CA AB2779

Prohibits retailers from selling or offering for sale single-use plastic beverage containers with caps that are not tethered to or contiguously affixed to the container, effective January 1, 2022, for water beverages.

Requires that beverage container caps either be physically tethered to prevent separation when removed or include an opening that allows consumption while the cap remains affixed to the container.

Defines "small bottler" as a company manufacturing beverages in plastic containers with less than a specified amount of annual sales and employees, though specific thresholds are not filled in the amended text.

Exempts beverage containers manufactured by small bottlers from the cap attachment requirements.

Applies to plastic beverage containers of one liter or less sold in California and does not include cups or loosely sealed receptacles.