Pursuant to section 42057(c)(1) of the Public Resources Code (PRC) under the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (SB 54; Allen, Chapter 75, Statutes of 2022), and 14 CCR, section 18980.9, producers of covered material must report the amount of plastic covered material they sold, offered for sale, or distributed in the state, including the number of plastic components and the weight of plastic covered material, for both the Source Reduction Baseline and source reduction reporting.  

CalRecycle has updated the Source Reduction Reporting Guidance that was originally published September 1, 2025, to provide additional clarification and support for these reporting requirements. The updated guidance is available on CalRecycle’s recently published Producer Guidance webpage.