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The official text does not specify an effective date, only the dates when new spending authorities begin and end.
AB-899: Increasing Payments to Support Recycled Glass Markets
This law raises the maximum payment amount for companies that buy recycled glass and sets aside money from a recycling fund to support these payments through 2030.
What This Bill Does
- Raises the maximum market development payment limit from $50 per ton to $150 per ton for manufacturers who use in-state recycled glass.
- Allows the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to set different payment levels up to the new $150 limit.
- Authorizes spending up to $20 million annually from the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund for these payments starting January 1, 2028, until January 1, 2030.
- Requires the Legislature to approve this annual spending.
Who It Names or Affects
- Glass beverage container manufacturers who purchase recycled glass collected in California to make new containers in California.
- The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle).
- Beverage distributors whose payments fund the recycling program.
Terms To Know
- Market development payment
- Money paid to glass manufacturers who buy recycled glass collected in California for use in making new beverage containers in California.
- California Beverage Container Recycling Fund
- A pool of money from monthly payments by beverage distributors used to pay refunds and fees, including market development payments.
Limits and Unknowns
- The authorization for the $20 million annual spending ends on January 1, 2030.
- Spending requires a separate appropriation vote by the Legislature each year.
- The exact payment amount per ton is not fixed and can be set at any level up to $150.