Solid waste: vehicles: appliances.

The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 requires materials that require special handling, as defined, to be removed from major appliances and vehicles in which they are contained prior to crushing for transport or transferring to a baler or shredder for recycling. Recycling residue used as solid waste landfill daily cover is required to meet certain performance standards and requirements specified in the regulations adopted by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) . This bill would require CalRecycle, by March 31, 2013, to establish a working group to conduct a study of whether end-of-life vehicles and appliances are being managed in compliance with law. The bill would require the working group, by October 31, 2014, to prepare and submit to the director a report of its findings and make recommendations to address the findings. The bill would require CalRecycle to post the report on its Internet Web site. The bill would repeal the provision on January 1, 2018.