California Public Resources Code CHAPTER 5.7 - Plastic Products

• Section 42355.
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Littered plastic products have caused and continue to cause significant environmental harm and have burdened local governments...
• Section 42355.5.
  The Legislature finds and declares that it is the public policy of the state that environmental marketing claims, whether explicit or implied, should be substantiated...
• Section 42356.
  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:(a) “ASTM” means the ASTM International.(b) (1) “ASTM standard specification” means one of the following:(A) The ASTM Standard Specification for Compostable...
• Section 42356.1.
  (a) If an ASTM standard specification specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 42356 is subsequently revised, the department shall review the new ASTM...
• Section 42356.2.
  The department may adopt an existing standard different from an ASTM standard specification, as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 42356, if...
• Section 42357.
  (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), a person shall not sell a plastic product in this state that is labeled with the term “compostable,” “home...
• Section 42357.5.
  (b) For purposes of this section, “readily and easily identifiable” means labeling that meets both of the following requirements:(1) Labeled with a certification logo indicating the bag...
• Section 42357.6.
  (a) For purposes of this section, “plastic food container product” means a product made of plastic that includes a tray, clamshell container, or other receptacle and...
• Section 42358.
  (a) A city, a county, or the state may impose civil liability in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) for the first violation of this...
• Section 42358.5.
  This chapter shall become operative on January 1, 2013.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 594, Sec. 1. (SB 567) Effective January 1, 2012. Note: This section...

Last modified: October 22, 2018