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- Referred to environmental conservation
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BILL NUMBER:A10249
Title of bill
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to authorizing and directing the commissioner of environmental conservation to establish rules and regulations for in-home reverse vending machines; and directing such commissioner to determine the best design for such in-home machines and providing for the payment of a grant to the designer or inventor thereof
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to provide for the design an use of in-home reverse vending machines for beverage containers.
Summary of specific provisions
"In-home reverse vending machine" means a reverse vending machine placed in the residence or business of a consumer which issues a scrip or receipt to such consumer for the refund value of all beverage containers to be paid by a redemption center.
Terms of contracts providing for the payment by redemption centers of the refund value of beverage containers deposited in in-home reverse vending machines and the collection of such deposited containers by redemption centers.
The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulation governing the design, operation and availability of in-home reverse vending machines. Furthermore, the commissioner shall submit to the legislature such legislative proposals as he or she shall deem necessary for the regu- lation and use of in-home reverse vending machines.
Justification
Under the current bottle bill law, consumers are required to pay a five cent deposit on most beverage and water bottles and would receive that deposit back once the used bottle was returned for recycl- ing.
Consumers usually accumulate large quantities of empty bottles and even- tually return them to a beverage bottle recycling center or machine. In many cases, the consumers experience in returning these bottles can be very difficult at the least.
Redemption centers usually close early, refuse to accept bottles that the vendor does not sell, machines that are full or broken encourage consumers to dispose of their empty bottles into the water stream rather than recycle them. Unredeemed bottle funds then either go to the Envi- ronmental Protection Fund (EPF) or in many cases the states general fund. The clear intent of the current law is to encourage consumers to recycle their beverage bottles rather than throw them in the garbage.
The purpose of this bill is to provide a one-time grant to the company that provides the best design and implementation plan for a smaller scale in-home bottle recycling machine that shreds used bottles and records the deposits on an electronic smart card for later redemption of the shredded materials and deposit fees.
Beverage manufacturer and recycling center operating costs will be reduced as the number of in-home machines increase and become less dependent on current traditional recycling facilities.
Prior legislative history
None
Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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