Assemblyman Loyd Levine (D) has shepherded AB 2449 through the California Legislature to the Governor's desk. I've checked the California Legislature Website and the press and do not yet see a report as to whether or not the Governor signed the bill.
The bill, if enacted, would require California supermarkets with over 10,000 square feet of retail space to provide an in-store recycling bin designed to promote interest in the recycling of plastic carryout bags. Consumers would be able to return their used bags to the bin.
The bill goes farther, requiring the plastic carryout bags offered by the supermarket to bear the wording 'PLEASE RETURN TO A PARTICIPATING STORE FOR RECYCLING". The bill requiresthe bag manufacturers to offer the market educational materials to promote bag recycling.
Don't want to comply? Under the legislation, government agencies may impose civil penalties of $2,000 (for third and subsequent offenses) on the market or manufacturer. The legislation provides no funds for the markets and/or manufacturers to carry out this mandated program and so is, in fact, imposing an unfunded State mandate.
Just another little bit of the nanny State making it such a joy to do business in California.
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What normal North American people do with trash is throw relatively clean supermarket food containers (packaging) in the trash and then dump“ dirty” food matter on top of it. The way this American ritual works is that the food containers get dirty because they are in the trash. My weird, economical countermeasure is to not put these items in the trash, rinse out these (soy) milk cartons and soup cans and put them in a separate recycling container. When you really want to freak your“ normal” American friends...
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