SACRAMENTO, California — Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Sunday that will expand a program requiring paint producers to recover and recycle their products.
State Sen. Ben Allen’s S.B. 1143 adds coating-related products to the list of paints that manufacturers must reuse or otherwise prevent from ending up in landfills under a 2010 law.
Under the extended producer responsibility program overseen by CalRecycle, 88 percent of paint has been reused, recycled or otherwise prevented from ending up in a landfill, according to the agency. But other products, like aerosolized coatings, can end up in the waste stream.
The National Stewardship Action Council, a nonprofit advocating for a circular economy, sponsored the bill, which had the support of California coatings, manufacturer and retail trade groups. A previous version of the bill would have created a new extended producer responsibility program for household hazardous waste, but Allen agreed to change the bill in the Assembly in the face of opposition from manufacturers and chemicals producers.
