2007-08 Bills


AB 1390 (Huffman) Solid Waste

Summary.
This landmark bill was a combination of various waste reduction, recycling, and composting policies designed to divert more materials from landfills to higher and better uses.

 


AB 1879 (Feuer) Green Chemistry

Summary.
AB 1879 (Feuer) gives the California Environmental Protection Agency greater authority to regulate toxins in consumer products.

 


AB 1972 (Desaulnier) Truthful Environmental Advertising for Plastics

Summary.
Ensures accurate environmental advertising of plastics by allowing only the use of terms that can be verified by an American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) standard specification.

 


SB 1625 (Corbett) Updating California's Bottle and Can Recycling Law

Summary.
SB 1625 aimed to update California's Bottle and Can Recycling Law by, among other measures, expanding the program to include all plastic bottles.