2009 Advocacy
| Date | Action | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 11/3/2009 | CRRA letter to CIWMB | Comments on Organics LCA Tool |
| 10/14/2009 | CRRA letter to US EPA Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response | Response to invitation for stakeholder input |
| 9/24/2009 | CRRA letter to Governor Schwarzenegger | Supporting SB 402 (Wolk) Support strengthening California's Bottle Bill |
| 9/21/2009 | CRRA letter to Governor Schwarzenegger | Opposing AB 1173 (Huffman) Fluorescent lamp recycling |
| 9/18/2009 | CRRA letter to Governor Schwarzenegger | Supporting AB 473 (Blumenfield) Multi-family Recycling |
| 8/26/2009 | CRRA letter to Governor Schwarzenegger | Supporting keeping Dept. of Resources, Recycling and Recovery at CalEPA |
| 8/26/2009 | CRRA letter to Senate Appropriations Committee | Supporting AB 479 (Chesbro) 75% diversion plus mandatory commercial recycling |
| 8/21/2009 | CRRA letter to Assembly Member Saldana | Supporting AB 925 (Saldana) Bottle Caps |
| July 2009 | Letter to Senate pro Tem Steinberg and Assembly Speaker Bass signed by CRRA | Beverage container recycling funding proposal |
| 6/25/2009 | CRRA/GRRN letter to US Assembly Speaker Pelosi | Support with amendments HR 2425 "American Clean Energy and Security Act" |
| 6/15/2009 | CRRA letter to Senate Environmental Quality Committee | Supporting AB 479 (Chesbro) 75% diversion plus mandatory commercial recycling |
| 6/12/2009 | CRRA letter to Senate Environmental Quality Committee | Opposing AB 222 (Adams) |
| 6/12/2009 | CRRA letter to Assembly Member Huffman | Supporting if amended AB 1343 (Huffman) |
| 6/12/2009 | CRRA letter to Joint Budget Committee | Opposing Dept. of Finance proposal for cuts to DOC |
| 6/10/2009 | CRRA letter to Senate Environmental Quality Committee | Supporting AB 1329 (Brownley) prohibiting PVC packaging |
| 5/28/2009 | CRRA, GAIA and StopWaste.Org floor alert to all Assembly members | "VOTE NO" on AB 222 (Adams) |
| 5/27/2009 | CRRA letter to Assembly Member Davis | Supporting AB 87 (Davis) Single-use bag fee |
| 5/26/2009 | CRRA letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee Chair De Leon | Supporting AB 1358 (Hill) banning EPS take-out food packages |
| 5/4/2009 | CRRA letter to Assembly Member Skinner and Senator Kehoe | Supporting AB 1581 and Opposing SB 390 |
| 4/21/2009 | CRRA Letter Opposing AB 222 | Opposing AB 222 (Adams) Conversion Technologies and Biorefineries |
| 4/7/2009 | CRRA letter to Assembly Natural Resources Committee | Supporting AB 283 (Chesbro) CA Product Stewardship Act |
| 3/27/2009 | CRRA letter to Governor Schwarzenegger | Opposing SB 44 (Denham) Abolishing CIWMB |
| 3/27/2009 | Letter to CARB signed by CRRA | Low Carbon Fuel Standard |
| 3/19/2009 | CRRA letter to Ocean Protection Council | Supporting MEA on single-use bags |
| 2/4/2009 | CRRA Letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein | Recycling and the Economic Stimulus Plan |
| 2/4/2009 | CRRA Letter to Senator Barbara Boxer | Recycling and the Economic Stimulus Plan |
| 1/8/2009 | CRRA letter to NRC | Transition to Green |
| 11/19/2008 | Letter to CARB signed by CRRA | Mandatory Commercial Recycling in AB 32 Scoping Plan |
| 11/18/2008 | CRRA letter to CIWMB | Omission of Zero Waste in AB 32 Scoping Plan |
| 10/6/2008 | CRRA letter to Ocean Protection Council | Support EPR in Draft Implementation Strategy to Reduce and Prevent Ocean Litter |
| 7/15/2008 | CRRA letter to CARB | Recycling in Draft AB 32 Scoping Plan |
| 3/28/2008 | CRRA Letter to Assembly Member Huffman | Supporting AB 2640 (Huffman) organics out of landfills |
2009 Positions
| Bill # | Author |
Subject Note: CRRA positions below are subject to change based on changes to legislative text. |
CRRA Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| AB 68 | Brownley | Requires that consumers pay a $0.25 fee for single-use bags distributed at large grocery stores, pharmacies and convenience stores. | Support |
| AB 87 | Davis | Requires that consumers pay a $0.25 fee for single-use bags distributed at large grocery stores, pharmacies and convenience stores. | Support |
| AB 118 | Logue | Would repeal the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 | Oppose |
| AB 147 | Saldaña | Authorizes DTSC to request documentation from electronics manufacturers about the amount of hazardous materials contained in the consumer electronics they offer for sale in the State. | Support |
| AB 222 | Adams | Would change statutory line between disposal and diversion, and grant diversion credit to conversion technologies that are currently defined as "transformation". | Oppose |
| AB 231 | Huffman | Would create the Climate Protection Trust Fund and require adoption of a schedule of (AB 32) fees, as provided. The revenues collected would be deposited in the Fund (huge potential for recycling funding). | Support |
| AB 274 | Portantino | (Spot bill) Would prohibit the owner or operator of a closed landfill that is subject to closure or post closure maintenance plan from selling any portion of a closed waste management unit unless the intended purchaser provides evidence of their ability to meet the financial assurance requirements of the act. | Watch |
| AB 283 | Chesbro | California Product Stewardship Act of 2009 Would implement "framework" Extended Producer Responsibility program in California administered by CIWMB; would require the board to adopt regulations by July 1, 2011, in order to implement the program to provide environmentally sound product stewardship protocols. | Support |
| AB 473 | Blumenfield | Would require an owner of a multifamily dwelling, defined as a residential facility that consists of 5 or more living units, on and after July 1, 2010, to arrange for recycling services. | Support |
| AB 478 | Chesbro | (Spot bill) Would require the state board to consult with the California Integrated Waste Management Board in developing the regulations to include rules for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from solid waste reduction and recycling. | Watch |
| AB 479 | Chesbro | Would require cities or counties to divert 60% by January 1, 2015; would mandate recycling for businesses w/more than 4 cubic yards of total solid waste and recyclable materials per week to the extent that these services are offered; would require local govs by January 1, 2011, to adopt commercial recycling ordinances that include certain minimum requirements; would raise CIWMB facility fee from $1.40 per ton to $3.90 per ton and require $2.50 of that fee be available for expenditure by CIWMB for apportionment to jurisdictions. | Support |
| AB 747 | Emmerson | Would encourage school districts and campuses of the California State University and Colleges also to establish and maintain beverage container recycling programs in those areas. | Support |
| AB 907 | Chesbro | Would increase oil manufacturer fees from $0.04 to $0.06 per quart; would authorize the board to adjust the fee annually; would exempt from the payment of the fee oil sold as finished lubricant containing 100% re-refined base lubricant. | Support |
| AB 925 | Saldaña | Would prohibit sale of single-use plastic beverage container with a cap that is not affixed to or part of the container; would prohibit sale of single-use beverage container with a cap, unless the cap is made of a recyclable material. | Support |
| AB 1043 | Fong | Re CA Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. This bill would provide that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to advance biofuels and other clean fuel technologies by adopting policies that promote the production and purchase of biofuels and other clean fuel technologies in California as a means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce California's reliance on petroleum fuels. | Watch |
| AB 1141 | Calderon | Would establish a 50% single use carryout bag waste reduction goal by 2014; would require increasing availability of plastic bag recycling throughout the state; would require bag manufacturers/distributor to pay extended producer responsibility fee of $0.001 for each single use bag; would require that local govs that prohibits the use of single-use bags not be eligible to receive any moneys from the fees collected pursuant to the act and that the entity provide an alternative to a single use carry out bag to consumers without charging a fee. | Oppose |
| AB 1150 | Gaines | Would abolish the California Integrated Waste Management Board. | Oppose |
| AB 1173 | Huffman | Would direct the Public Utilities Commission to use Public Goods Charge funds to subsidize only those manufacturers and distributors of fluorescent lamps that meet Energy Star 4.0 qualification on mercury standards & lamp life as well as implement a fluorescent lamp recycling program. | Watch |
| AB 1329 | Brownley | Would prohibit retail sale or distribution of rigid polyvinyl chloride (PVC) packaging containers. | Support |
| AB 1343 | Huffman | Would require paint manufacturers to develop and implement a program to collect, transport, and process postconsumer paint to reduce the costs and environmental impacts of the disposal of postconsumer paint in this state. | Support if Amended |
| AB 1350 | Blakeslee | Would require the Energy Commission, in collaboration with specified entities, to establish a voluntary certification program to establish environmental performance standards for a biofuel qualifying as a CA. Sustainable Biofuel Resource. | Watch |
| AB 1358 | Hill | Bans the use of expanded polystyrene food packaging and other non-recyclable plastic food packaging. | Support |
| AB 1581 | Skinner | Recycling Market Development Revolving Loan Program - Alternative bill to SB 390. CA RMDZ Association supports this one. | Support |
| SB 21 | Simitian | Would reduce the littering of, and aid the recovery of, derelict fishing gear. | Support |
| SB 25 | Padilla | Would require a jurisdictions to divert 60% by January 1, 2015. Would provide that the state's waste reduction target is 75% by January 1, 2020. | Support |
| SB 26 | Simitian | Would require California State Board of Pharmacy to coordinate with other state agencies, local governments, drug manufacturers, and pharmacies to develop programs to manage pharmaceutical wastes. | Watch |
| SB 31 | Pavley | Could potentially establish significant funding for recycling from AB 32 fees collected by CARB. | Support |
| SB 35 | Oropeza | Would reduce the amount of wasted food that is fit for human consumption by creating programs aimed at diverting food away from landfills and to food banks and nonprofit organizations. | Support |
| SB 44 | Denham | Would abolish the California Integrated Waste Management Board. | Oppose |
| SB 55 | Corbett | Would expand the types of product containers covered under the CA Beverage Container Recycling Act. | Support |
| SB 228 | DeSaulnier | Would require a manufacturer of a marine degradable or compostable plastic bag to ensure that the marine degradable or compostable plastic bag is readily and easily identifiable from other plastic bags. Would prohibit a compostable plastic bag sold in the state from displaying a chasing arrow resin identification code or recycling type of symbol in any form. | Support |
| SB 309 | Ducheny | As of 4/20/09: "...would require preference for inclusion in corps membership to be given to emancipated foster youth and at-risk youth." | Watch |
| SB 390 | Aanestad | Would extend the Recycling Market Development Revolving Loan Program and the continuous appropriation to July 1, 2021 and the repeal date to January 1, 2022. Bifurcation provision would potentially set aside half or more of the annual loan funds to benefit one of two larger projects. | Oppose |
| SB 497 | Correa | Would require each school district to consult with the local Community Conservation Corps to obtain information in order to establish a beverage container recycling program at each school campus and public office of that school district, but only to the extent that the district does not incur costs. | Watch |
| SB 531 | DeSaulnier | Would prohibit local governments from banning carryout bags and would require suppliers of single-use carryout bags to pay a per-bag fee to the state starting 2011, the proceeds of which would be used for litter abatement. | Oppose |
| SB 723 | DeSaulnier | Would require that the board, in collaboration with the department, establish an electronic waste recovery payment schedule to cover the net cost of an authorized collector on July 1 of every year. | Watch |
| SB 803 | DeSaulnier | Would require the board, by January 1, 2011, to develop regulations, after consultation with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) clamshell packaging manufacturers, product manufacturers, retailers, and the environmental community, that would reduce the volume of hard-to-recycle PVC clamshell packaging, as defined, by 50%. | Support |
