Online update · Reviewed October 22, 2026
Glass deadline extension, rates hearing and statewide access
October 22 directory checks: 1,315 recycler-program listings, a net increase of one from October 15. The 4,898 zones comprise 3,004 Served, 1,235 Unserved, 313 Hold and 346 Exempt. Counts reconcile; listings do not verify open walk-in service, and aggregate changes do not identify individual openings, closures or zone transitions.
2027 Program Rates · Public hearing and UC Davis study update
CalRecycle’s October 15 notice schedules the hearing for October 30, 2026 at 1 p.m. in Sacramento and via Zoom. It includes an update on the UC Davis Commingled & Segregated Rates Survey Study. Written questions and comments are accepted until November 7 at 5 p.m.
Review proposed recalculations, prepare examples of sampling and rate impacts, attend or submit source-backed comments to RateDetermination@CalRecycle.ca.gov. This is separate from handling fees and quarterly processing payments.
Current status and source →SB 54 · CAA producer responsibility plan review
CalRecycle received CAA’s plan October 13, 2026 and states a 75-day review period. Public comments are accepted through November 13. Receipt and review are not plan approval.
Review covered-material eligibility, cost allocation and access evidence. Send comments to Packaging@CalRecycle.ca.gov with the subject PRO Plan Comments by November 13. The website’s independent October 21 comment has not been formally filed.
Current status and source →Recycled Glass Processing Incentive Grant · FY 2026–27
$8,782,179 is available for projects that expand furnace-ready glass cullet processing in California. Eligible applicants must be current certified beneficiating processors and satisfy the program's entity requirements.
Submit the GMS application by November 5, 2026; complete any permitted secondary authorization documents and EPPP policy by November 27.
Current status and source →Empty Glass Beverage Containers Grant · FY 2026–27
$14,198,550 is available for regional pilots that supply bins and collect, consolidate and transport empty glass beverage containers from at least five restaurants or on-sale licensed establishments.
Submit the GMS application by 11:59 p.m. on October 29, 2026; customer service is available only until 4 p.m. that day. Complete permitted secondary documents by December 1.
Current status and source →Materials & Markets Watch
New association reading: APR’s October 19 SB 633 explanation, AF&PA’s October 19 release of September U.S. paper-shipment data, and the Aluminum Association’s October 21 permitting statement. Publication dates, reporting periods, advocacy and methodological limits are identified. No licensed price feed is offered.
Material guides → · Selected reading → · Global market sources →SB 343 source clarification
The July 14 order names Bonta and those in privity or acting in concert with him. Later court activity remains unverified; CalRecycle still lists the injunction. The October 4 manufacture-date line and 2027 study are distinct. CRV refunds, handling fees and recycler processing payments are not directly changed by SB 343.
Full tracker, court sources and audience actions →Cooperatives and technology
Pink remains under review with an October 16 information request; Circular CRV is still the only operating dealer cooperative listed by CalRecycle. An undated Envipco report describes a planned Netherlands solar Quantum installation; commissioning and California approval are unverified.
Cooperative watch → · Technology evidence →Read October 22 CRV Weekly
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