Assemblymember Tasha Boerner (D-Encinitas) introduced new legislation to protect consumers from deceptive recycled content claims. AB 2253, sponsored by Californians Against Waste, would prohibit plastic and consumer product companies from using misleading recycled content “credit” schemes and other accounting gimmicks that allow them to advertise recycled content even when none is physically present in the product, undermining consumers’ efforts to make environmentally responsible choices.