FPA Signs Coalition Letter in Opposition to California’s AB 1290

The undersigned organizations, representing a cross section of manufacturers, consumer product companies, agriculture, food producers, restaurants, and others must respectfully oppose your AB 1290. The enactment of SB 54 (Stats. 2022), along with SB 343 (Stats. 2021) has resulted in arguably the most comprehensive and rigorous single use packaging and plastics recycling and waste reduction requirements enacted domestically and internationally. As outlined below, new mandates to ensure that packaging is recyclable or compostable by 2032, are source reduced by 25%, and recycled at unprecedented rates will directly impact the types of materials used, including the specific materials subject to AB 1290. Packaging decisions will be directly influenced by a future fee schedule that will incentivize easier to recycle materials, and new recyclability labeling requirements will include criteria that considers substances used in packaging, including perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).