Key Resources

• Beverage Container Recycling Program Reform
• Official Notices
• DORIIS
• Grants
• Laws & Regulations
• Publications
• CRV Product List
• Contacts & Complaints
• FTP Site

 

Beverage Container Recycling

Publications & Forms

• General Information
• Certified Recyclers and Processors
• Convenience Zones and Retailers
• Cost Surveys
• Distributors, Manufacturers, and Retailers
• Grants
• Kids and Educators
• Laws and Regulations
• Local Government Agencies and Curbside Programs
• Single Stream Recycling Best Practices

Related Links: Notices | FTP Site

Note: All downloadable publications are in PDF format.

General Information

• 2011 California Glass Container and Fiberglass Production Minimum Content Report (PDF, 262 KB)

• LAO Supplemental Report: California Beverage Container Recycling Program History and Fund Management Options (219 KB) (3/8/07)
• Beverage Container Recycling Program Brochure (PDF, 522 KB) (7/29/10)
• RecycleStore
• Beverages Subject to California Refund Value (CRV) Informational Flyer: Color (PDF, 105 KB) Black & White (PDF, 109 KB)
• Cuales envases son sujetos al Valor de Reembolso de California (CRV) Folleto Informaciónal: Color (PDF, 126 KB) Negro y blanco (PDF, 130 KB)
• California Beverage Container Recycling Act Flow Chart (117 KB) (1/26/10)
• California's Beverage Container Recycling & Litter Reduction Program Fact Sheet (PDF, 325 KB, updated 6/1/12, posted 6/18/12) 
• California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Study: Report to the Legislature (U.C. Berkeley Study) (2.6 MB)
• Plastic Content Code Abbreviations
• Recycling Rates
• Biannual Report of Beverage Container Sales, Returns, Redemption, and Recycling Rates (posted May 10, 2013). This notice reports the number of beverage containers sold and returned for recycling and defines and presents the resulting recycling and redemption rates. (PDF version 237 KB)
  • Calendar Year 2012 Report of Beverage Container Sales, Returns, Redemption & Recycling Rates

Certified Recyclers & Processors

• Enforcement Update (PDF, 907 KB)
• Handling Fee Guidelines (PDF, 381 KB)
• Investigations Advisory Newsletter (PDF, 172 KB) (3/14/08)
• Participant Manual for Certified Processors and Certified Recycling Centers (PDF, 922 KB)
• Recycler Operating & Recordkeeping Manual (PDF, 1 MB)
• Starting a Recycling Business (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• The 12 Most Common Errors Made By Recyclers (PDF, 185 KB)

Application: Print a copy of the instructions and the application for certification

• Certification Application for Recycling Centers & Processors (PDF, 132 KB)
  Application instructions for recycling centers & processors (PDF, 129 KB)
• Certification Application for Collection & Community Service Programs (PDF, 106 KB)
  Application instructions for collection & community service programs (PDF, 119 KB)

Convenience Zones & Retailers

• Application for Convenience Zone Exemption (Form) (PDF, 130 KB). Updated August 17, 2010.
• Application for Revocation of Convenience Zone Exemption (Form) (PDF, 61 KB). Updated August 17, 2010.
• Convenience Zone Exemption/Revocation Requirements (PDF, 217 KB)
• California Redemption Value (CRV) Computations (PDF, 66 KB). Updated January 12, 2011.

Cost Surveys

• Processing Fee Cost Survey Final Summary Report (PDF, 638 KB)
• Processing Fee Cost Survey Workshop (PDF, 1.6 MB)

Distributors, Manufacturers & Retailers

• Beverage Container Labeling Poster (PDF, 212 KB)
• Beverage Manufacturer and Distributor Reporting and Payment Manual (PDF, 3.22 MB) Revised December 2011
• Important Information for Store Owners about California’s Bottle & Can Recycling Law (PDF, 453 KB). Updated April 2011.

Grants

Beverage Container Recycling Grant Program

• Grant Awards Distribution from 1987 to 2008 (PDF, 1.3 MB)

Community Conservation Corps Funding Program

• Corps Grant Award History (PDF, 12 KB)

City/County Payment Program

• City/County Contact Information

Recycling Market Development & Expansion Grant Program

• Market Analysis for Recycled Beverage Container Materials (2009 Update) (2/24/10) (PDF, 3 MB)

Kids & Educators

• How to Start a Beverage Recycling Program at School (PDF, 172 KB)
• Kids Can Recycle Beverage Containers Too (PDF, 672 KB)
• Los Niños Pueden Reciclar Envases de Bebidas (PDF, 684 KB)
• Recycling Facts & Fun (PDF, 3.2 MB)
• RecyCool Club Member Certificate (PDF, 91 KB)
• RecyCool Planet Newsletter: Winter Edition (PDF, 535 KB)
• RecyCool Planet Newsletter: Summer Edition (PDF, 865 KB)
• RecyCool Planet Newsletter: Fall Edition (PDF, 525 KB)

Laws & Regulations

• California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act. This revised edition contains code sections amended through December 31, 2012, and in effect January 1, 2013, unless otherwise stated. Posted: December 21, 2012.
• The California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 14. Natural Resources, Division 2. Department of Conservation, Chapter 5. Division of Recycling. These regulations were updated April 1, 2013.

Local Government Agencies & Curbside Program

• Application for Curbside Registration (PDF, 69 KB)
• Highlights of Your Responsibility as a Registered Curbside Operator (PDF, 21 KB)
• Registration Requirements for Curbside Programs (PDF, 139 KB)

Single Stream Recycling Best Practices Manual and Companion Implementation Guide

This 2007 guide aims to assist communities in designing programs to maximize the quality of all materials recovered for recycling, and to ensure the recovered materials are utilized in the manufacture of new products. The publications discuss technical alternatives and options in contracting for collection and processing services, program design elements, material collection, processing and separation equipment, Material Recycling Facility processes, community-wide and individual household education and promotion, relationships with local manufacturers, and specifications for recovered recycled materials.

• Executive Summary: Single Stream Recycling Best Practices Manual and Implementation Guide (PDF, 170 KB)
• Single Stream Recycling Best Practices Implementation Guide (PDF, 963 KB)
• Single Stream Recycling Best Practices Manual (PDF, 774 KB)