SB 568 - Recycling Polystyrene Food Containers - California Key Vote
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Darrell Steinberg voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
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- Senate Bill Passed
- June 2, 2011
- Introduced
- Feb. 17, 2011
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Title: Recycling Polystyrene Food Containers
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits food vendors from distributing prepared food to a customer in a polystyrene foam (Styrofoam) food container beginning January 1, 2014.
Highlights:
- Authorizes a school district to dispense prepared food to a customer in a polystyrene foam food container, on and after July 1, 2015, if the school district adopts a policy to implement a recycling program where there is a "reasonable likelihood" that at least 60 percent of the polystyrene foam food containers purchased annually by the school district will be recycled (Sec. 1).
Title: Recycling Polystyrene Food Containers