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Environmental & Energy

Sep. 24, 2025

CalRecycle reboots SB 54 rulemaking to tackle plastic waste

With packaging making up over half of California's landfill waste, CalRecycle has launched a second attempt at rulemaking to implement the state's packaging EPR law, SB 54.

Christopher Rendall-Jackson

Special Counsel
Farella Braun + Martel

Environmental litigation, land use, and regulatory issues

Email: crendall-jackson@fbm.com

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CalRecycle reboots SB 54 rulemaking to tackle plastic waste
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CalRecycle, the agency overseeing California's recycling and waste management programs, reports that packaging accounts for over 50% of what is dumped in California landfills. On Aug. 22, 2025, CalRecycle began a second attempt at formal rulemaking to address this issue by noticing revised regulations to implement California's extended producer responsibility (EPR) law for packaging.

California's EPR law for packaging is the Plastic Pollution Prevention...

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