The law aims to reduce single-use plastic waste, making all single-use plastic packaging recyclable or compostable by 2032.
- SB 54, signed in 2022, went into effect on January 1, 2025.
- The bill focuses on making single-use plastics recyclable and reducing their use.
- A staggered approach aims to recycle 65% of single-use plastic and 100% recyclable or compostable packaging by 2032.
- Senator Ben Allen emphasizes the bill is about making products sustainable, not banning them.
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Broadcast transcript:
New Year’s Day is a landmark, for some: the starting point of new habits, for others: another signification the holiday season is over, but for all in California, it signifies new laws going into place. I’m Sam Hoyle, your Shafter/Wasco neighborhood reporter, Senate Bill 54 focused on Single-Use Plastics was signed during the 2021-22 legislative session and went into effect on Wednesday.