California overhauls recycling with plastic pollution and beverage container reforms

SACRAMENTO – Taking action to address growing global plastic pollution while spurring innovation and job creation, California is launching new recycling regulations, reforms and funding to reduce single-use plastic waste in our state through cutting-edge technology.

Paving the path for a circular-use economy that reuses materials and products for as long as possible, California today released draft regulations for the country’s strongest requirements for producers to cut single-use plastic waste and ensure the packaging on products they sell is recyclable or compostable. California also will soon enter formal rulemaking for another groundbreaking law to expand beverage container redemption with innovative technology and partnerships.

“For decades, plastics have been falsely advertised as recyclable — while really being designed to be thrown away,” said Yana Garcia, California’s Secretary for Environmental Protection. “This growing source of trash ends up in our landfills or, too often, polluting our most vulnerable communities. That’s why California is taking nation-leading action to hold plastic producers accountable, protect our environment and communities, and build solutions to deliver on the promise of recycling.”

Additionally, CalRecycle has announced $55 million in grants supporting technology solutions and workforce development for the future of recycling in California.

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