NOTICES RESULTING FROM PASSAGE OF AB 3056

• TO: Recyclers, Processors, Curbside Operators, and Collection and Dropoff Programs
  SUBJECT: AB 3056 (Updated 10/30/06) (PDF) (Effective 1/1/07)

• TO: Recyclers, and Dropoff Programs
  SUBJECT: Recycling Incentive Payments (3/1/07) (PDF) (Effective 1/1/07)

• TO: Beverage Manufacturers And Distributors
  SUBJECT: Reporting And Payment Changes As A Result Of Assembly Bill 3056
   (10/26/06) (PDF) (Effective 1/1/07)

• To: All Retail Dealers Selling Beverages in California
  Subject: Responsibilities of Retail Dealers under the Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act.
  (10/26/06)(Effective 1/1/07)(Updated 8/23/07)(PDF)

• AB 3056 Frequently Asked Questions
  

OTHER NOTICES

• TO: Potential Applicants and Operators of Recycling Centers and Processing Facilities
  SUBJECT: A Service Provided for Recycling Center Applicants (4/27/06) (PDF)

• NOTICE
  TO: BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTORS AND MANUFACTURER -- CURRENT ANNUAL REPORTERS
  SUBJECT: ANNUAL REPORTING PROGRAM 2007 Annual Reporting and Payments 12/11/07)(PDF)
  -NOTICE: TO: Beverage Distributors
  SUBJECT: CRV Increase to 5¢ AND 10¢ (6/4/07) (PDF) (Effective 7/1/07)
  -NOTICE: TO: Beverage Distributors
  ATTENTION BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTORS
  RE: Reporting and Payment Due Date Change for Beverage Distributors (for Monthly Reporters)  (1/25/06) (PDF)

• TO: Certified Operators Purchasing From Multiple Curbside, Community Service or Dropoff or Collection Programs
  SUBJECT: Allocation Methodology (6/27/06) (PDF)

• CERTIFIED OPERATORS
  -Notice To: All Certified Processors and Recycling Centers
  Subject:  Authorization to Cancel (12/17/07) (PDF)
  Subject:: Cancellation Requirements for Aluminum and Plastic Beverage Containers (5/14/03)
  -TO: All Certified Recycling Centers and Processors
  Notice To: All Certified Operators in the Beverage Container Recycling Program
  Subject: Regulatory changes to the Shipping Report form DR-6 (4/12/06) (PDF)
  -To: All Certified Recyclers and Processors
   Subject: Purchase Limits and Completion of Shipping Reports (10/9/07) (PDF)
  -TO: All Certified Processors 
   Subject: Shipping Report Requirements for Material Received from Curbside Programs (9/11/02)

• COMMINGLED RATES
  -NOTICE: To All Interested Parties
  Subject: Statewide Commingled Rate Study Public Workshop (7/10/08) (PDF)
  -NOTICE: To All Interested Parties
  Subject: 2008 Mid-Year Adjustment to Refund Value per Segregated Pound, Refund Value per Commingled Pound and Containers Per Segregated Pound Rate (6/18/08) (PDF)
   -NOTICE: To All Interested Parties
  Subject: 2008 Refund Value per Segregated Pound, Refund Value per Commingled Pound and Containers per Segregated Pound Rates (Updated 2/14/08) (PDF)
  -NOTICE: Curbside, Dropoff or Collection and Community Service Programs
  Subject: Performing an Individual Commingled Rate Survey (ICRS) (7/18/08) (PDF)
  Application for 2010 Individual Commingled Rate Survey (7/18/08) (PDF)

• COMPLIANCE REVIEW
  -NOTICE: To All Certified Recyclers
  Subject: Recycler Compliance Review (11/29/04) (PDF)

• CONTAMINATED GLASS SHIPPING REPORTS
  -TO: All Processors and Recyclers
  Subject: Contaminated Glass Shipping Reports (3/16/04) (PDF)

• CONVENIENCE ZONES
   -TO: Recycling Operators
   Subject: Newly Activated Convenience Zones for July 2008 (7/3/08)

• GRANTS
  TO: All Interested Parties
  -SUBJECT: 2008 Beverage Container Recycling Market Development & Expansion Grant Program Solicitation Notice (4/3/08) (PDF) (Includes application and exhibits)
  -  Beverage Container Recycling Market Development and Expansion Grant Program / Phase I - Concept Notice (7/1/08) (PDF)

• HANDLING FEES
  -NOTICE: TO: All Interested Parties
  Subject: Handling Fee Changes Effective July 1, 2008 (5/22/08) (PDF)
  -NOTICE: TO: Handling Fee Recycling Operators
   -Subject: Handling Fee Monthly Expenditure Notice for Fiscal Year 2007/2008 (7/3/08) (PDF)
  -Subject: Handling Fee Monthly Expenditure Notice for Fiscal Year 2006/2007 (9/10/07) (PDF)

• LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM
  NOTICE
  TO: All Interested Parties
  SUBJECT: Beverage Container Recycling Infrastructure Loan Guarantee Program (8/17/07) (PDF)
  -Application and attachments

• Payment By Count
  To: All Certified Operators of Recycling Centers
  Subject: Payment By Count (8/27/04) (PDF)

•  PLASTIC MARKET DEVELOPMENT PAYMENT PROGRAM  
   -To: Plastic Market Development Payment Program Participants
   Subject: Plastic Market Development Payment Rate for 2008 (6/2/08) (PDF)
   -To:All Interested Parties
   Subject: Plastic Market Development Payment Program (10/9/07) (PDF) 
    Plastic Market Development Payment Instructions (10/9/07) (PDF) 
    Form PMD1 – ID Application (10/9/07) (PDF) 
    Form PMD2 – Claim Form (10/9/07) (PDF)

• PROCESSING FEE AND HANDLING FEE COST SURVEYS
  -To: All Interested Parties
  Subject:  Processing Fee and Handling Fee Cost Survey Workshop (4/23/08) (PDF)
    - Handling Fee Cost Survey Final Report (4/28/08) (PDF)
    - Processing Fee Cost Survey Final Report (4/28/08) (PDF)
    - Cost Survey Workshop Presentation (4/28/08) (PDF)
  

• PROCESSING FEES & PAYMENTS
  -NOTICE: To: Beverage Manufacturers and Distributors
  Subject: Processing Fee Rate Changes for 2008 (12/31/07) (PDF)
  -NOTICE: To: All Interested Parties
  Subject: 2008 Processing Fees (12/10/07) (PDF)
  -NOTICE: To: All Interested Parties
  Subject: 2008 Processing Payments (12/10/07) (PDF)

•  QUALITY INCENTIVE PAYMENT PROGRAM
  -TO: All Interested Parties
  Subject: Statewide Quality Incentive Payment Rates for 2008 (7/11/08) (PDF)
  -TO: All Interested Parties
  SUBJECT: Quality Incentive Payment Program (1/8/08) (PDF) 
  -Quality Incentive Payment Program Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (1/8/08) (PDF)
  -TO: All Interested Parties
  Subject: Quality Incentive Payment Program (10/9/07) (PDF) 
  - Quality Incentive Payment Instructions (10/9/07) (PDF)

• RECYCLING CENTER TEMPORARY CLOSURES
  -NOTICE: TO: All Certified Recyclers and Other Interested Parties
  Subject: Recycling Center Temporary Closures (6/28/04) (PDF)

• RECYCLING RATES
  -NOTICE: Statistical Report of Redemption and Recycling Rates (Updated 5/21/08) (PDF)
  This notice reports the number of beverage containers sold and returned for recycling and defines and presents the resulting recycling and redemption rates.
  -Calendar Year 2006 & Biannual Report of Beverage Container Sales, Returns, Redemption & Recycling Rates (Updated 10/5/07) (PDF)

• REDEMPTION OF THE "PLASTIC CAN" BEVERAGE CONTAINER
  To: All Interested Parties
  Subject: Redemption of the “Plastic Can” Beverage Container (12/29/04) (PDF)

• RETAIL DEALERS
  TO: All Retail Stores Selling Beverages in California
  SUBJECT: CRV Increase to 5¢ and 10¢ (6/1/07) (PDF) (Effective 7/1/07)

• SCRAP VALUE
  -NOTICE: To: All Certified Processors
  Subject: Scrap Value Reporting (3/1/05) (PDF)
  Monthly Scrap Value Purchases Survey Reporting Requirements (3/1/05) (PDF)
  Scrap Value Purchases Survey Form   Print out then fill in  (3/1/05) (PDF)
  or  Scrap Value Purchases Survey Form   Fill out on computer-Forms only, no instructions (3/1/05)(Microsoft Word)
  -NOTICE: Statewide Average Monthly Scrap Value Notice for April 2008 (Updated 6/27/08)
  Recycling programs sell empty beverage container materials they collect to processors who pay -- in addition to CRV -- a scrap value for the aluminum, PET plastic, glass, and bimetal. These notices list the official average monthly scrap values of these materials, and offers other information.
  (Also available as a PDF file)

• SHORT WEIGHING ON SCALES
  To: All Certified Operators of Recycling Centers
  Subject: Short Weighing on Scales (4/6/04) (PDF)

• SHRINKAGE ADJUSTMENT
  -Subject: Shrinkage Adjustment (4/22/04)
  To: Certified Recyclers

• UC BERKELEY STUDY
  -TO: Interested Parties
  -Subject: California Beverage Container Recycling & Litter Reduction Study (4/16/03)
  - A Report to the California Legislature which compares California's bottle bill to those of other States.