California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California SB1341: Beverage containers: wine and distilled spirits: processing fees.
Status: Chaptered, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to add and repeal Section 14575.2 of the Public Resources Code, relating to beverage containers, and making an appropriation therefor. beverage containers, and making an appropriation therefor Beverage containers: wine and distilled spirits: processing fees. The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act requires a beverage manufacturer to pay to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery a processing fee for each beverage container, as defined, sold or transferred in this state…
From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:
An act to add and repeal Section 14575.2 of the Public Resources Code, relating to beverage containers, and making an appropriation therefor. beverage containers, and making an appropriation therefor Beverage containers: wine and distilled spirits: processing fees. The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act requires a beverage manufacturer to pay to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery a processing fee for each beverage container, as defined, sold or transferred in this state. The act requires the department to deposit the fee into the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund, a continuously appropriated fund. The act requires the department to pay processing payments to processors and recycling centers from the fund, as specified. The act requires the processing payment to be at least equal to the difference between the scrap value of the beverage containers and the sum of certain actual operational costs for certified recycling centers and a reasonable financial return for recycling centers, as specified. The act requires the processing fee to be 65% of the processing payment, except as specified. This bill would limit the processing fee for bag in box beverage containers to not more than $0.12 per container sold or offered for sale. The bill would define “bag in box” for purposes of the bill to mean a container for certain alcoholic beverages that …