CA AB-1509 - Lithium Battery Disposal

Article Source: CA State Legislature

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
ASSEMBLY BILL
No. 1509
Introduced by Assembly Members Mullin and Berman
(Principal coauthor: Senator Hill)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bloom and Eggman)

An act to add Section 42450.6 to the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1509, as amended, Mullin. Solid waste: lithium-ion batteries.

Existing law, the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act of 2006, requires every retailer, as defined, to have in place a system for the acceptance and collection of used rechargeable batteries for reuse, recycling, or proper disposal. Existing law requires the system for the acceptance and collection of used rechargeable batteries to include, at a minimum, specified elements, including, among others, the take-back of a used rechargeable battery of the type or brand that the retailer sold or previously sold at no cost to the consumer. Existing law defines “rechargeable battery” for purposes of these provisions to mean a small, nonvehicular, rechargeable nickel-cadmium, nickel metal hydride, lithium-ion, or sealed lead-acid battery, or a battery pack containing these types of batteries.

This bill would establish the Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Program in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. The bill would require the department, by March 1, 2021, and by March 1 of each year thereafter, to track the total number of covered batteries and the total number of covered battery-embedded products disposed of in the state in the previous year. a covered entity, as defined, on or before March 1, 2021, to provide a list of covered products that it sells or offers for sale in the state to the department and the total number of each covered product it sold in the state during the prior year, and to update those lists annually. The bill would define “covered product” to mean a lithium-ion battery sold separately or sold with a product, or a product containing a lithium-ion battery or battery pack that is not designed to be removed from the product by a consumer. The bill would require manufacturers and retailers, as defined, a covered entity to annually achieve specified collection and recycling rates for covered batteries and covered battery-embedded products based on the number of covered batteries and covered battery-embedded products disposed of in the previous year, products,as provided. The bill would require a manufacturer covered entity

This bill would also state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to amend the Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 to allow for the recovery and recycling of lithium-ion batteries and products containing lithium-ion batteries under the existing program established by the act.

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Robert Riechel

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