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Code · California · Public Resources Code

§ 42478

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(1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), on July 1, 2004, or as specified otherwise in Section 25214.10.1 of the Health and Safety Code, and on July 1 of each year thereafter, CalRecycle, in collaboration with DTSC, shall establish a covered electronic waste recycling payment schedule for covered electronic wastes generated in this state from discarded covered electronic devices, as defined in subparagraph
(A)of paragraph
(1)of subdivision
(g)of Section 42463, to cover the average net cost for an electronic waste recycler to receive, process, and recycle each major category, as determined by CalRecycle, of covered electronic waste, resulting from discarded covered electronic devices, as defined in subparagraph
(A)of paragraph
(1)of subdivision
(g)of Section 42463, received from an authorized collector. CalRecycle shall make the electronic waste recycling payments to a covered electronic waste recycler pursuant to this article.
(2)Until CalRecycle adopts a new payment schedule that covers the average net cost for an electronic waste recycler to receive, process, and recycle each major category, as determined by CalRecycle of covered electronic waste, resulting from discarded covered electronic devices, as defined in subparagraph
(A)of paragraph
(1)of subdivision
(g)of Section 42463, received from an authorized collector, the amount of the covered electronic waste recycling payment shall be equal to twenty-eight cents ($0.28) per pound of the total weight of covered electronic waste, resulting from discarded covered electronic devices, as defined in subparagraph
(A)of paragraph
(1)of subdivision
(g)of Section 42463, received from an authorized collector and subsequently processed for recycling.
(1)CalRecycle shall adopt regulations, effective January 1, 2025, to establish a process for covered electronic waste recyclers to submit payment claims for covered electronic waste resulting from discarded covered electronic devices, as defined in subparagraph
(B)of paragraph
(1)of subdivision
(g)of Section 42463.
(2)On April 1, 2026, CalRecycle shall begin accepting payment claims for covered electronic waste, resulting from discarded covered electronic devices, as defined in subparagraph
(B)of paragraph
(1)of subdivision
(g)of Section 42463, collected on or after January 1, 2026.
(1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), on July 1, 2028, and on July 1 every year thereafter, CalRecycle, in collaboration with DTSC, shall establish a covered electronic waste recycling payment schedule for covered electronic waste generated in this state, resulting from discarded covered electronic devices, as defined in subparagraph
(B)of paragraph
(1)of subdivision
(g)of Section 42463, to cover the average net cost for an electronic waste recycler to receive, process, and recycle each major category, as determined by CalRecycle, of covered electronic waste, resulting from discarded covered electronic devices, as defined in subparagraph
(B)of paragraph
(1)of subdivision
(g)of Section 42463, received from an authorized collector. CalRecycle shall make the electronic waste recycling payments to a covered electronic waste recycler pursuant to this article.
(2)Until CalRecycle adopts a new payment schedule that covers the average net cost for an electronic waste recycler to receive, process, and recycle each major category, as determined by CalRecycle, of covered electronic waste, resulting from discarded covered electronic devices, as defined in subparagraph
(B)of paragraph
(1)of subdivision
(g)of Section 42463, received from an authorized collector, the amount of the covered electronic waste recycling payment shall be equal to $0.75 per pound of the total weight of covered electronic waste, resulting from discarded covered electronic devices, as defined in subparagraph
(B)of paragraph
(1)of subdivision
(g)of Section 42463, received from an authorized collector and subsequently processed for recycling.
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