Start Date and Time: April 14, 2026 02:00
PM
End Date and Time: April 14, 2026 04:00
PM
Locations:
In-Person: Sierra Hearing Room, 1001 I St, 2nd?floor,
Sacramento, CA 95814
Public Webcast:?Public Meeting Live Webcasts
Zoom:?Link
to Zoom Meeting Registration
Public Comments:
In-Person
Zoom link?(for verbal public comments):?Link
to Zoom Meeting Registration
Contact:
For further information about this meeting, please
contact packaging@calrecycle.ca.gov, (916)
322-4027, or 1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Overview:
The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
(CalRecycle) will hold a public information session on April 14, 2026, to
present information on the methodology
and findings from the following reports: Current State
of Collection, Current State
of Processing, Current State
of End Markets, Needed State
of Collection, Processing, and End Markets along with
selected portions of Consumer Education and Access
report as it relates to collection and processing.
Public Participation:
The publications to be discussed (linked
above) are posted on CalRecycle’s Needs Assessment webpage. Interested parties can
access and review the content in advance. There will be opportunities
for the public to ask questions
and provide comments during the information session.
CalRecycle requests that questions and comments be focused
on the specific topics being discussed.
How to Participate in the Information Session:
CalRecycle will hold the information
session starting at 02:00 PM on April 14, 2026. The?information
session will be a hybrid in-person and virtual meeting. Instructions for how to
access the information session are included below:
To join in-person:
The information session will be held in person
in the Sierra Hearing Room at the CalEPA Headquarters. The
Sierra Hearing Room is wheelchair accessible.
Sierra Hearing Room
CalEPA Headquarters
1001 I Street, 2nd floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
To join through Zoom:??
To join through Zoom, we are requesting you sign-up here.
Zoom participants will be invited to ask questions or
provide comments during the informational session.?
To join through Webcast:?
To join through the Webcast, please go to the?CalEPA Public Webcast
webpage.?Webcast participants will not be able to ask questions. If you
are participating remotely and anticipate asking questions,
we recommend you join through Zoom. No registration is necessary to view the
webcast.?
Spanish Translation:?
Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be available
in-person at the workshop and remotely via Zoom or webcast. For in-person
interpretation services, headsets will be available and can be provided by
CalRecycle staff prior to or during the workshop. If you need interpretation
services in a language other than Spanish, please notify the Department
at packaging@CalRecycle.ca.gov by April
7, 2026, and we will do our best to accommodate your request.
Important:
Members of the public will be able
to submit general comments and responses both in-person and via Zoom.
Questions and comments may also be submitted prior to, and
after, the information session by emailing them to packaging@calrecycle.ca.gov with
the subject line: SB 54 Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer
Responsibility Act April 14 Information Session.
Subscribe to the SB
54 Listserv to receive emails regarding updates specific
to CalRecycle’s SB 54 Implementation Team. Subscribe to the Proposed
Regulations listserv to receive
emails regarding all CalRecycle’s rulemaking
activities.
Persons who, due to a disability, need assistance?in
order to?participate in this meeting should, prior to the meeting,
contact Packaging@CalRecycle.ca.gov.
TTY/TDD and Speech-to-Speech users may dial 7-1-1 for the California Relay
Service to submit comments on an agenda item or to request
special accommodations for persons with disabilities.
