California Public Resources Code

§ 42360

PRC § 42360 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 30 · Part 3 · Ch. 5.9

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a)Plastic does not biodegrade into elements or compounds commonly found in nature like other organic materials, but, instead, upon exposure to the elements photodegrades into smaller pieces of plastic causing land and water pollution that is virtually impossible to remediate.

(b)Plastic pollution is the dominant type of anthropogenic debris found throughout the marine environment.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 594, Sec. 1. (AB 888) Effective January 1, 2016.