Producer Guidance California
Producer guidance pages on the CAA website are soon to be retired. As CAA prepares this transition, this page no longer hosts all CAA guidance documents. Please find all available documents in the "Guidance and Tools" section of the Producer Portal.
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California Reporting Guidance
The following documents are available to producers to support them in preparing and submitting their reports:
Definition of Producer for California “Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act"
Revised: September 2025
This guidance is based on California’s “Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act”, and helps producers determine if they are an obligated producer in California. Producers should consider whether they meet the definition of a producer based on the text from the Draft Regulation.
Covered Materials and Producer Definitions: California
Revised: September 2025
The information provided in this publication outlines statutory and draft regulatory language on covered materials definitions (i.e., packaging and food serviceware) as well as producer and covered material exclusions and exemptions, respectively. Circular Action Alliance (CAA) is providing the following detailed information for California.
Preparing to Report Your California Supply Data
Published: September 2025
This guidance document will provide producers with a comprehensive overview of the information and data required for reporting to CAA in California. Producers must submit both qualitative and quantitative data related to their business or organization and the packaging and paper products supplied to the market in the relevant data year associated with the annual producer report
California 2026 Annual Supply Report Preparation Workbook
This document is an offline, Excel-based Report Preparation Workbook that mirrors the California Producer Portal screens and helps producers gather the information required for reporting supply data in the Portal. This document will support producers in getting ready to report before and during logging into the Portal.
California Baseline Report Preparation Workbook
This document is an offline, Excel-based Report Preparation Workbook that mirrors the California Producer Portal screens and will assist producers in assembling the information required to submit the California Baseline Producer Report (2023 Data) on the CAA portal.
California Source Reduction Guidance
California Individual Source Reduction Plan Producer Guidance
Revised: March 2026
This guidance explains the source reduction targets CAA and producers must meet under SB 54. It instructs producers how to complete an Individual Source Reduction (ISR) Plan - one of the major source reduction reporting requirements in 2026 - including how to fill out the associated ISR Plan workbook.
California Individual Source Reduction Plan Workbook
Revised: March 2026
This workbook is a tool designed to help producers prepare their Individual Source Reduction (ISR) Plan, due in 2026. It walks producers through CAA’s source reduction calculation methodology and shows how to complete each section of the ISR Plan workbook using producer data.
CalRecycle Guidance
CalRecycle provides the following documents to producers to support them in preparing and submitting their reports: