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AB 333

Revises provisions relating to governmental administration. (BDR 49-833)

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Natha Anderson and 10 co-sponsors

Expands CalRecycle market-development payments to spur in-state use of recycled glass from noncontainer products, with up to $20 million annually and a $50/ton cap.

Approved by the Governor. Chapter 125.
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Bill Summary · AB 333

AB 333 — Summary (introduced Jan 28, 2025)

Main purpose

AB 333 (Alanis) expands California’s beverage-container recycling market-development incentives to support “noncontainer” products made from recycled glass beverage containers that otherwise would be landfilled, and temporarily exempts certain law-enforcement apparel from the state’s PFAS-in-textiles prohibition. The bill authorizes new market-development payments administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to spur in‑state uses of glass cullet beyond container manufacturing.

Key provisions

  • Adds Public Resources Code section 14549.8 establishing market-development payments for purchasers of “noncontainer glass products” made (in whole or part) from empty glass beverage containers that are not suitable for remanufacture into new beverage containers and would otherwise go to landfill.

    • Defines “noncontainer glass product” and “noncontainer glass end user.”
    • CalRecycle, subject to availability of funds and consistency with Section 14581, shall pay market-development payments to noncontainer glass end users for purchases made in California.
    • Payment cap: not to exceed $50 per ton. CalRecycle may set payment levels based on needed incentive, purchase encouragement, and funds available to maintain support through the fiscal year.

  • Amends Section 14581 to authorize the department to expend funds for the new noncontainer market-development payments. The legislative digest clarifies CalRecycle may expend up to $20,000,000 annually from the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund for these payments (this creates a new use of continuously appropriated funds and thus constitutes an appropriation).

  • Retains existing continuous appropriation of $60,000,000 annually from the Beverage Container Recycling Fund for market development payments to glass beverage-container manufacturers; the bill adds the new noncontainer use in addition to existing uses.

  • PFAS/textiles change: temporarily exempts apparel designed for and used by law enforcement from the statutory ban on textile articles containing regulated PFAS until January 1, 2028. (This is in the context of existing bans effective Jan 1, 2025, on PFAS in new textile articles and earlier 2023 prohibitions for food packaging and juvenile products.)

Who is affected

  • CalRecycle: implements and administers payments and sets payment amounts.
  • Manufacturers and purchasers of noncontainer products that use recycled glass (e.g., cement SCMs, adhesives, fiberglass, paints, sealants).
  • Glass collection and processing sectors (incentive to divert more glass from landfills).
  • Law enforcement agencies and apparel manufacturers (temporary PFAS exemption until 1/1/2028).
  • California Beverage Container Recycling Fund (new annual expenditure up to $20 million).

Fiscal/timeline notes

  • Payment cap: $50 per ton; up to $20 million available annually (subject to appropriation language and fund availability).
  • Bill introduces a new allowable expenditure from an already continuously appropriated fund — treated as an appropriation.
  • Procedural status (as of provided data): introduced 1/28/2025; referred to committee; amended and re‑referred (4/10/2025) to Committee on Natural Resources per Assembly Rule 96.

Legislative intent and findings

The bill cites climate and waste-diversion benefits of using ground glass pozzolan (claims up to 92% per‑ton CO2 reduction vs. Portland cement and >30% lower concrete global warming potential) and notes that ~79% of MRF-processed glass in the U.S. is currently landfilled, indicating an unmet market for noncontainer uses.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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