SB 589, introduced in February 2011, would amend the California Lighting Efficiency and Toxics Reduction Act by adding Chapter 21 – Household Mercury-Containing Lamp Recovery and Recycling Program – to existing law. SB 589 would require that a manufacturer of household mercury-containing lamps prepare and submit to CalRecycle, by April 1, 2013, a household mercury-containing lamp stewardship plan to...
Mercury Legislation: California
The latest mercury product stewardship legislation for California.
Status:
Proposed
Type:
Bill
Date:
February, 2011
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:
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:
October, 2007
AB 1109, the California Lighting Efficiency and Toxics Reduction Act, was signed into law as Chapter 534 (PDF file, 86KB), on October 12, 2007. The law required the Department of Toxic Substances Control and the California Integrated Waste Management Board to make policy recommendations for designing a statewide collection program for...
