FPA Signs Coalition Letter for California’s SB 54 Regulation Process for Packaging Materials That Have Unique Challenges to Comply with the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act

The undersigned organizations, representing a diverse set of California packaging experts and businesses, are writing to ask CalRecycle to consider and adopt regulations necessary for covered materials that either cannot comply or otherwise present unique challenges in complying with requirements laid out in the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (Senate Bill 54, Allen, Chapter 75, 2022 Statutes). In Section 42060(a)(3) and (4) of Article 3 of SB 54, CalRecycle is granted authority to establish a process to identify covered materials that will have difficulty complying with SB 54. Attached to this letter is draft regulatory language that would help identify these products as well as grant exemptions and phase-in regulations for certain materials and packaging.