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Posted on 07/12/2026 4:21:28 PM PDT by Libloather
Misery on the menu?
California shoppers could soon be paying even more at the checkout line as a sweeping new state recycling measure threatens to send grocery prices soaring, with dairy manufacturers warning some businesses may be forced to shut down or flee the Golden State.
Senate Bill 54 is now entering its first phase of implementation, with companies expected to receive their first bills as early as next month, reported SFGATE.
The measure aims to reduce landfill waste by making manufacturers financially responsible for the packaging they sell after it is thrown away.
It charges companies impact fees on products they sell while also requiring them to phase out packaging that cannot be adequately reused, recycled or composted.
The dairy industry says it stands to be among the hardest hit because many of its products rely on packaging that does not currently meet the measure’s requirements.
CalRecycle, however, estimates the impact will be far smaller, projecting households will pay between $57 and $190 more annually based on data from the California Department of Finance.
Supporters say those added costs are outweighed by shifting the financial burden of packaging waste from taxpayers to the companies that produce it.
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But, but AFFORDABILITY! It’s Trump’s fault!
The system is securely rigged in California, same as it is my my state, Massachusetts.
They made sure of that.
Excellent news...
CA residents made their own beds, and now they can sleep in them forever...
That is, if they haven’t burned them down too...
“Idiocy supreme reigns in CA”
Maybe it’s planned.
Only the rich and famous will be able to afford to live there.
The other classes will leave.
Landfills are now funded by the local and regional refuse collection...our garbage bill. While often private, that’s their source of revenue.
Somehow these do-gooders think that moving the revenue collection from the consumers left pocket (garbage bill), to their right (higher production cost), somehow makes a positive change.
Maybe...if you want to stick it to the man lol
“The measure aims to reduce landfill waste by making manufacturers financially responsible for the packaging they sell after it is thrown away.”
That does not make a bit of sense. Just how is that supposed to be accomplished?
Grusome Nusome will find a way to tax people leaving CA.
California residents deserve in spades the misery coming to them as they voted for this...
I’d like to see the do gooders go live life in the wild for awhile. I think many would change their tune real quick - especially if they had to start naked and make their own clothes with winter coming.
Well if you live in a Blue State then you have two choices, pay up and keep paying till it bankrupts you or leave....I doubt any fool who lives there will change and stop it..
On a side note, invest in #ADUR.
There must be something in the water or air in that state that’s messing with their brains.
What’s wrong with this picture?!
Unfortunately.
They come back and blow the door off with something even stupider.
I’m truly surprised they haven’t seceded from the United States at this point.
.... because companies that have government-mandated expenses NEVER pass those costs on to consumers....
....y'see....
Just like New York.
Interesting, someone who knew bought a LOT of ADUR on 7-8-26 before this announcment was made. Now, it’s too late. Whoever buys now will be a bagholder.
Then again, on 7-9-26 at 10:06 a.m., someone bought a boatload more of it. Hmm...thanks for the advice. lolol.
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