20250AB__133099INT INTRODUCED 2025-02-21 2025 AB INT Introduced by Assembly Member Nguyen LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Nguyen

An act to amend

Section of the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste. solid waste Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act. Existing law establishes the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act, which covers certain single-use packaging and plastic single-use food service ware, as provided.

Existing law requires producers of covered material sold, offered for sale, imported, or distributed in the state to achieve specified goals with respect to the materials for which they are the producers, including that all plastic covered material be source reduced pursuant to specified requirements, as provided. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that goal. MAJORITY NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 42050. Consistent with the policy goal established in

Section 41780.01 and consistent with the waste hierarchy established in

Section 40051, producers of covered material sold, offered for sale, imported, or distributed in the state shall achieve all of the following with respect to the materials for which they are the producers: (

a) All plastic covered material is source reduced pursuant to the requirements set forth in

Section and paragraph (6) of subdivision (

a) of

Section 42060. (

b) Ensure that all covered material offered for sale, distributed, or imported in or into the state on or after January 1, 2032, is recyclable in the state or eligible for being labeled “compostable” in accordance with

Chapter 5.7 (commencing with

Section 42355). (

c) Ensure that all plastic covered material offered for sale, distributed, or imported in or into the state achieves the following recycling rates:

(1) Not less than percent of covered material on and after January 1, 2028.

(2) Not less than percent of covered material on and after January 1, 2030.

(3) Not less than percent of covered material on and after January 1, 2032.