Kent County, MI Releases Fall 2023 Recycling Guide

Producers must either join and pay into the PRO by Jan. 1, 2027, or comply with the law’s requirements on their own, paying their share of costs directly to the state.

SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): The law shifts the responsibility of plastic pollution onto producers, reducing plastic waste at the source. Producers of certain single-use packaging and plastic single-use food service ware must form and join a PRO that will create a program to meet the law’s requirements. CalRecycle will oversee the program. Producers must either join and pay into the PRO by Jan. 1, 2027, or comply with the law’s requirements on their own, paying their share of costs directly to the state. 

Under SB 54, producers are required to pay $5 billion over 10 years to help cut the impacts of plastic pollution on California’s environment, prioritizing low-income, disadvantaged and rural areas.  

Courtesy: www.wasteadvantage.com