THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1049

TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to electronic waste recycling.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 339D-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

     "(c)  By June 1, 2009, and annually thereafter, each electronic device manufacturer shall submit a plan to the department to establish, conduct, and manage a program for the collection, transportation, and recycling of its covered electronic devices sold in the State, which shall be subject to the following conditions:

     (1)  The plan shall not permit the charging of a fee at the point of recycling if the covered electronic device is brought by the covered electronic device owner to a central location for recycling; provided that the plan may include a reasonable transportation fee if the electronic device manufacturer or electronic device manufacturer's agent removes the covered electronic device from the owner's premises at the owner's request and if the removal is not in conjunction with delivery of a new electronic device to the owner; [and]

     (2)  The plan shall not provide the owner of a covered electronic device with only a mail-back option to return the covered electronic device to the electronic device manufacturer for recycling; and

    [(2)] (3)  Each electronic device manufacturer may develop its own recycling program or may collaborate with other electronic device manufacturers, so long as the program is implemented and fully operational no later than January 1, 2010."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2016.

 

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Report Title:

Electronic Waste; Recycling; Prohibition

 

Description:

Prohibits an electronic device manufacturer's recycling plan from providing an electronic device owner with only a mail-back option to return a covered electronic device to the electronic manufacturer for recycling.  Takes effect on 1/1/2016.

 

 

 

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