SB 270 (Padilla, de León, and Lara, 2013-14) Single Use Grocery Bags
Summary
Phases out single-use plastic grocery bags. Reusable, paper, and (in certain jurisdictions) compostable plastic bags can only be distributed with a minimum 10 cent charge. Includes standards and incentives for plastic bag manufacturers to transition to making reusable bags.
Update: Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 270 into law!
Description
The total cost to manage plastic bag litter in our streets, our waterways, and even our recycling facilities and landfills amounts to millions being unnecessarily spent each year.
This bill seeks to reduce those costs by prohibiting single-use plastic grocery bags in supermarkets and drugstores starting July 1, 2015. By July 1, 2016, smaller grocery stores and convenience stores must also comply with the requirements. Other bags (paper, reusable, and in some jurisdictions, compostable) are allowed only with a ten cent minimum charge. Local ordinances adopted before September 1, 2014, which currently cover a third of the state's population, would be protected under a grandfathering clause.
This bill also seeks to protect and create green jobs by creating standards and incentives for plastic bag manufacturers to transition to making reusable bags.
FAQ - Living Without Single-Use Plastic Grocery Bags
CAW Staff Contacts
Mark Murray (916) 443-5422
Sue Vang
Current Language, Analyses and Votes
Senator Alex Padilla
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814Senator Kevin de León
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814Senator Ricardo Lara
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814
Support
All One Ocean
Azul
Bag It
Black Surfers Collective
BlueGreen Alliance
California Association of Environmental Health Administrators
California Coastal Coalition
California Coastkeeper
California Grocers Association
California League of Conservation Voters
California Retailers Association
Californians Against Waste
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Oceanic Awareness, Research, and Education
ChicoEco, Inc.
City of Clayton
City of Concord
City of Culver City
City of Los Angeles
City of Long Beach, Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal
City of Manhattan Beach
City of Oceanside
City of Palm Desert
City of Palo Alto
City of Sacramento
City of Sacramento, Council Member Kevin McCarty
City of San Diego, Council Member Sherri Lightner
City of San Jose, Council Member Sam Liccardo
City of San Luis Obispo, Council Member John Ashbough
City of San Rafael
City of Santa Monica
City of Sunnyvale
City and County of San Francisco
Clean Oceans Competition
Clean Water Action
Colorado Ocean Coalition
Command Packaging
Community Environmental Council
Contra Costa Clean Water Program
Costa Mesa Sanitary District
County of Contra Costa
County of Los Angeles, Supervisor Gloria Molina
County of Los Angeles, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas
County of Marin
County of San Mateo
County of Santa Barbara
County of Santa Clara
Don't Waste LA
Earthwise Bag Company Inc.
Environment California
Five Gyres Institute
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
Global Green USA
Green Cities California
Green Sangha
Green Vets Los Angeles
Green Waste Recovery
Heal The Bay
Help Animals India
Hidden Resources
Humboldt Waste Management Authority
Latino Coalition for a California Bag Ban
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Los Angeles Leadership Council
Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Alliance of River Communities
Napa Recycling and Waste Services
Napa Valley CanDo
Natural Resources Defense Council
Ocean Project
Pacoima Beautiful
Planning and Conservation League
Plastic Free Himalayas
Plastic Free Seas
Plastic Paradise
Plastic Pollution Coalition
Plastic Soup Foundation
Plasticbaglaws.org
Recology
Republic Services
Reusable Bag Association
Sachamama
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper
Seventh Generation Advisors
Sierra Club California
Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Surfrider Foundation
Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii
Target
Team Marine, Santa Monica High School & Santa Monica College
Town of Yucca Valley
Turtle Island Restoration Network
United Food and Commercial Workers
Western Center on Law and Poverty
Wildcoast
World Society for the Protection of Animals
Zero Waste Humboldt
Zero Waste San Diego
11,345 individuals (petition)