AB 1311 Bag Drop Emergency Regulations
Summary
SCH Number
2025081050
Public Agency
California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
Document Title
AB 1311 Bag Drop Emergency Regulations
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/22/2025
Document Description
CalRecycle has developed a proposed regulation to fulfill its responsibilities under AB 1311 (Wood, Chapter 506, Statutes of 2021) as part of the California Beverage Container Litter Reduction and Recycling Act. The regulation implements AB 1311 by clarifying and making specific the operational requirements for a recycling center that utilizes the bag drop recycling center method. These regulations also allow mobile recycling as an extension of a certified recycling center. The proposed regulations are intended to protect the state’s environment by providing expanded and more convenient options for recycling beverage containers.
Contact Information
Name
Regulations Unit
Agency Name
Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)
Job Title
Regulations Unit Supervisor
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yolo, Yuba
Regions
Statewide
Other Location Info
Statewide
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 8 (section 15308)
Reasons for Exemption
The adoption of the regulation is exempt because it falls under the “Class 8” exemption as defined in the CEQA Guidelines section 15308. The AB 1311 Bag Drop Emergency Regulations are intended to protect the state’s environment through providing more options for the convenient recycling of beverage containers. By adding new methods of redemption to the BCRP, this increases the rate at which containers will be redeemed at a recycling center for the return of the CRV deposit rather than littered or landfilled and reduces the negative associated environmental impacts.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
The adoption of the regulation also falls under the “general rule” or “common sense” exemption as defined in the CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3). The regulations implement AB 1311 by expanding the methods of beverage container recycling in the state, which reduces litter and landfilling and therefore is beneficial to the environment. It can therefore be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the regulation would result in a significant effect on the environment.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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