To encourage waste diversion of polyethylene from California landfills as well as to encourage California’s postconsumer market development, it is the intent of the Legislature that any certification of postconsumer materials used for compliance with this chapter not be the same materials that are certified or used for compliance with any other state requirement or with any federal requirement that requires the use or reporting of postconsumer materials for plastic products.
Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 42290.5
Plastic Trash Bags
Known as the California Integrated Waste Management Act
The act spans §§ 40000–49654 (1,051 sections).
Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 44, Sec. 2
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.