California Public Resources Code

§ 14572

PRC § 14572 Effective Sep 26, 2013Div. 12.1 · Ch. 6

Statute text

(a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a certified recycling center shall accept from any consumer or dropoff or collection program any empty beverage container, and shall pay to the consumer or dropoff or collection program the refund value of the beverage container.

(2)Except as provided in paragraph (3), the recycling center may pay the refund value based on the weight of returned containers.

(3)On and after September 1, 2013, for beverage containers redeemed by consumers, a certified recycling center shall pay the refund value using the applicable segregated rate, as defined in paragraph (43) of subsection (a) of Section 2000 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as that section read on September 1, 2013, which shall be based on the weight of the redeemed beverage containers.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 356, Sec. 20. (SB 96) Effective September 26, 2013.