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IN SB0386
Bill
Status
1/12/2016
Primary Sponsor
Mark Stoops
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AI Summary
Senate Bill 386 Summary
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Requires all product producers generating waste packaging or printed paper in Indiana to register with the Department of Environmental Management and submit approved recycling program plans by June 30, 2018.
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Producers must achieve a 50% recycling rate by July 1, 2022, and 60% by July 1, 2025, with plans including collection methods, financing structures, and recycling targets for specific material types and commodities.
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Exempts producers with less than $250,000 in gross Indiana sales annually; producers with $250,000-$500,000 in sales must pay up to $750 annually to a recycling organization but face no other requirements.
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Producers acting individually or jointly in approved programs are immune from antitrust liability and must solicit stakeholder input on plans, which require biennial updates starting July 1, 2020.
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Violating the requirement to participate in an approved recycling program after June 30, 2018, constitutes a Level 6 felony; an injured producer may pursue private legal action against non-compliant competitors.
Legislative Description
Producer recycling of waste packaging and paper. Requires every producer of a product or material that results in waste packaging or waste printed paper to register with the department of environmental management (department) and, either singly or jointly with one or more other producers, to submit to the department for approval a producer recycling program plan under which the producer or group of producers will provide for or finance the recycling of packaging and printed paper. Provides that a proposed producer recycling program plan must include a description of the methods by which packaging and printed paper will be collected
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs
1/12/2016