California packaging EPR fees for 2027, by material

What CAA says about the 2027 schedule

• Preliminary and non-binding. In CAA's words: "California 2027 fee rates remain preliminary pending regulatory approval of the California program plan and should be considered non-binding until that process is complete."
• Invoice timing. "In 2027, producers will receive two invoices for their annual fees: 50% in January and 50% in July. Each invoice will show fees by material category. Additionally, producers will receive one invoice for the PPMF portion in January."
• Eco-modulation is already in the rates. "The 2027 fee rates include the passive eco-modulation factors." CAA lists two: a 5% bonus (−5%) "for materials that have higher recycling rate than 2028 target" and a 5% malus (+5%) "for materials that are both non-recyclable and not compostable".
• Where the money goes. CAA says 59¢ of every $1 in California producer fees funds regulatory costs, of which 49¢ is the PPMF, 5¢ CalRecycle and 5¢ the closure and transfer fund; 29¢ funds the core program.

How to read the columns

• Code and reporting category are CAA's California reporting categories. Codes ending in N are "w/o plastic component" (27 categories); codes ending in P are "w/plastic component" (68 categories). Plastic categories exist only in the P form.
• Base fee is in dollars per pound ("Total Base Fees, $/lb" in the PDF).
• Reuse investment ($0.03) and PPMF weight ($0.26) are in dollars per pound of plastic components; PPMF component ($0.001) is in dollars per plastic component. These are the PDF's own column units, and they're the same for every P category.
• PPMF is SB 54's California Plastic Pollution Mitigation Fund. From 2027 the law requires a producer responsibility organization to pay $500 million a year into it, and to charge its producers based on their "market share of plastic covered material, accounting for both number of plastic components and weight" (Public Resources Code 42064). That is why there is both a per-pound and a per-component PPMF rate.

This page doesn't estimate anyone's fees and doesn't say which category your packaging belongs in. Category definitions come from CalRecycle's covered material categories list and CAA's guidance; see our material categories guide. Your invoice, not this table, is what you owe.

The 2027 rates, by material class

Transcribed from CAA's PDF, originally published October 1, 2026, and checked row by row against it on October 4, 2026. "—" means the PDF lists no such fee for that category.

Before you use these numbers

• Under $1 million in California sales? You may qualify for the small producer exemption, but it isn't automatic: you have to apply. See California SB 54 small producer exemption: who qualifies and how to apply.
• Fees are based on what you report. CAA's schedule says fees "reflect producer-reported supply data". For what the annual report asks for and when, see The CAA Annual Supply Report in 2027.
• Rates can change. CAA calls them preliminary until the program plan is approved. Check the PDF for the current version.

Sources

• Circular Action Alliance: 2027 California Producer Fees Schedule (PDF), originally published October 1, 2026
• Circular Action Alliance: California
• California Public Resources Code: section 42064 (California Plastic Pollution Mitigation Fund)
• CalRecycle: SB 54 covered material categories list

General information, not legal advice. Rules change; we re-verify each season.