Items Tagged with 'circular economy'

The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery has drafted new regulations to implement the state’s landmark SB 54 law to create a circular economy.

California is advancing regulations to expand the state’s circular economy by restricting single-use plastics in packaging. While the pending rules are the result of a grand compromise with industries, farm groups worry about costs and maintaining food safety standards.

Grocery store chains, weary of lawsuits, are pushing for legislation to eliminate the use of reusable plastic bags in California. The Legislature is advancing two bills aimed at shifting shoppers to paper bags only.

A partnership between a California cattle producer and the world’s largest carrot grower may show agriculture how to “close the circle” in a way that minimizes food loss, cuts expenses and reduces the use of fuel and water.

After striking a grand compromise over plastic packaging in 2022, lawmakers are back at the negotiating table with another proposed ban.

The California Legislature is considering changes to the state's Low Carbon Fuel Standard that would cap the credits and cut guarantees for methane digesters. Despite a fierce backlash from industry groups, the environmental justice argument is gaining traction among California regulators and Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration.

The Legislature would prohibit coastal resorts from using conventional pesticides under a new bill filed by Asm. Laura Friedman.

Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon decide on a bill that would set new recycling goals for plastic food and beverage containers at a cost to farmers, grocers and restaurants.

The state Senate has passed the latest effort to slow the production of single-use plastic packaging.