - 14518.4. “Processing fee” means the amount paid by beverage manufacturers...

Section 14518.5. - 14518.5. “Processing payment” means an amount paid to processors, dropoff...

Section 14519. - 14519. “Recycle,” “recycled,” “recycling,” or “recyclable” means the reuse or...

Section 14519.5. - 14519.5. “Recycler” means a recycling center, dropoff or collection program,...

Section 14520. - 14520. “Recycling center” means an operation which is certified by...

Section 14520.5. - 14520.5. “Recycling location” means a place, mobile unit, reverse vending...

Section 14520.6. - 14520.6. “Noncertified recycler” means a person, entity, or operation which...

Section 14521. - 14521. “Recycling rate” means the proportion of empty beverage containers...

Section 14522.5. - 14522.5. “Redemption” and “redeem” means the return to a recycling...

Section 14523. - 14523. “Redemption payment” means the minimum amount paid by a...

Section 14523.5. - 14523.5. “Redemption rate” means the proportion of empty beverage containers...

Section 14524. - 14524. “Refund value” means the amount established for each type...

Section 14525. - 14525. “Refillable beverage container” means any aluminum beverage container, bimetal...

Section 14525.1. - 14525.1. “Reusable beverage container” means a glass beverage container with...

Section 14525.5. - 14525.5. “Reverse vending machine” means a mechanical device which accepts...

Section 14525.5.1. - 14525.5.1. “Rural region recycler” means an operator that is certified...

Section 14526. - 14526. “Scrap value” means the price paid for container material...

Section 14526.5. - 14526.5. “Supermarket” means a full-line, self-service retail store with gross...

Section 14526.6. - 14526.6. “Supermarket site” means any certified recycling center which redeems...

Section 14527. - 14527. “Use or consumption” includes the exercise of any right...

Section 14528. - 14528. “Universal product code” is an 11-digit, all-numeric code that...

Section 14528.1. - 14528.1. “Voluntary artificial scrap value” means a price paid by...

Section 14528.5. - 14528.5. (a) “Wine and distilled spirit cooler” means a beverage...

Section 14529. - 14529. This division is a matter of statewide interest and...

Section 14529.5. - 14529.5. Any action to increase recycling taken by the department,...

Section 14529.7. - 14529.7. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this division...

CHAPTER 3 - Administration

Section 14530. - 14530. This division shall be administered by the department. Notwithstanding...

Section 14530.1. - 14530.1. There is hereby created within the department a recycling...

Section 14530.2. - 14530.2. The Division of Recycling shall be administered by an...

Section 14530.5. - 14530.5. (a) For purposes of entering into contracts for consulting,...

Section 14530.6. - 14530.6. Upon the request of the department, the Attorney General...

Section 14531. - 14531. A payment made pursuant to this division, including, but...

Section 14536. - 14536. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the director...

Section 14536.1. - 14536.1. Notwithstanding Section 14536, if the department determines that it...

Section 14536.3. - 14536.3. A traffic officer, as defined in Section 625 of...

Section 14536.5. - 14536.5. (a) In carrying out the division, the department may...

Section 14536.7. - 14536.7. For purposes of Section 12024.13 of the Business and...

Section 14537. - 14537. The department shall keep accurate books, records, and accounts...

Section 14537.1. - 14537.1. The department shall, to the extent feasible, make efforts...

Section 14537.5. - 14537.5. The department shall provide on its internet website information...

Section 14538. - 14538. (a) (1) The department shall certify an operator of...

Section 14539. - 14539. (a) (1) The department shall certify processors pursuant to...

Section 14539.5. - 14539.5. (a) The department shall certify dropoff and collection programs...

Section 14540. - 14540. The department may review and verify all applications for...

Section 14541. - 14541. (a) The department may issue a certificate pursuant to...

Section 14541.5. - 14541.5. Any certification or registration granted by the department is...

Section 14543. - 14543. (a) In order to stimulate the increased use of...

Section 14544. - 14544. (a) In order to facilitate increased recycling of empty...

Section 14545. - 14545. (a) In order to facilitate transportation of empty glass...

Section 14547. - 14547. (a) (1) Between January 1, 2022, and December 31,...

Section 14548. - 14548. (a) For purposes of this section, “thermoform plastic container”...

Section 14549. - 14549. (a) Every glass container manufacturer shall report to the...

Section 14549.1. - 14549.1. (a) In order to improve the quality and marketability...

Section 14549.2. - 14549.2. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 14549.3. - 14549.3. (a) On or before March 1 of each year,...

Section 14549.4. - 14549.4. The department shall study and develop a system or...

Section 14549.5. - 14549.5. On or before April 1, 2004, and annually thereafter,...

Section 14549.6. - 14549.6. (a) The department, consistent with Section 14581 and subject...

Section 14549.7. - 14549.7. (a) In order to develop California markets for glass...

CHAPTER 4 - Reporting

Section 14550. - 14550. (a) (1) Every processor shall report to the department...

Section 14551. - 14551. (a) The department shall establish reporting periods for the...

Section 14551.4. - 14551.4. The department shall make available the information collected pursuant...

Section 14551.5. - 14551.5. (a) The department shall register the operators of curbside...

Section 14552. - 14552. (a) The department shall establish and implement an auditing...

Section 14552.5. - 14552.5. (a) The department shall supply all certified processors with...

Section 14552.51. - 14552.51. (a) A certified processor seeking to dispose of rejected...

Section 14553. - 14553. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all reports,...

Section 14554. - 14554. The department shall establish procedures to protect any privileged,...

Section 14555. - 14555. (a) On or before July 1, 2025, the department...

Section 14556. - 14556. (a) Not less than once every six months, the...

CHAPTER 5 - Minimum Redemption Value

Section 14560. - 14560. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), a...

Section 14560.5. - 14560.5. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), an...

Section 14561. - 14561. (a) A beverage manufacturer shall clearly indicate on all...

Section 14562. - 14562. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the minimum...

CHAPTER 6 - Returns

Section 14570. - 14570. (a) Every dealer shall post a clear and conspicuous...

Section 14571. - 14571. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, there...

Section 14571.1. - 14571.1. On or before January 1 of each year, the...

Section 14571.2. - 14571.2. The department shall continuously assist dealers and recyclers to...

Section 14571.3. - 14571.3. (a) The department shall continuously assist any certified recycler...

Section 14571.4. - 14571.4. (a) (1) The department shall certify one operator to...

Section 14571.5. - 14571.5. The department may, in a rural region, as identified...

Section 14571.6. - 14571.6. (a) In any convenience zone where no recycling location...

Section 14571.7. - 14571.7. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in any...

Section 14571.8. - 14571.8. (a) No lease entered into by a dealer after...

Section 14571.9. - 14571.9. (a) (1) Until June 30, 2025, the department may...

Section 14572. - 14572. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a...

Section 14572.1. - 14572.1. (a) A dealer delivering empty beverage containers received from...

Section 14572.5. - 14572.5. A certified recycling center, other than a reverse vending...

Section 14573. - 14573. (a) The department shall pay to a processor, for...

Section 14573.5. - 14573.5. (a) Except as provided in Section 14573.6, a processor...

Section 14573.51. - 14573.51. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, recycling...

Section 14573.6. - 14573.6. No dropoff or collection program shall pay any refund...

Section 14573.7. - 14573.7. Notwithstanding Sections 14573 and 14573.5, the department may require...

Section 14574. - 14574. (a) (1) A distributor of beverage containers shall pay...

Section 14575. - 14575. (a) If any type of empty beverage container with...

Section 14575.1. - 14575.1. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 14575, if a...

Section 14576. - 14576. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

CHAPTER 6.5 - Dealer Cooperatives

Section 14578. - 14578. (a) In any convenience zone where no recycling location...

Section 14578.5. - 14578.5. (a) By January 1, 2024, the department may provide...

CHAPTER 7 - Financial Provisions

Section 14580. - 14580. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), the department...

Section 14581. - 14581. (a) Subject to the availability of funds and in...

Section 14581.1. - 14581.1. (a) The department shall expend in each fiscal year,...

Section 14582. - 14582. The Recycling Infrastructure Loan Guarantee Account is hereby created...

Section 14583. - 14583. Notwithstanding Section 14581, on and after July 1, 2012,...

Section 14584. - 14584. (a) Operators of reverse vending machines or processors may...

Section 14585. - 14585. (a) The department shall adopt guidelines and methods for...

Section 14585.5. - 14585.5. (a) The department shall not make handling fee payments...

Section 14586. - 14586. This division does not create any guarantee of a...

Section 14587. - 14587. This division does not require or create any obligation...

CHAPTER 7.5 - Penalties for Unfair Recycling Competition

Section 14588. - 14588. It is the intent of the Legislature that handling...

Section 14588.1. - 14588.1. (a) As used in this chapter, “unfair and predatory...

Section 14588.2. - 14588.2. (a) To ensure that handling fees paid to a...

CHAPTER 8 - Severability and Enforcement

Section 14590. - 14590. If any provision of this division or the application...

Section 14591. - 14591. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in addition...

Section 14591.1. - 14591.1. (a) (1) The department may assess a civil penalty...

Section 14591.2. - 14591.2. (a) The department may take disciplinary action against any...

Section 14591.3. - 14591.3. In any civil or administrative action brought pursuant to...

Section 14591.4. - 14591.4. (a) In addition to any other remedies, penalties, and...

Section 14591.5. - 14591.5. After the time for judicial review under Section 11523...

Section 14591.6. - 14591.6. (a) When a person is engaged in recycling activity...

Section 14593. - 14593. Notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 14591.1, the...

Section 14594. - 14594. (a) Notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 14591.1,...

Section 14594.5. - 14594.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 14591.1, the department may assess upon...

CHAPTER 8.5 - Reporting Requirements and Payment Prohibitions Related to Out-of-State and Other Ineligible Containers

Section 14595. - 14595. The Legislature finds and declares that the redemption of...

Section 14595.4. - 14595.4. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall...

Section 14595.5. - 14595.5. (a) (1) No person shall pay, claim, or receive...

Section 14596. - 14596. (a) Any person importing more than 25 pounds of...

Section 14597. - 14597. (a) No person shall falsify documents required pursuant to...

Section 14599. - 14599. The department may adopt emergency regulations to implement this...

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California Code Public Resources Code - PRC DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT

California Code
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DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT