Guidance on Eligibility to Qualify for the Retailer Exemption from Beverage Container Redemption under 10 V.S.A. § 1523b. October 12th, 2018

The retailer exemption requirements are changing because, in 2018, the Vermont Legislature passed a bill repealing Agency of Natural Resource’s Environmental Regulation § 10-105(d) which specified that “A retailer, with the prior approval of the Secretary, may refuse to redeem beverage containers if a certified redemption center operates within a five mile radius of the retailer.”