What is CRV?

Consumers pay California Redemption Value (CRV) when they purchase beverages from a retailer, and receive CRV refunds when they redeem the containers at a recycling center. CRV is included in your subtotal as it is a taxable, however it does not qualify towards the minimum purchase of coupons. Effective 1/1/2024 Adds distilled spirits in aluminum, glass, plastic or bimetal containers. Adds wine, or wine from which alcohol has been removed, in whole or in part, whether or not sparkling or carbonated, in aluminum, glass, plastic or bimetal containers. Adds wine or distilled spirits contained in a box, bladder, or pouch, or similar beverage container, regardless of the beverage container’s material type. (PRC 14504.) Removes the alcohol by volume content of not more than 7% for “wine and distilled spirit cooler” CRV beverages. (PRC 14528.5.) A beverage container that is a box, bladder, or pouch, or similar container, containing wine or distilled spirits has a redemption payment and refund value of twenty-five cents ($0.25). (PRC 14560.) Establishes, until January 1, 2026, a processing fee equivalent to the processing fee applied to HDPE beverage containers to a beverage container that is a box, bladder, or pouch, or similar container, containing wine or distilled spirits. (PRC 14575.) For wine and distilled spirits contained in a beverage container that is a box, bladder, or pouch, or similar container subject to the plastic minimum content standard requirement, grants these containers two additional years to comply with the minimum content standard schedule applicable to plastic beverage containers. (PRC 14547.) For more information, please visit CalRecycle