Sen. Catherine Blakespear amended a bill Monday that would require state agencies to reduce their use of single-use plastics, lowering the threshold for the amount of recycled material that must be in bottles purchased by departments.
What happened: Blakespear accepted an amendment offered by the Assembly Natural Resources Committee that would lower the threshold for the amount of recycled content in plastic bottles proposed in SB 14 from 90 percent to 50 percent. That level matches the threshold in AB 793, a 2020 law that requires plastic bottles to contain 50 percent recycled resin by 2030.
The bill cleared the committee on an 8-0 vote.
Why it matters: Groups that had been fighting against the bill, including the California Manufacturers & Technology Association and the International Bottled Water Association, said during the hearing that they were dropping their opposition due to the amendment.
