Expands the bottle bill to increase redemption rates and establish a Clean Environment Fund.
This bill expands the bottle bill by setting higher redemption targets for beverage containers, increasing the refund value, and establishing a Clean Environment Fund. It mandates that 65% of containers be redeemed by 2027, 75% by 2028, 85% by 2030, and 95% by 2033. The bill also requires deposit initiators to provide universal product code barcodes for redemption program validation and mandates that the department of environmental protection review handling fees and refund values every three years.
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