Beverage Container Recycling Act — Public Resources Code, Division 12.1
Browse the controlling California CRV statute by chapter: redemption, financial provisions, dealer cooperatives, reporting and enforcement.
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Recycling Policy & IndustrySearch • Policy • Industry • ActionOpen knowledge desk · California first
A library for the questions behind the policy.
Find original recycling laws, agency guidance, large research collections and expert audio in one searchable place. The directory is open to everyone; linked publishers retain their own content and access rules.Research from the source
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Read the current statute and regulation for requirements; use agency guidance to understand the program; use reports and audio for background. Search terms such as CRV, tires, organics or podcast.
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California Codes and Constitution
Search the full set of published California codes when researching recycling, local authority and related obligations.
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Bill search and legislative history
Read current bill text, amendments and actions. A bill proposal is not a requirement merely because it has passed a chamber.
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CRV laws, rules, notices and enforcement index
Starting point for the CRV statute, regulations, rulemaking, precedent decisions, notices and enforcement orders.
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Title 14 California recycling regulations
Links to the official online regulations for beverage containers and to broader CalRecycle rules; older PDFs on this page may be out of date.
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Current CalRecycle rulemaking proposals
Proposed regulations and related notices; distinguish them from rules already in effect.
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How to take part in California rulemaking
Understand rulemaking notices, the public-comment process and the role of the Office of Administrative Law. Verify the notice for each proposal's actual dates.
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Hazardous-waste regulations
DTSC links to the current official Title 22 rules governing hazardous-waste activities. Check applicability for electronics, fluids and scrap.
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Beverage container program
CRV eligibility, consumer redemption, program news, operators, processors, retailers, notices and grants.
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Organics and edible-food recovery (SB 1383)
Guidance on organic waste collection, food recovery, local implementation and short-lived climate pollutants.
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Waste tire management
Waste tire haulers, storage and facility permits, manifests, markets and enforcement resources.
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Used oil and filter recycling
Collection-center and program information for used oil and filters, with links to program rules.
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Extended producer responsibility programs
Explore California product stewardship programs across multiple material streams.
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Packaging and Plastic Pollution Prevention Act
California's packaging and plastic-food-service-ware EPR program; distinguish enacted statute from subsequent regulations and implementation milestones.
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Covered electronic waste program
Official covered electronic waste collection and recycling information; check DTSC separately for hazardous-waste requirements.
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Solid-waste facilities and local enforcement
Facility oversight and permit pathways; land-use/zoning decisions may also be made by cities and counties.
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Reduce, reuse and recycle
Federal educational guidance on reducing waste, reuse, recycling and materials management; check California requirements separately.
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CalRecycle publications catalog
Search hundreds of agency publications, fact sheets, technical reports and historical materials. Publication dates vary; verify current law separately.
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CalRecycle Data Central
Explore the agency's published program statistics and datasets, with each dataset's own reporting period and methodology.
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Solid Waste Information System (SWIS)
Search official solid-waste facility and site records. This is not the same database as the CRV redemption-center locator.
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Global Waste Management Outlook 2024
February 2024 global municipal-waste scenarios through 2050. Modelled futures, not predictions of actual California outcomes.
United Nations Environment Programme / ISWAOpen source ↗
Global Material Resources Outlook to 2060
February 2019 model of global primary and secondary material demand for 61 materials through 2060; scenarios, not binding targets.
OECDOpen source ↗
FAIR scientific-data principles
Foundational 2016 principles for making research data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable; a recommended design guide for future source records.
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W3C PROV: information provenance
Framework for tracking where information came from and how it changed; an architectural reference for future versioned policy records.
World Wide Web ConsortiumOpen source ↗
U.S. materials and waste facts and figures
National waste-generation and recycling statistics; check the dataset year before comparing with California figures.
U.S. EPAOpen source ↗
Recycled Content podcast
Publisher-hosted conversations with plastics-recycling experts about design, materials and policy. Commentary, not legal authority.
Association of Plastic RecyclersOpen source ↗
The Re:Source podcast and video channel
Industry discussions on materials management, electronics recycling and circularity. Reporting and opinion are not official regulations.
Resource RecyclingOpen source ↗
CRV program information-session video
CalRecycle's beverage-container page links to recorded bag-drop program information and accompanying slides; consult current rules before acting.
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Waste tire workshop recordings
The CalRecycle tire program links to its recorded 2026 virtual workshop series for operational learning.
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