Legislation: California

California Cell Phone Recycling Act of 2004 (AB 2901)
Status:
Passed
Type:
Law
Date:
July, 2006

Chapter 891 (AB 2901), also known as the Cell Phone Recycling Act of 2004, went into effect on July 1, 2006. The law requires manufacturers and California retailers and service providers to share in the responsibility for the collection and recycling of cell phones within the state. Companies without a take-back program can work with current business enterprises that provide collection and processing services as long as...

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California Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act of 2006 (AB 1125)
Status:
Passed
Type:
Law
Date:
October, 2005

California passed in 2005 AB 1125 (the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act of 2006), which banned all household batteries from solid waste landfill disposal and requried retailers to take back rechargeable batteries for recycling at no cost to consumers. The Department of Toxic...

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California Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 (SB 20)
Status:
Passed
Type:
Law
Date:
September, 2003

Chapter 526 (PDF file, 58KB), the Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 (SB 20) and the nation's first comprehensive electronics recycling policy, was signed into law on Sept 24, 2003. However, due to difficulties in establishing an efficient fee collection and remittal system for the Electronic Waste Recycling Fee, the Legislature passed AB 901 as an urgency measure, and the Governor signed the bill into law. AB 901 postponed the start date of the fee collection...

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California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Prop. 65)
Status:
Passed
Type:
Law

California’s Proposition 65, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, states that the State of California must maintain a list of toxic materials that can cause cancer, birth defects, or cause reproductive harm. Companies selling products in California containing one of these chemicals must place the Prop 65 warning on the product’s label that the product contains one of the Prop 65 chemicals. The California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) administers the program and has...

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