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CA Pub Res Code § 14515.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14515.2.

14515.2.  “Person” means any individual, corporation, operation, or entity, whether or not certified or registered pursuant to this division.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 597, Sec. 1. (AB 1846) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14515.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14515.5.

14515.5.  “PET container” means a plastic beverage container labeled with a “1” pursuant to Section 18015 and subject to this division.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 815, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14515.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14515.6.

14515.6.  “Physical recycling location” means the area in a convenience zone served by one or more reverse vending machines which accept all empty aluminum, glass, and plastic beverage containers and issue a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip and are located within 10 feet of each other. The physical recycling location shall redeem odd sized empty beverage containers or empty beverage containers made from other material types in a manner approved by the department. “Physical recycling location” does not include a combination of reverse vending machines which accept less than all empty aluminum, glass, and plastic beverage containers and one or more dropoff bins.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1342, Sec. 5.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14515.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14515.8.

14515.8.  (a) “Pilot project recycler” means a recycling location established under Section 14571.9.(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2027, deletes or extends that date.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 115, Sec. 66. (AB 148) Effective July 22, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14516 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14516.

14516.  “Place of business of the dealer” means the location at which a dealer sells, or offers for sale, beverages in beverage containers to consumers.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 1986.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14517 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14517.

14517.  “Plastic beverage container” means a beverage container which has a body consisting primarily of plastic.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 1986.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14517.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14517.5.

14517.5.  “Postfilled container” means any container which had been previously filled with a beverage or food.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 1986.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14518 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14518.

14518.  “Processor” means any person, including a scrap dealer, certified by the department who purchases empty aluminum beverage containers, bimetal beverage containers, glass beverage containers, plastic beverage containers, or any other beverage containers, including any one or more of those beverage containers, which have a refund value established pursuant to this division, from recycling centers in this state for recycling, or, if the container is not recyclable, not for recycling, and who cancels, or who certifies to the department in a form prescribed by the department the cancellation of, the refund value of these empty beverage containers by processing empty beverage containers, in any manner which the department may prescribe. However, the department shall not take any action regulating scrap dealers or recycling centers who are processors or recycling centers unless authorized by and pursuant to the goals of this division.(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1259, Sec. 3. Effective October 11, 1993.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14518.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14518.4.

14518.4.  “Processing fee” means the amount paid by beverage manufacturers to the department pursuant to Section 14575.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 624, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14518.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14518.5.

14518.5.  “Processing payment” means an amount paid to processors, dropoff or collection programs, curbside programs, and recycling centers by the department pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 14573 and subdivision (a) of Section 14573.5 when the department determines that the scrap value being offered by container manufacturers, beverage manufacturers, or willing purchasers for a particular container material is insufficient to insure the economic recovery of the container type at the minimum number of recycling centers or locations required pursuant to Section 14571. The processing payment shall be determined by the department pursuant to Section 14575.(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 624, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14519 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14519.

14519.  “Recycle,” “recycled,” “recycling,” or “recyclable” means the reuse or refilling of empty beverage containers, or the process of sorting, cleansing, treating, and reconstituting empty postfilled beverage containers for the purpose of using the altered form. “Recycle,” “recycled,” “recycling,” or “recyclable” does not include merely sorting, shredding, stripping, compressing, storing, landfilling with, or disposing of an empty beverage container.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 1986.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14519.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14519.5.

14519.5.  “Recycler” means a recycling center, dropoff or collection program, or curbside program.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 815, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14520 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14520.

14520.  “Recycling center” means an operation which is certified by the department and which accepts from consumers, and pays or provides the refund value pursuant to Section 14572 for, empty beverage containers intended to be recycled.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1339, Sec. 7. Effective October 2, 1989.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14520.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14520.5.

14520.5.  “Recycling location” means a place, mobile unit, reverse vending machine, or other device where a certified recycling center accepts one or more types of empty beverage containers from consumers, and pays or provides the refund value for one or more types of empty beverage containers.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 696, Sec. 4. Effective September 30, 2008.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14520.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14520.6.

14520.6.  “Noncertified recycler” means a person, entity, or operation which is not certified by the department and which purchases empty beverage containers from consumers, or from dropoff or collection programs.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 227, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14521 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14521.

14521.  “Recycling rate” means the proportion of empty beverage containers by type returned to processors for recycling, measured in the manner prescribed in Section 14551.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 1986.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14522.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14522.5.

14522.5.  “Redemption” and “redeem” means the return to a recycling center or location of an empty beverage container for a refund of at least the refund value.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1339, Sec. 10. Effective October 2, 1989.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14523 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14523.

14523.  “Redemption payment” means the minimum amount paid by a distributor to the department for every beverage container sold or transferred to a dealer.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1339, Sec. 12. Effective October 2, 1989.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14523.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14523.5.

14523.5.  “Redemption rate” means the proportion of empty beverage containers returned to processors measured in the manner prescribed in Section 14551.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 1986.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14524 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14524.

14524.  “Refund value” means the amount established for each type of beverage container pursuant to Section 14560 that is paid by the following:(a) A certified recycling center to the consumer or dropoff or collection center for each beverage container redeemed by the consumer or dropoff or collection center. With respect to consumers returning containers to recycling centers, the refund value shall not be subject to tax under the Personal Income Tax Law (Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code) or the Corporation Tax Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(b) A processor to a certified recycling center, dropoff or collection program, or curbside program, for each beverage container received from the certified recycling center, dropoff or collection program, or curbside program.(c) The department to a processor, for each beverage container received by the processor from a certified recycling center, curbside program, or dropoff or collection program.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 696, Sec. 5. Effective September 30, 2008.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14525 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14525.

14525.  “Refillable beverage container” means any aluminum beverage container, bimetal beverage container, glass beverage container, plastic beverage container, or other beverage container, holding 150 fluid ounces or less of beverage, which has a minimum deposit of three cents ($0.03), and which ordinarily would be returned to the manufacturer to be refilled and resold.(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1259, Sec. 4. Effective October 11, 1993.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14525.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14525.1.

14525.1.  “Reusable beverage container” means a glass beverage container with a refund value established pursuant to Section 14560 and that is processed by a processor for subsequent washing for refill and sale by a beverage manufacturer. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 502, Sec. 1. (AB 962) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14525.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14525.5.

14525.5.  “Reverse vending machine” means a mechanical device which accepts one or more types of empty beverage containers and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip with a value not less than the container’s refund value. The refund value payments shall be aggregated and then paid, if more than one container is redeemed in a single transaction.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1339, Sec. 15. Effective October 2, 1989.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14525.5.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14525.5.1.

14525.5.1.  “Rural region recycler” means an operator that is certified pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 14571, and who accepts or collects empty beverage containers from consumers pursuant to Section 14572 with the intention to recycle them.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 506, Sec. 3. (AB 1311) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14526 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14526.

14526.  “Scrap value” means the price paid for container material types subject to this division, after shipping and handling costs are deducted.(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1274, Sec. 4. Effective September 25, 1990.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14526.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14526.5.

14526.5.  “Supermarket” means a full-line, self-service retail store with gross annual sales of two million dollars ($2,000,000), or more, and which sells a line of dry grocery, canned goods, or nonfood items and some perishable items. For purposes of determining which dealers are supermarkets, the department shall use the annual updates of the Progressive Grocer Marketing Guidebook and any computer printouts developed in conjunction with the guidebook.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1342, Sec. 6.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14526.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14526.6.

14526.6.  “Supermarket site” means any certified recycling center which redeems all types of empty beverage containers in accordance with Section 14572, and which is located within, or outside and immediately adjacent to the entrance of, or at, or within a parking lot or loading area surrounding, a supermarket which is the focal point of a convenience zone, or a dealer that is located within that zone, and which is accessible to motor traffic.(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 624, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14527 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14527.

14527.  “Use or consumption” includes the exercise of any right or power over a beverage incidental to the beverage’s ownership, including, but not limited to, drinking the beverage. “Use or consumption” does not include the sale, or the keeping or retention, of a beverage for the purposes of sale.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 1986.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14528 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14528.

14528.  “Universal product code” is an 11-digit, all-numeric code that represents a beverage container or other consumer package of a particular brand, size, type, and manufacturer by using a series of alternating bars and spaces for electronic scanning.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 1986.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14528.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14528.1.

14528.1.  “Voluntary artificial scrap value” means a price paid by a willing purchaser of empty PET containers, that reflects the payment of the scrap value for all PET containers sold, and that, when combined with payments made from the PET processing fee account pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 14581, is equal to, or more than, the recycling cost for empty PET containers, as determined in subdivision (d) of Section 14575.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 753, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14528.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14528.5.

14528.5.  “Wine and distilled spirit cooler” means a beverage containing wine or distilled spirits to which is added concentrated or unconcentrated juice or flavoring material and containing not more than 7 percent alcohol by volume.This section shall become operative on January 1, 1990.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 170, Sec. 4. Section operative January 1, 1990, by its own provisions.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14529 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14529.

14529.  This division is a matter of statewide interest and concern and is applicable uniformly throughout the state. Accordingly, this division occupies the whole field of regulation of recycling-related refund values, redemption payments, deposits, and similar fees relating to beverage containers, as provided in this division, and to containers of wine and distilled spirits products. No city, county, or other public agency may enforce or implement any existing or new ordinance, resolution, regulation, or rule establishing recycling-related refund values, redemption payments, deposits, or similar fees relating to these containers in the state unless expressly authorized by this division. If a federal law is enacted which establishes recycling-related refund values, redemption payments, deposits, and similar fees, relating to beverage containers, other than a federal law only affecting federal lands, or if a state law is enacted by initiative, which establishes recycling-related refund values, redemption payments, deposits, and similar fees relating to beverage containers, this division shall become inoperative. This section does not prohibit the implementation or enforcement of any ordinance or regulation governing curbside or dropoff recycling programs operated by, or pursuant to a contract with, a city, county, or other public agency, including actions relating to fees, or establishing fees, for these programs.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1339, Sec. 16. Effective October 2, 1989.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14529.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14529.5.

14529.5.  Any action to increase recycling taken by the department, or by any person or entity, affecting scrap values, the quantities of materials being recycled, or the method of invoicing the sale of beverages pursuant to this division is not a violation of the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 16700) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code) and the Unfair Practices Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 17000) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code). This section does not apply to any action taken by a recycling center to increase the recycling of beverage containers.(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 624, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14529.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 14529.7.

14529.7.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this division does not apply to any program involving the collection and payment of deposits for beverage containers sold, used, or consumed at national parks and monuments, military installations, or any other property owned by and under the jurisdiction of the United States.(b) To the extent permitted by federal law, this division, including, but not limited to, Section 14560.5, shall apply to a national park or monument, military installation, or any other property owned by, and under the jurisdiction of, the United States, with regard to a beverage container not otherwise subject to a program involving the collection and payment of deposits for beverage containers.(c) For purposes of this section, “a program involving the collection and payment of deposits” means a program, other than one imposed pursuant to this division, at a national park or monument, military installation, or any other property owned by, and under the jurisdiction of, the United States, that imposes a deposit on a beverage container at the time of sale and provides an opportunity for the beverage container purchaser to redeem the deposit at the national park or monument, military installation, or other property owned by, and under the jurisdiction of, the United States.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 731, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14530 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Administration|Section 14530.

14530.  This division shall be administered by the department. Notwithstanding Section 607, the department may, for organizational purposes, create a new division, bureau, or office to administer this division. If a new division, bureau, or office is created, any reference to “department” or “director” in this division shall be deemed to be a reference to that entity and the officer in charge of that entity.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 1986.)