ARTICLE 2. Mattress Recycling Plan [42987. - 42987.5.]

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC 2.
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Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42987. Section 42987.

(a) (1) A qualified industry association or a successor organization may establish a mattress recycling organization for purposes of this chapter, which shall be composed of manufacturers, renovators, and retailers and be certified pursuant to this section to develop, implement, and administer the mattress recycling program established pursuant to this chapter. (2) Within 60 days of receipt of a request for certification, the department shall notify the requesting qualified industry association of the department’s decision whether or not to certify that a mattress recycling organization has been established by the qualified industry association or successor organization and is composed of manufacturers, renovators, and retailers for purposes of establishing the mattress recycling plan. (3) (A) Prior to certification by the department, the department’s director shall appoint an advisory committee to be part of the mattress recycling organization. (B) The advisory committee may be composed of members of the environmental community, solid waste industry, and local government public and private representatives involved in the collection, processing, and recycling of used mattresses, and other interested parties. (C) (i) The mattress recycling organization shall consult the advisory committee at least once during the development and implementation of the plan required pursuant to Section 42987.1, and annually prior to the submission of both an annual report required pursuant to Section 42990.1 and an annual budget required pursuant to Section 42988. (ii) For purposes of being consulted pursuant to this subparagraph, the advisory committee shall prepare specific written recommendations at a publicly scheduled and noticed meeting of the advisory committee that are approved by a majority of the advisory committee’s members pursuant to a rollcall vote and included in the official approved minutes of the meeting. The organization shall consider and respond to those written recommendations in writing. (b) (1) Each manufacturer, renovator, distributor, and retailer shall register with the mattress recycling organization. (2) A retailer may register with the mattress recycling organization as a manufacturer for a brand for which there is not a registered manufacturer. (c) A retailer shall not sell, distribute, or offer for sale a mattress in the state unless the retailer is in compliance with this chapter and the manufacturer or renovator of the mattress sold by the retailer is listed in compliance with this chapter. (d) A manufacturer, renovator, or distributor shall not sell, offer for sale, or import a mattress in this state, or sell or distribute a mattress to a distributor or retailer, unless the manufacturer, renovator, or distributor is in compliance with this chapter.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42987.1. Section 42987.1.

On or before July 1, 2015, the mattress recycling organization shall develop and submit to the department a plan for recycling used mattresses in the state in an economically efficient and practical manner that includes all of the following goals and elements: (a) Program objectives consistent with the state’s solid waste management hierarchy. (b) The names of manufacturers, renovators, distributors, and brands covered under the plan. (c) A consultation process with affected stakeholders, including, but not limited to, local government representatives, recyclers, and solid waste industry representatives. (d) Methods to increase the number of used mattresses diverted from landfills, reduce the number of illegally dumped used mattresses, and increase the quantity of used materials recovered through this process and recycled for other uses. (e) (1) The establishment and administration of a means for funding the plan in a manner that distributes the mattress recycling organization’s costs uniformly over all mattresses sold in the state. (2) The funding mechanism shall provide sufficient funding for the mattress recycling organization to carry out the plan, including the administrative, operational, and capital costs of the plan. (f) The publishing of an annual report for each calendar year of operation. (g) Conducting research, as needed, related to improving used mattress collection, dismantling, and recycling operations, including pilot programs to test new processes, methods, or equipment on a local, regional, or otherwise limited basis. (h) A program performance measurement that shall collect program data for the purpose of the annual report. The information shall include both of the following: (1) A methodology for estimating the amount of mattresses sold in the state and used mattresses available for collection in the state, and for quantifying the number of used mattresses collected and recycled in the state. (2) A methodology for determining mattresses sold in the state by the manufacturers and renovators of the mattress recycling organization. (i) A description of methods used to coordinate activities with existing used mattress collecting and recycling programs, including existing nonprofit mattress recyclers, and with other relevant parties as appropriate, with regard to the proper management or recycling of discarded or abandoned mattresses, for purposes of providing the efficient delivery of services and avoiding unnecessary duplication of effort and expense. (j) Entering into contracts or agreements, which may include contracts and agreements with existing nonprofit or for-profit recyclers, that are necessary and proper for the mattress recycling organization to carry out these duties consistent with the terms of this chapter. (k) Establishing a financial incentive to encourage parties to collect for recycling used mattresses discarded or illegally dumped in the state. ( l ) Ensuring, to the maximum extent possible, that urban and rural local governments and participating permitted solid waste facilities and authorized solid waste operations that accept mattresses are provided with a mechanism for the recovery of illegally disposed used mattresses that is funded at no additional cost to the local government, solid waste facility, or solid waste operation. (m) Developing strategies, in consultation with the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Justice Task Force and other relevant parties, for collecting used mattresses for recycling in areas and communities that face unique challenges associated with proper waste management such as poverty, language barriers, and illegal mattress dumping. (n) Providing outreach efforts and education to consumers, manufacturers, and retailers, for the purpose of promoting the recycling of used mattresses and options available to consumers for the free dropoff or collection of used mattresses. (o) A provision that allows an individual to drop off, at no charge, a mattress at a recycler, renovator, mattress recycling center, permitted solid waste facility, authorized solid waste operation, or other municipal facility that accepts mattresses consistent with state solid waste regulations, and that provides for the payment to a municipal or solid waste facility or operation that accepts mattresses an amount determined by the municipal or solid waste facility or operation and the mattress recycling organization to be reasonable for accepting, collecting, storing, transporting, and handling used mattresses. (p) Ensuring that the impact of Article XIII C of the California Constitution is addressed for local governments participating in the program. (q) A report from the advisory committee, established pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 42987, that includes a summary of the consultative process between the advisory committee and the mattress recycling organization during the development of, and any updates to, the plan, as well as any other information deemed pertinent by the advisory committee to maximizing the recovery and recycling of used mattresses in the state. (r) A contingency plan in the event the department decertifies the mattress recycling organization, or a mattress recycling plan expires, is disapproved, or is revoked. The contingency plan shall describe how the plan objectives can be carried out, in accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 42989.3, in the absence of a plan, either by the mattress recycling organization, or by the department through some entity such as an escrow company. (s) Other information requested by the department that is reasonably related to compliance with the recycling plan and that the organization can reasonably compile.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42987.1.5. Section 42987.1.5.

(a) During calendar year 2020, and at least once every five years thereafter, the mattress recycling organization shall review the plan and determine whether amendments to the plan are necessary. (b) If the organization determines amendments to the plan are necessary, it shall amend the plan, subject to the approval process in Section 42987.3. (c) If the organization determines that no amendments to the plan are necessary, it shall send a letter to the department explaining that the organization has reviewed the plan and determined no revisions are needed. The department may disapprove the organization’s determination within 30 days of that determination if it concludes that the organization cannot implement the objectives of this chapter without amending the plan.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42987.2. Section 42987.2.

In preparing the plan pursuant to Section 42987.1 and any updates to the plan pursuant to Section 42987.1.5, the mattress recycling organization shall consult with interested stakeholders, which shall include, but not be limited to, local government representatives, recyclers, and solid waste industry representatives.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42987.3. Section 42987.3.

(a) The department shall review the plan for compliance with this chapter and shall approve, disapprove, or conditionally approve the plan within 90 days of receipt of the plan. If the department fails to act within 90 days of the receipt of the plan, the plan shall be deemed approved. (b) If the department disapproves the plan pursuant to subdivision (a), the department shall explain, in writing, how the plan does not comply with this chapter, and the mattress recycling organization shall resubmit a plan to the department. If the department finds that the plan resubmitted by the organization does not comply with the requirements of this chapter, the mattress recycling organization shall not be deemed in compliance with this chapter until the organization submits a plan that the department finds complies with the requirements of this chapter. (c) The approved plan shall be a public record, except that financial, production, or sales data reported to the department by the mattress recycling organization is not public record for purposes of the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) and shall not be open to public inspection. The department may release financial, production, or sales data in summary form only so the information cannot be attributable to a specific manufacturer or retailer or to any other entity.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42987.5. Section 42987.5.

(a) (1) On or before January 1, 2018, based on methodology contained in the plan and information contained in the first annual report, the department, in consultation with the organization, and after taking into consideration relevant economic and practical considerations and other information, shall establish and make public the following: (A) The state mattress recycling baseline amount. (B) The state mattress recycling goals. (C) On or before July 1, 2020, metrics and goals for increasing consumer convenience for used mattress dropoff, disposal, and recycling in a way that, notwithstanding this subdivision, applies to the entire state regardless of socioeconomic conditions. (D) On or before January 1, 2021, convenience goals to be effective January 1, 2022, specific to each of the following: (i) (I) Consumer access to the program, including at least one permanent mattress dropoff location in each county. The requirement to have at least one permanent mattress dropoff location in each county shall not apply to a county with a population of less than 2,000 people as long as the organization continues to provide at least two collection events in the county each year. The department may require additional dropoff locations to ensure that consumers have sufficient convenient access to dropoff locations. (II) The mattress recycling organization shall provide no-cost freight services to any mattress retailer, health care facility, educational facility, military base, or lodging establishment that has at least 100 used mattresses to pick up at one time. (ii) Retailer access to the program. (2) When calculating the state mattress recycling goals, the department shall include renovated mattresses. (b) Beginning July 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the annual report required pursuant to Section 42990.1 shall demonstrate the mattress recycling organization’s good faith effort to comply with the goals established pursuant to this section. (c) On or before July 1, 2020, and every four years thereafter, the department shall review, including reviewing for consistency with Section 41780.01, and update as necessary, the baseline amount and goals to ensure that the program advances these goals.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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