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IN SB0326
Bill
AI Summary
SB 326 Summary
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Requires producers of products resulting in waste packaging or printed paper to register with the Department of Environmental Management after June 30, 2019, and submit approved recycling program plans for collection and recycling.
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Establishes recycling rate goals of 50% by July 1, 2023, and 60% by July 1, 2026, for all household packaging and printed paper sold in Indiana.
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Exempts producers with gross Indiana sales under $250,000 annually; producers with sales of $250,000-$500,000 must pay annual fees up to $750 to a recycling organization but face no other compliance requirements.
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Requires program plans to include collection methods, financing strategies, recycling targets for specific material types and commodities, stakeholder input, and provisions for underserved and rural communities.
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Makes it a Level 6 felony after June 30, 2019, to sell products creating packaging or printed paper waste in Indiana without participating in an approved producer recycling program.
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
1/9/2017