Solid waste: gas cylinders: stewardship program.

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 560 Introduced by Senator Laird February 15, 2023 An act relating to solid waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 560, as introduced, Laird. Solid waste: extended producer responsibility. The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, generally regulates the disposal, management, and recycling of solid waste. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to authorize the department to establish a framework for the application of extended producer responsibility to the end-of-life management of covered gas cylinders, which include propane gas cylinders under 20 pounds, helium cylinders, isobutane cylinders, and butane cylinders. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to authorize the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to establish a framework for the application of extended producer responsibility to the end-of-life management of covered gas cylinders, which include propane gas cylinders under 20 pounds, helium cylinders, isobutane cylinders, and butane cylinders.