Goal: To address the fair concerns of MRFs and municipalities regarding financial implications of changes to material throughput.

Potential Key Elements:

1. Program addresses whether curbside programs shall be paid for collection of redeemable containers; this should be decided with a view toward maximizing quality and quantity of containers collected and actually reused or recycled
2. If payments are made directly, then protocols are necessary to determine which parties will be compensated, and clear standards are needed for amount of compensation and what they are being compensated for

Questions:

1. What changes in material flows will occur as a result of implementation of a deposit system, and what will the impact be on municipalities and MRFs?
2. What are the economic effects of the changes in material flows?
3. How can these changes be addressed?
   
   

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Goal: To ensure that the program provides redemption opportunities for beverages generated away-from-home and provides funding for litter cleanup.

Potential Key Elements:

1. Program addresses and incentivizes return of covered containers in public places
2. Program addresses and requires return of covered containers by restaurants and bars
3. Program dedicates funds for litter cleanup

Question:

Do you agree or disagree with these key elements, and why or why not?

 

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Goal: To achieve the maximum potential of high-quality recycling and environmental benefits of the program through maximizing reuse and recycling, minimizing the use of energy and greenhouse gases, and minimizing the creation of litter.

Potential Key Elements:

1. Requirement to reuse or recycle, and not landfill or incinerate
2. “Recycling” is defined
3. Recycling measurement protocol is established. Contamination and losses are accurately removed from the recycling rate totals.
4. Pollution prevention hierarchy is used; use of the most environmentally beneficial container options is encouraged (e.g., high reuse or refill rate; high postconsumer content)
5. Fees and/or rules to address disruptors to recycling process
6. Recycled content provisions with external, 3^rd party verification
7. The program is coordinated with other legislation and policy initiatives to maximize environmental outcomes and avoid conflict
8. Container Caps and labels are addressed

Question:

Do you agree or disagree with these key elements, and why or why not?

 

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