Addressing California’s Convenience Zone Recycling Center Closures

May 16, 2016 - A market-based system would replace processing payments with a system that makes the manufacturer responsible for the recycling of its CRV materials. Under this structure, a manufacturer would be required to purchase a certain amount of containers from the California recycling market based on the total amount of CRV containers that it sold in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3466

Lessons From Other States to Address California’s Redemption Center Closures

Apr 10, 2017 - They provide a convenient location for consumers to recycle beverage containers and have their deposit —the California Redemption Value, or “CRV ” —repaid. Our May 2016 web post, Addressing California’s Convenience Zone Recycling Center Closures , identified market factors—specifically declining scrap values—and BCRP program payments that do not sufficiently cover recycler costs as the main causes of the closures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3649

The 2017-18 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 15, 2017 - BCRF = Beverage Container Recycling Fund and CRV = California Redemption Value. Proportional Reductions. Under current law, if there are insufficient funds available in the BCRF to make all of the required CRV and supplemental payments while maintaining a 5  percent reserve, the department is required to reduce supplemental program payments (except program
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3558