Recycling / Waste Reduction

 

Californians take pride in on our adherence to the three “Rs”: Reduce, reuse, and recycle. Recycling programs are available in every city, and the state has embraced “zero waste” as a guiding principle and goal for the future. According to the recently-abolished California Integrated Waste Management Board (once the state’s leading authority on recycling and waste reduction): “Zero waste is based on the concept that wasting resources is inefficient and that efficient use of our

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Recycling / Waste Reduction Votes

Year Bill # Description Assembly Senate Governor
2015 AB 888 Removing ugly plastics from beauty products (2015)
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
2014 AB 1594 Over the landfill and through the loophole
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
2014 SB 812 Stronger oversight of hazardous waste
Good
Good
Good
Good
Bad
Bad
2014 SB 270 Banning plastic bags
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
2013 SB 254 Mattress recycling
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
2013 SB 405 Phasing out plastic bags
No Action
No Action
Bad
Bad
No Action
No Action
2012 AB 845 Dumping on thy neighbor
Bad
Bad
Bad
Bad
Bad
Bad
2012 SB 568 Short-term convenience, long-term pollution
Bad
Bad
No Action
No Action
No Action
No Action
2011 AB 341 Waste not, want not
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
2011 AB 1178 Dumping on thy neighbor
Bad
Bad
No Action
No Action
No Action
No Action
2011 SB 568 Styrofoam's short-term convenience, long-term impact
No Action
No Action
Good
Good
No Action
No Action
2010 AB 1998 Sacking the bag
Good
Good
Bad
Bad
No Action
No Action
2010 SB 1100 Battery EPR bill shorts out
No Action
No Action
Good
Good
No Action
No Action
2010 AB 1343 Painting the roses green
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
2010 AB 737 Commercial Waste Diversion... Terminated again
Good
Good
Good
Good
Bad
Bad
2010 AB 2398 Cradle to cradle, carpet to carpet
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
2009 AB 473 Multifamily recycling bill: trashed again
Good
Good
Good
Good
Bad
Bad
2009 SB 402 Governor crushes opportunity to expand recycling
Good
Good
Good
Good
Bad
Bad
2008 AB 2058 Plastic or reusable?
Good
Good
No Action
No Action
No Action
No Action
2005 AB 1125 Recycling rechargeable batteries
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
 
 

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