CA. Carpet Stewardship Advisory Committee Holds 1st Meeting

Dalton, GA, January 25, 2018-The first meeting of the newly formed California Carpet Stewardship Program Advisory Committee took place on January 11 in Sacramento, California.

CARE executive director Bob Peoples and California program director Jacy Bolden attended. The committee is required to operate under the Bagley Keene Act, and all meetings are open to the public; see the CalRecycle website for all notices of future meetings and calls. The Committee elected Rachel Palopoli of Planet Recycling as chair.

The committee received the draft CARE 5 Year Plan ahead of the meeting, and will be returning comments by early February. CARE will review the comments and respond, and plans to submit the final Plan to CalRecycle on March 16 as requested.

The committee was formed as a result of the passage of AB 1158, the law enacted in 2017 that modifies AB 2398. Advisory Committee activities are documented on CalRecycle's website.