California Public Resources Code CHAPTER 2 - Definitions

  • Section 14502.
    Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2. Effective September...
  • Section 14503.
    “Aluminum beverage container” means a beverage container which consists primarily of aluminum.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 1986.)
  • Section 14503.5.
    “Average monthly volume” means the average number of empty beverage containers per month received by a certified recycling center.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1342, Sec.
  • Section 14503.6.
    “Beneficiating processor” means any person certified by the department as a processor who also beneficiates purchased cullet so that it is furnace ready for glass...
  • Section 14504.
    (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), “beverage” means any of the following products if those products are in liquid, ready-to-drink form, and are intended for...
  • Section 14505.
    “Beverage container” means the individual, separate bottle, can, jar, carton, or other receptacle, however denominated, in which a beverage is sold, and which is constructed...
  • Section 14506.
    “Beverage manufacturer” means any person who bottles, cans, or otherwise fills beverage containers, or imports filled beverage containers, for sale to distributors, dealers, or consumers.(Added...
  • Section 14506.3.
    “Bimetal container” means a beverage container which consists of one or more metals and which is composed primarily of steel.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1266,...
  • Section 14506.5.
    “Commingled” means a mix of empty beverage containers, as defined in Section 14512, and all other containers of the same material type.(Added by Stats. 1989,...
  • Section 14506.7.
    “Commingled rate” means the ratio of empty beverage containers, as defined in Section 14512, to all other containers of the same material type, as determined...
  • Section 14507.5.
    (a) “Community Conservation Corps” means a nonprofit public benefit corporation formed or operating pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 5110) of Division 2 of Title...
  • Section 14508.
    “Consumer” means every person who, for his or her use or consumption, purchases a beverage in a beverage container from a dealer. “Consumer” includes, but...
  • Section 14509.
    “Container manufacturer” means any person who produces beverage containers for filling by beverage manufacturers, including any person who imports these beverage containers from outside of...
  • Section 14509.3.
    “Cullet” means scrap glass that is derived from postfilled food, drink, or beverage container glass produced or imported for sale in the state.(Amended by Stats....
  • Section 14509.4.
    “Convenience zone” means either of the following:(a) The area within a one-half mile radius of a supermarket.(b) The area designated by the department pursuant to Section 14571.5.(Amended...
  • Section 14509.5.
    “Curbside program” means a recycling program which meets all of the following criteria:(a) The program picks up empty beverage containers from individual or multiple family residences,...
  • Section 14510.
    “Dealer” means a retail establishment which offers the sale of beverages in beverage containers to consumers. However, any lodging, eating, or drinking establishment, or soft...
  • Section 14510.5.
    “Department” means the Division of Recycling in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 21, Sec. 3. (SB 63) Effective January...
  • Section 14510.6.
    “Director” means the Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 21, Sec. 4. (SB 63) Effective January 1, 2010.)
  • Section 14511.
    “Distributor” means every person who engages in the sale of beverages in beverage containers to a dealer in this state, including any manufacturer who engages...
  • Section 14511.5.
    “Drink” means fruit juice or any other noncarbonated drink.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 1986.)
  • Section 14511.7.
    “Dropoff or collection program” means any person, association, nonprofit corporation, church, club, or other organization certified by the department, and that accepts or collects empty...
  • Section 14512.
    “Empty beverage container” means a beverage container which meets all of the following requirements:(a) Has the seal or closure installed by the manufacturer broken or removed....
  • Section 14512.5.
    “Food or drink packaging material” means any material which is not a beverage container in which a food or drink is sold in a retail...
  • Section 14512.6.
    “For recycling” means that an empty beverage container has been received by a processor who has an arrangement whereby that container will actually be recycled.(Added...
  • Section 14512.7.
    “Fund” means the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 14580.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1339, Sec. 4. Effective October...
  • Section 14513.
    “Glass beverage container” means a beverage container which has a body consisting primarily of glass.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2. Effective September 29,
  • Section 14513.2.
    (a) Except as provided under Section 14549, “glass container manufacturer” means a person who manufactures commercial containers, whose principal component part or parts consist of virgin...
  • Section 14513.3.
    “Glass food or drink container” means any nonbeverage container, whose principal component part or parts consist of virgin glass, postfilled glass, or any combination of...
  • Section 14513.4.
    “Handling fee” means an amount paid to an operator of a supermarket site, a rural region recycler, as defined in Section 14525.5.1, or a nonprofit...
  • Section 14513.5.
    “HDPE” means a plastic beverage container labeled with a “2” for high-density-polyethylene resin pursuant to Section 18015 and subject to this division.(Added by Stats. 2003,...
  • Section 14514.
    “Managing employee” includes, but is not limited to, any person who manages the operation of a facility or is authorized by the certified operator to...
  • Section 14514.4.1.
    “Neighborhood dropoff program” means a recycling program which meets all of the following criteria:(a) The program is certified by the department as a dropoff or collection...
  • Section 14514.6.
    “Not for recycling” means that an empty beverage container has been received by a processor who does not have an arrangement whereby that container will...
  • Section 14514.7.
    “Nonprofit convenience zone recycler” means a recycling center that meets the criteria described in subdivision (a) or (b):(a) The recycling center is all of the following:(1) Operated...
  • Section 14515.
    “Other beverage container” means a beverage container which has a body consisting of metal, glass, plastic, other materials, or a combination of these, but which...
  • Section 14515.1.
    “Out-of-state container” means a used beverage container or used beverage container component that is not subject to Section 14560, and that is brought into this...
  • Section 14515.2.
    “Person” means any individual, corporation, operation, or entity, whether or not certified or registered pursuant to this division.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 597, Sec. 1....
  • Section 14515.5.
    “PET container” means a plastic beverage container labeled with a “1” pursuant to Section 18015 and subject to this division.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 815,...
  • Section 14515.6.
    “Physical recycling location” means the area in a convenience zone served by one or more reverse vending machines which accept all empty aluminum, glass, and...
  • Section 14515.8.
    (a) “Pilot project recycler” means a recycling location established pursuant to Section 14571.9.(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2022, and as of...
  • Section 14516.
    “Place of business of the dealer” means the location at which a dealer sells, or offers for sale, beverages in beverage containers to consumers.(Added by...
  • Section 14517.
    “Plastic beverage container” means a beverage container which has a body consisting primarily of plastic.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2. Effective September 29,
  • Section 14517.5.
    “Postfilled container” means any container which had been previously filled with a beverage or food.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2. Effective September 29,
  • Section 14518.
    “Processor” means any person, including a scrap dealer, certified by the department who purchases empty aluminum beverage containers, bimetal beverage containers, glass beverage containers, plastic...
  • Section 14518.4.
    “Processing fee” means the amount paid by beverage manufacturers to the department pursuant to Section 14575.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 624, Sec. 5. Effective January...
  • Section 14518.5.
    “Processing payment” means an amount paid to processors, dropoff or collection programs, curbside programs, and recycling centers by the department pursuant to subdivision (a) of...
  • Section 14519.
    “Recycle,” “recycled,” “recycling,” or “recyclable” means the reuse or refilling of empty beverage containers, or the process of sorting, cleansing, treating, and reconstituting empty postfilled...
  • Section 14519.5.
    “Recycler” means a recycling center, dropoff or collection program, or curbside program.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 815, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2000.)
  • Section 14520.
    “Recycling center” means an operation which is certified by the department and which accepts from consumers, and pays or provides the refund value pursuant to...
  • Section 14520.5.
    “Recycling location” means a place, mobile unit, reverse vending machine, or other device where a certified recycling center accepts one or more types of empty...
  • Section 14520.6.
    “Noncertified recycler” means a person, entity, or operation which is not certified by the department and which purchases empty beverage containers from consumers, or from...
  • Section 14521.
    “Recycling rate” means the proportion of empty beverage containers by type returned to processors for recycling, measured in the manner prescribed in Section 14551.(Added by...
  • Section 14522.5.
    “Redemption” and “redeem” means the return to a recycling center or location of an empty beverage container for a refund of at least the refund...
  • Section 14523.
    “Redemption payment” means the minimum amount paid by a distributor to the department for every beverage container sold or transferred to a dealer.(Repealed and added...
  • Section 14523.5.
    “Redemption rate” means the proportion of empty beverage containers returned to processors measured in the manner prescribed in Section 14551.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290,...
  • Section 14524.
    “Refund value” means the amount established for each type of beverage container pursuant to Section 14560 that is paid by the following:(a) A certified recycling center...
  • Section 14525.
    “Refillable beverage container” means any aluminum beverage container, bimetal beverage container, glass beverage container, plastic beverage container, or other beverage container, holding 150 fluid ounces...
  • Section 14525.5.
    “Reverse vending machine” means a mechanical device which accepts one or more types of empty beverage containers and issues a cash refund or a redeemable...
  • Section 14525.5.1.
    “Rural region recycler” means an operator that is certified pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 14571, and who accepts...
  • Section 14526.
    “Scrap value” means the price paid for container material types subject to this division, after shipping and handling costs are deducted.(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch....
  • Section 14526.5.
    “Supermarket” means a full-line, self-service retail store with gross annual sales of two million dollars ($2,000,000), or more, and which sells a line of dry...
  • Section 14526.6.
    “Supermarket site” means any certified recycling center which redeems all types of empty beverage containers in accordance with Section 14572, and which is located within,...
  • Section 14527.
    “Use or consumption” includes the exercise of any right or power over a beverage incidental to the beverage’s ownership, including, but not limited to, drinking...
  • Section 14528.
    “Universal product code” is an 11-digit, all-numeric code that represents a beverage container or other consumer package of a particular brand, size, type, and manufacturer...
  • Section 14528.1.
    “Voluntary artificial scrap value” means a price paid by a willing purchaser of empty PET containers, that reflects the payment of the scrap value for...
  • Section 14528.5.
    “Wine and distilled spirit cooler” means a beverage containing wine or distilled spirits to which is added concentrated or unconcentrated juice or flavoring material and...
  • Section 14529.
    This division is a matter of statewide interest and concern and is applicable uniformly throughout the state. Accordingly, this division occupies the whole field of...
  • Section 14529.5.
    Any action to increase recycling taken by the department, or by any person or entity, affecting scrap values, the quantities of materials being recycled, or...
  • Section 14529.7.
    (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this division does not apply to any program involving the collection and payment of deposits for beverage containers sold,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018