1. (a) Certified processors shall inspect each load of containers, subject to the Act, delivered to the processor, for which refund value is claimed, to determine whether the load is eligible for any refund value and, if so, to determine whether the load is segregated or commingled, as follows:

   1. (1) For any load delivered to a processor from a dropoff or collection program, community service program, curbside program, dealer cooperative, or recycling center, each processor taking delivery of the material shall visually inspect each load of material by monitoring the unloading and/or conveyor process to determine eligibility and whether the load is segregated or commingled.
2. (b) In addition to the requirements of section 2110, a load of aluminum material shall be deemed not eligible for any refund value if there are pieces of broken, densified bales or biscuits of aluminum beverage containers within the load. This does not include cans which have merely been flattened. A load of plastic material shall be deemed not eligible for any refund value, if pieces of bales of plastic are found in the load.
3. (c) Once eligibility is determined, payment shall be calculated pursuant to section 2430.
4. (d) All out-of-state material, whether labeled with the message required in section 14561 of the Act or not, and all rejected and line breakage containers are not eligible for any refund value payments.
5. (e) Notwithstanding section 2530(b)(1), a certified processor shall not inspect, weigh or receive a load of material subject to the Act from a recycling center unless and until the shipper's section of the shipping report is completed and accompanies the load of material delivered to the certified processor's site.
6. (f) All rejected, line breakage or out-of-state containers in the load, whether labeled or not with the message required in section 14561 of the Act, must be excluded from the received weight of the load.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 14530.5, 14536 and 14578.5, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 14539, 14553, 14578 and 14578.5, Public Resources Code.

History

1. Renumbering and amendment of former section 2112 to new section 2401 filed 10-7-94; operative 10-7-94 pursuant to Government Code section 11346.2(d) (Register 94, No. 40).

2. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 6-24-99; operative 7-24-99 (Register 99, No. 26).

3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (d) filed 4-16-2001 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2001, No. 16).

4. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (d) filed 3-29-2004 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2004, No. 14).

5. Amendment of subsection (d) and new subsections (e) and (f) filed 2-23-2006; operative 3-25-2006 (Register 2006, No. 8).

6. Amendment of section and Note filed 4-24-2025; operative 4-24-2025 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2025, No. 17).