Ensure SB 54 Stays on Track, Protect our Oceans

On June 30, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 54 (Allen, 2022) into law to address the impacts of single-use packaging and plastic food service ware. This landmark packaging law requires that by 2032 we: - cut single-use plastic from packaging and food ware by 25%, - recycle 65% of single-use plastic, - and ensure that 100% of single use packaging and plastic food ware is recyclable or compostable. The law shifts the plastic pollution burden from consumers to producers by raising $5 billion from industry members over 10 years. This will: - Cut plastic pollution and - Support disadvantaged, low-income, and rural communities hurt most by the impacts of plastic waste. Please allow CalRecycle to finalize regulations for SB 54 without delay. As someone who lives in California and grew up here, I am concerned about the impact of plastic pollution in the ocean, our communities, and in our own bodies. The Governor's leadership on this issue has been critical. Please stay on course with SB 54 to tackle plastic pollution!