SB 1180: Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act: California Plastic Pollution Mitigation Fund.

The bill aims to reduce plastic pollution by implementing a comprehensive statutory scheme. Producers of single-use packaging and plastic materials must reduce and recycle covered plastic material and ensure that covered materials sold, distributed, or imported in the state are recyclable or compostable. A California Plastic Pollution Mitigation Fund will be established, with 60% of its moneys spent on reducing environmental justice and public health impacts, and 40% spent on reducing environmental impacts on terrestrial, aquatic, and marine life and human health. Expenditures from the fund must prioritize programs and projects benefiting communities most burdened by plastic pollution and provide multiple benefits. Each expenditure must achieve specified purposes, including mitigating adverse health impacts, creating a shift away from plastic production, use, and disposal, and supportin…