California SB 54 requires producers to eliminate expanded polystyrene foodware unless a sixty-five percent recycling rate is met, effectively banning foam clamshells and cups at Anaheim restaurants and food trucks beginning in 2025.
California Senate Bill 54 (2022) sets the most aggressive plastic-packaging law in the nation. By January 1, 2025, expanded polystyrene foam foodware including clamshells, cups, plates, and bowls cannot be sold or distributed in California unless producers prove a sixty-five percent statewide recycling rate, a target widely viewed as unattainable. Anaheim restaurants, food trucks, school cafeterias, and event vendors must therefore switch to fiber, certified compostable, or reusable foodware. CalRecycle administers compliance and producer responsibility plans. Anaheim has no separate local foam ordinance because state law fully occupies the field.
Distributing prohibited foam foodware after the SB 54 deadline can result in CalRecycle administrative penalties up to $50,000 per day per producer, and retailers risk supply-chain compliance audits.
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