STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1083

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   S.B. No. 1049

      S.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 1049, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to promote electronic waste recycling by:

(1)  Prohibiting the approval of an electronic device manufacturer's recycling plan that provides only a  mail-back option to return a covered electronic device to the manufacturer for recycling; and

(2)  Authorizing the approval of the recycling plan of an electronic device manufacturer of exclusively mobile covered electronic devices whose products are voluntarily accepted at no charge by at least fifty retail locations in the State if the recycling plan documents these locations.

The Department of Health, Consumer Electronics Association, Ulupono Initiative, Hawaii Green Growth, and two individuals supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1049, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair