The California Covered Battery-Embedded (CBE) Waste Recycling Fee must be charged for certain types of new and refurbished electronic products that contain embedded batteries. This applies to all eligible products sold or leased to Californian customers.

You are responsible for ensuring that you understand and follow applicable regulations and are responsible for any non-compliance. Information in this article is intended to provide general information, not legal advice. To determine specific requirements and best practices for your business, consult with your legal counsel or the Covered Electronic Waste Recycling Fees Guide provided by the government of California.

You can turn on collecting the CBE Recycling Fee at checkout in your (E-Series) online store after:

1. Activating the CBE Recycling Fee collection option in your online store.
2. Turning on fee collection for products that are eligible for the CBE Recycling Fee.

The CBE Recycling Fee will be charged at a rate of 1.5% per product, capped at $15 per item, and is not subject to the sales tax.

Before you start collecting the fee, you may need to register for a CBE waste recycling fee account through the CDTFA online portal and then remit the fee to the CDTFA. Consult with a legal professional and the product's manufacturer if you have any questions about charging the CBE fee or determining which products are eligible for collecting the fee.

Activating CBE Recycling Fee collection in your store

To enable CBE fee collection in your eCom store:

1. Navigate to Online > Overview > Go to eCom to open the eCom admin.
2. From your eCom admin, navigate to Settings > Taxes.

3. Toggle on California’s Covered Battery Embedded (CBE) Waste Recycling Fee.

   

4. The changes will be autosaved. 

Next, you must apply the CBE Recycling Fee collection to eligible products. 

The fee will only be collected at checkout on items where the CBE Recycling Fee collection was applied.

Applying the CBE Recycling Fee collection to eligible products

To apply the CBE Recycling Fee for a product:

1. Navigate to Online > Overview > Go to eCom to open the eCom admin.
2. From your eCom admin, navigate to Catalog > Products.
3. Open the product you want to edit.
4. Click the Taxes & Fees tab.

5. Toggle on Charge California’s Covered Battery Embedded (CBE) Waste Recycling Fee at checkout.

   

6. Save the changes.

Now, the CBE Recycling Fee will be applied to the product at checkout in your online store for eligible customers. The fee will be charged at a rate of 1.5% of the product price, with a maximum of $15 per item. Information on the applied CBE Recycling Fee will appear as a separate line item in eCom's customer order notifications and invoices.

Applying the CBE Recycling Fee collection in bulk

To manage the CBE Recycling Fee collection for several products at once, use the Mass Update option:

1. Navigate to Catalog > Products in your eCom admin.
2. Check the boxes of the products you want to update to select them.
3. Click Mass Update > Taxes & Fees > Manage CBE Recycling Fee.