Publication: KQED News
State legislators are considering a bill that would hold plastic bottle manufacturers accountable for recycling and reusing their own products.
AB 792, introduced by Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, would require plastic beverage containers in California to be made of at least 50% recycled content by 2025 and be 100% by 2035. The legislation would apply to bottles currently covered under the California Redemption Value program, including those used for soda, fruit drinks and water.
“The overall goal is to really think about how we can utilize less plastic and how we can better recycle plastic,” Ting said. “We know right now, that by 2050, if we don’t do anything else we’ll actually have more plastic in the ocean than fish.”