CHAPTER 2. Definitions [14502. - 14529.7.]
Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2.
§§ 14502–14529.7 · 73 sections
- § 14502 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
- § 14503 “Aluminum beverage container” means a beverage container which consists primarily of aluminum.
- § 14503.5 “Average monthly volume” means the average number of empty beverage containers per month received by a certified recycling center.
- § 14503.5.1 “Bag drop recycling center” means a recycling mechanism operated by a certified recycling center at which consumers can drop off bagged empty beverage…
- § 14503.6 “Beneficiating processor” means any person certified by the department as a processor who also beneficiates purchased cullet so that it is furnace ready for…
- § 14504 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), “beverage” means any of the following products if those products are in liquid, ready-to-drink form, and are…
- § 14505 “Beverage container” means the individual, separate bottle, can, jar, carton, or other receptacle, however denominated, in which a beverage is sold, and which…
- § 14506 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), “beverage manufacturer” means any person who bottles, cans, or otherwise fills beverage containers, or imports…
- § 14506.3 “Bimetal container” means a beverage container which consists of one or more metals and which is composed primarily of steel.
- § 14506.5 “Commingled” means a mix of empty beverage containers, as defined in Section 14512, and all other containers of the same material type.
- § 14506.7 “Commingled rate” means the ratio of empty beverage containers, as defined in Section 14512, to all other containers of the same material type, as determined…
- § 14507.5 (a) “Community Conservation Corps” means a nonprofit public benefit corporation formed or operating pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 5110) of…
- § 14508 “Consumer” means every person who, for his or her use or consumption, purchases a beverage in a beverage container from a dealer. “Consumer” includes, but is…
- § 14509 “Container manufacturer” means any person who produces beverage containers for filling by beverage manufacturers, including any person who imports these…
- § 14509.3 “Cullet” means scrap glass that is derived from postfilled food, drink, or beverage container glass produced or imported for sale in the state.
- § 14509.4 (a) “Convenience zone” means either of the following: (1) The area within a one mile radius of a supermarket. (2) The area designated by the department…
- § 14509.5 “Curbside program” means a recycling program which meets all of the following criteria: (a) The program picks up empty beverage containers from individual or…
- § 14510 (a) “Dealer” means a retail establishment that offers the sale of beverages in beverage containers to consumers. (b) “Dealer” does not include any lodging,…
- § 14510.2 “Dealer cooperative” means a stewardship organization that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and…
- § 14510.5 “Department” means the Division of Recycling in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
- § 14510.6 “Director” means the Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
- § 14511 “Distributor” means every person who engages in the sale of beverages in beverage containers to a dealer in this state, including any manufacturer who engages…
- § 14511.5 “Drink” means fruit juice or any other noncarbonated drink.
- § 14511.7 “Dropoff or collection program” means any person, association, nonprofit corporation, church, club, or other organization certified by the department, and that…
- § 14512 “Empty beverage container” means a beverage container which meets all of the following requirements: (a) Has the seal or closure installed by the manufacturer…
- § 14512.5 “Food or drink packaging material” means any material which is not a beverage container in which a food or drink is sold in a retail establishment and the food…
- § 14512.6 “For recycling” means that an empty beverage container has been received by a processor who has an arrangement whereby that container will actually be recycled.
- § 14512.7 “Fund” means the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 14580.
- § 14513 “Glass beverage container” means a beverage container which has a body consisting primarily of glass.
- § 14513.2 (a) Except as provided under Section 14549, “glass container manufacturer” means a person who manufactures commercial containers, whose principal component…
- § 14513.3 “Glass food or drink container” means any nonbeverage container, whose principal component part or parts consist of virgin glass, postfilled glass, or any…
- § 14513.4 “Handling fee” means an amount paid to an operator of a supermarket site, a rural region recycler, as defined in Section 14525.5.1, or a nonprofit convenience…
- § 14513.5 “HDPE” means a plastic beverage container labeled with a “2” for high-density-polyethylene resin pursuant to Section 18015 and subject to this division.
- § 14514 “Managing employee” includes, but is not limited to, any person who manages the operation of a facility or is authorized by the certified operator to sign…
- § 14514.4.1 “Neighborhood dropoff program” means a recycling program that meets all of the following criteria: (a) The program is certified by the department as a dropoff…
- § 14514.6 “Not for recycling” means that an empty beverage container has been received by a processor who does not have an arrangement whereby that container will…
- § 14514.7 “Nonprofit convenience zone recycler” means a recycling center that is either of the following: (a) A recycling center that meets all of the following…
- § 14515 “Other beverage container” means a beverage container which has a body consisting of metal, glass, plastic, other materials, or a combination of these, but…
- § 14515.1 “Out-of-state container” means a used beverage container or used beverage container component that is not subject to Section 14560, and that is brought into…
- § 14515.2 “Person” means any individual, corporation, operation, or entity, whether or not certified or registered pursuant to this division.
- § 14515.5 “PET container” means a plastic beverage container labeled with a “1” pursuant to Section 18015 and subject to this division.
- § 14515.6 “Physical recycling location” means the area in a convenience zone served by one or more reverse vending machines which accept all empty aluminum, glass, and…
- § 14515.8 (a) “Pilot project recycler” means a recycling location established under Section 14571.9. (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2034,…
- § 14516 “Place of business of the dealer” means the location at which a dealer sells, or offers for sale, beverages in beverage containers to consumers.
- § 14517 “Plastic beverage container” means a beverage container which has a body consisting primarily of plastic.
- § 14517.5 “Postfilled container” means any container which had been previously filled with a beverage or food.
- § 14518 “Processor” means any person, including a scrap dealer, certified by the department who purchases empty aluminum beverage containers, bimetal beverage…
- § 14518.4 “Processing fee” means the amount paid by beverage manufacturers to the department pursuant to Section 14575.
- § 14518.5 “Processing payment” means an amount paid to processors, dropoff or collection programs, curbside programs, and recycling centers by the department pursuant to…
- § 14519 “Recycle,” “recycled,” “recycling,” or “recyclable” means the reuse or refilling of empty beverage containers, or the process of sorting, cleansing, treating,…
- § 14519.5 “Recycler” means a recycling center, dropoff or collection program, or curbside program.
- § 14520 “Recycling center” means an operation which is certified by the department and which accepts from consumers, and pays or provides the refund value pursuant to…
- § 14520.5 “Recycling location” means a place, mobile unit, reverse vending machine, or other device where a certified recycling center accepts one or more types of empty…
- § 14520.6 “Noncertified recycler” means a person, entity, or operation which is not certified by the department and which purchases empty beverage containers from…
- § 14521 “Recycling rate” means the proportion of empty beverage containers by type returned to processors for recycling, measured in the manner prescribed in Section…
- § 14522.5 “Redemption” and “redeem” means the return to a recycling center or location of an empty beverage container for a refund of at least the refund value.
- § 14523 “Redemption payment” means the minimum amount paid by a distributor to the department for every beverage container sold or transferred to a dealer.
- § 14523.5 “Redemption rate” means the proportion of empty beverage containers returned to processors measured in the manner prescribed in Section 14551.
- § 14524 “Refund value” means the amount established for each type of beverage container pursuant to Section 14560 that is paid by the following: (a) A certified…
- § 14525 “Refillable beverage container” means any aluminum beverage container, bimetal beverage container, glass beverage container, plastic beverage container, or…
- § 14525.1 “Reusable beverage container” means a glass beverage container with a refund value established pursuant to Section 14560 and that is processed by a processor…
- § 14525.5 “Reverse vending machine” means a mechanical device which accepts one or more types of empty beverage containers and issues a cash refund or a redeemable…
- § 14525.5.1 “Rural region recycler” means an operator that is certified pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 14571, and who accepts…
- § 14526 “Scrap value” means the price paid for container material types subject to this division, after shipping and handling costs are deducted.
- § 14526.5 “Supermarket” means a full-line, self-service retail store with gross annual sales of two million dollars ($2,000,000), or more, and which sells a line of dry…
- § 14526.6 “Supermarket site” means any certified recycling center which redeems all types of empty beverage containers in accordance with Section 14572, and which is…
- § 14527 “Use or consumption” includes the exercise of any right or power over a beverage incidental to the beverage’s ownership, including, but not limited to,…
- § 14528 “Universal product code” is an 11-digit, all-numeric code that represents a beverage container or other consumer package of a particular brand, size, type, and…
- § 14528.1 “Voluntary artificial scrap value” means a price paid by a willing purchaser of empty PET containers, that reflects the payment of the scrap value for all PET…
- § 14528.5 (a) “Wine and distilled spirit cooler” means a beverage containing wine or distilled spirits to which is added concentrated or unconcentrated juice or…
- § 14529 This division is a matter of statewide interest and concern and is applicable uniformly throughout the state. Accordingly, this division occupies the whole…
- § 14529.5 Any action to increase recycling taken by the department, or by any person or entity, affecting scrap values, the quantities of materials being recycled, or…
- § 14529.7 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this division does not apply to any program involving the collection and payment of deposits for beverage containers…