CA AB837

Requires manufacturers or suppliers making environmental marketing claims about recycled content in plastic food container products to maintain written documentation supporting those claims

Documentation must verify that recycled materials were recovered from the solid waste stream during manufacturing (preconsumer) or after consumer use (postconsumer)

Requires manufacturers or suppliers to provide documentation to any member of the public upon request or via a link on their Internet website

Recycled content claims must conform with Federal Trade Commission standards for environmental marketing claims (16 C.F.R. Part 260)

Sunsets and repeals on January 1, 2018 unless extended by subsequent legislation