(a) (1) On or before January 1, 2018, based on methodology contained in the plan and information contained in the first annual report, the department, in consultation with the organization, and after taking into consideration relevant economic and practical considerations and other information, shall establish and make public the following:

(A) The state mattress recycling baseline amount.

Terms Used In California Public Resources Code 42987.5

  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.

(B) The state mattress recycling goals.

(C) On or before July 1, 2020, metrics and goals for increasing consumer convenience for used mattress dropoff, disposal, and recycling in a way that, notwithstanding this subdivision, applies to the entire state regardless of socioeconomic conditions.

(D) On or before January 1, 2021, convenience goals to be effective January 1, 2022, specific to each of the following:

(i) (I) Consumer access to the program, including at least one permanent mattress dropoff location in each county. The requirement to have at least one permanent mattress dropoff location in each county shall not apply to a county with a population of less than 2,000 people as long as the organization continues to provide at least two collection events in the county each year. The department may require additional dropoff locations to ensure that consumers have sufficient convenient access to dropoff locations.

(II) The mattress recycling organization shall provide no-cost freight services to any mattress retailer, health care facility, educational facility, military base, or lodging establishment that has at least 100 used mattresses to pick up at one time.

(ii) Retailer access to the program.

(2) When calculating the state mattress recycling goals, the department shall include renovated mattresses.

(b) Beginning July 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the annual report required pursuant to Section 42990.1 shall demonstrate the mattress recycling organization’s good faith effort to comply with the goals established pursuant to this section.

(c) On or before July 1, 2020, and every four years thereafter, the department shall review, including reviewing for consistency with Section 41780.01, and update as necessary, the baseline amount and goals to ensure that the program advances these goals.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 673, Sec. 6. (AB 187) Effective January 1, 2020.)