Under SB 54, producers of single-use packaging and plastic single-use food service ware must participate in a statewide extended producer responsibility (EPR) system.
Fees for packaging materials must be sufficient to meet SB 54 requirements and fully fund the program plan budget and SB 54 requires the Circular Action Alliance (CAA) to establish and charge fees to producers. CAA has published fee rate estimates in an illustrative fee schedule, to help producers and other stakeholders understand how program costs are translated into fee rates.
If you are not sure if you are a producer, use the Western Growers decision support tool.
Illustrative fees are not final fees. They are good faith, non-binding fee rate ranges intended to support producers in planning, internal budgeting, and early consideration of source reduction, reuse, and refill strategies ahead of formal program plan approval and final fee setting.
CAA will continue to refine fee inputs – particularly the five-year budget projection – before submitting the final program plan to CalRecycle in October 2026.