We write in support of SB 38, as amended June 20, 2022, which would correct an unintended wholesale exemption in California’s landmark postconsumer recycled plastic content law and make targeted improvements to the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act of 1987 to address contamination and fraud

Summary: There is a “de minimis” provision in California’s recycled content law that, combined with other provisions of the California’s beverage container deposit law (“bottle bill”) and recent scrap prices, could unintentionally exempt most beverage manufacturers from having to comply with the recycled content law; thus nearly negating the entire intent of the law.

We are writing in support of AB 2779, “An act to amend Sections 14504 and 14560.5 of the Public Resources Code, relating to recycling, and making an appropriation…

This bill would remove retail stores’ (“dealers’”) obligations to refund consumers’ 5¢ beverage container deposits after July 1, 2023. In other words, consumers would no longer be able to conveniently turn in their beverage containers at one of the 2,000 retailers where they are sold.

Review of Reported Recycling Rates Published in 2018 Vermont Waste Characterization Study

We are writing in support of House Bill 307, “An act concerning Environment – Packaging Materials – Producer Responsibility,” on the condition that certain amendments are made, as outlined here.

We are writing in support of House Bill 1652, “An Act Relative to the Recycling of Beverage Containers.” This bill would establish a beverage container deposit law in New Hampshire, effective 1/1/23. 

The Container Recycling Institute supports CalRecycle’s proposal to extend the Processing Payment Emergency Regulations for one year. The Emergency Regulations employ a 10% RFR (reasonable financial return) to calculate the processing payments that will be made to certified recyclers for 2021, in order to offset the difference between their operating costs and the revenues they take in from scrap sales and handling fees.

This bill would add alcoholic beverages of up to 100ml to the MA beverage container deposit law. Effectively, this means spirits sold in miniatures, or nips: the tiny bottles that are ubiquitous as litter strewn across the Commonwealth’s roads and streets, beaches, parks, fields, and other places.

As you may know, the Container Recycling Institute (CRI) is a national nonprofit organization and an authority on the economic and environmental impacts of container recycling. We are writing to state our support of H.3289, “An Act to Expand the Bottle Bill” (Decker), and its companion bill S.2149 (Creem).

We are writing to state that we support H.3277 and respectfully suggest a few amendments. This bill will set the following postconsumer recycled content (PCR) goals for plastic beverage bottles covered under the container deposit law…

We are writing to state our support of S.2215, “An Act to Create a Deposit for Glass Wine and Liquor Bottles (O’Connor). This short bill packs a big punch in addressing a serious problem in Massachusetts: finding a home for hundreds of thousands of tons of discarded glass bottles.

As you may know, the Container Recycling Institute (CRI) is a national nonprofit organization and an authority on the economic and environmental impacts of container recycling. We are writing in support of H.3332 “An Act promoting the proper disposal of miniatures (Lewis/Hawkins).

We are writing to state that our position on AB 1454, which makes changes to “The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act,” is opposed unless amended

We are writing in opposition to the part of the resolve that suggests studying repeal of the container deposit law. The effectiveness of container deposit laws has been studied many times, both within and outside of the United States.