AB 2398, the carpet product stewardship bill, passed in 2010 and amends the California Public Resources Code (Chapter 20, Section 42970-42983). The law requires that carpet producers, collectively or individually, submit a...
Legislation: California
Status:
Failed
Type:
Bill
Date:
April, 2010
AB 2176, the Lighting Toxics Reduction and Jobs in Recycling Act, introduced in February 2010, would have required producers of mercury containing lamps to develop, fund and manage a product stewardship program approved by the Department of Toxics Substances Control (DTSC). All mercury-containing lights collected by product stewardship programs must be recycled. In addition, lamps that do not contain...
Status:
Failed
Type:
Bill
Date:
February, 2010
AB 2139, the California Product Stewardship Act, introduced in February 2010, would set requirements for a producer of a covered product, to develop, finance and manage a stewardship program.
Status:
Passed
Type:
Law
Date:
October, 2009
Status:
Passed
Type:
Law
Date:
September, 2008
AB 2347 (PDF file, 152KB), signed into law on September 29, 2008, is known as the Mercury Thermostat Collection Act of 2008. The bill requires thermostat manufacturers to establish and maintain a take-back program for mercury-added thermostats. AB 2347 follows the mercury-added phase-out bill AB 1415 by targeting manufacturers which sold mercury-added thermostats before January 1, 2006.
Manufacturers have the option to create joint programs...
Status:
Passed
Type:
Law
Date:
September, 2008
SB 509 (PDF file, 79KB) signed into law on September 29, 2008, requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to establish a Toxics Information Clearinghouse for the collection, maintenance, and distribution of specific chemical hazard traits and environmental and toxicological end-point data. The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is required, by January 1, 2011, to evaluate and specify the hazard traits and environmental and toxicological end-...
Status:
Passed
Type:
Law
Date:
September, 2008
AB 1879 (PDF file, 170KB) signed into law on September 29, 2008, requires the state Department of Toxic Substances Control to establish a process to identify and regulate hazardous chemicals. The bill requires the department to prepare a life-cycle evaluation for all chemicals which would be submitted to the California Environmental Policy Council for review.
The department is also required to adopt regulations to establish...
Status:
Failed
Type:
Bill
Date:
February, 2008
SB 1713, introduced February 22, 2008, would require manufacturers to use the least toxic alternative when replacing phthalates in their products and apply the prohibition and least toxic alternative requirements to certain toys and child care articles that contain bisphenol A or lead in detectable levels.
Child care article is defined to include any product designed or intended by a manufacturer for use either on or by children. The Senate passed SB 1713 on...
Status:
Passed
Type:
Policy
Date:
January, 2008
On January 23, 2008, the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) adopted Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Framework Policy. Additional information is available from the CIWMB (now CalRecycle) and the California Product Stewardship Council.
In February 2007, the CIWMB adopted a set of Strategic Directives that included ...
Status:
Failed
Type:
Bill
Date:
January, 2008
AB 218, introduced on January 29, 2008, would amend Chapter 526 by re-defining the European Union’s RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC(PDF file, 114KB) term electronic equipment to mean a device that is dependent on electric currents or electromagnetic fields. Current California law defines electronic equipment only as video display devices.
The bill would exclude from the...
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The Northwest Product Stewardship Council includes the states of Washington and Oregon. In an effort to harmonize legislation and programs along the west coast, we also track activities in California and British Columbia, Canada.
For Product Stewardship Legislation in other states visit:
State Chemicals Policy Database
Product Stewardship Institute