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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 455D.22 WHITE GOODS.
1 2 1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
1 3 requires:
1 4 a. "White good" means a major household appliance
1 5 including a refrigerator, stove, oven, freezer, dishwasher,
1 6 clothes washer, clothes dryer, and microwave oven.
1 7 b. "Discarded white good" means a white good that will no
1 8 longer be used for its originally intended purpose.
1 9 2. Land disposal of white goods is prohibited.
1 10 3. A retailer that sells a new white good shall charge a
1 11 per unit recycling fee at the time of sale of the white good
1 12 and shall, upon delivery and at no cost to the consumer, offer
1 13 to transfer a discarded white good to an approved collection
1 14 site or a permitted white goods recycler. The per unit
1 15 recycling fee shall be determined by the department and shall
1 16 be based on the cost of handling, transferring, and recycling
1 17 a discarded white good. The per unit recycling fee may
1 18 include an administrative charge. The per unit recycling fee
1 19 may be different for different types of white goods.
1 20 4. A discarded white good shall be taken to an approved
1 21 collection site or a permitted white goods recycler. The
1 22 operator of an approved collection site may temporarily store
1 23 a discarded white good until the discarded white good is
1 24 transferred to a permitted white goods recycler.
1 25 5. The recycling fee charged by the retailer at the point
1 26 of sale shall be remitted to the department. Fifty cents of
1 27 each recycling fee shall be deposited in the white goods
1 28 recycling alternatives account of the groundwater protection
1 29 fund under section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph "f". The
1 30 remaining moneys shall be deposited in the white goods account
1 31 of the groundwater protection fund under section 455E.11,
1 32 subsection 2, paragraph "g".
1 33 6. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
1 34 17A to administer this section.
1 35 Sec. 2. Section 455E.11, subsection 2, Code 2001, is
2 1 amended by adding the following new paragraphs:
2 2 NEW PARAGRAPH. f. A white goods recycling alternatives
2 3 account. Fifty cents of each recycling fee received from a
2 4 retailer pursuant to section 455D.22 shall be deposited in the
2 5 white goods recycling alternatives account. Moneys in the
2 6 account shall be used by the department to develop and
2 7 implement demonstration projects related to the recycling of
2 8 white goods.
2 9 NEW PARAGRAPH. g. A white goods recycling account. After
2 10 fifty cents is deposited in the white goods recycling
2 11 alternatives account under paragraph "f", all remaining moneys
2 12 from recycling fees received from a retailer pursuant to
2 13 section 455D.22 shall be deposited in the white goods
2 14 recycling account. Moneys in the account shall be distributed
2 15 to a permitted white goods recycler on a per unit basis based
2 16 on the type of white good accepted by the recycler. By the
2 17 seventh day of each month, a permitted white goods recycler
2 18 shall submit a report to the department detailing the number
2 19 and type of white goods accepted by the recycler during the
2 20 previous month.
2 21 EXPLANATION
2 22 This bill relates to the land disposal and recycling of
2 23 white goods.
2 24 The bill prohibits land disposal of white goods. The bill
2 25 provides that "white goods" means a major household appliance
2 26 including a refrigerator, stove, oven, freezer, dishwasher,
2 27 clothes washer, clothes dryer, and microwave oven.
2 28 The bill provides that a retailer selling a new white good
2 29 shall charge a per unit recycling fee, determined by the
2 30 department of natural resources, at the time of sale of the
2 31 white good and shall, upon delivery and at no cost to the
2 32 consumer, offer to transfer a discarded white good to an
2 33 approved collection site or a permitted white goods recycler.
2 34 The bill provides that the recycling fee shall be based on the
2 35 cost of handling, transferring, and recycling a discarded
3 1 white good, and may include an administrative charge.
3 2 The bill provides that a discarded white good shall be
3 3 taken to an approved collection site or a permitted white
3 4 goods recycler.
3 5 The bill provides that the recycling fee shall be remitted
3 6 to the department. The bill provides that 50 cents of the
3 7 recycling fee shall be deposited in the white goods recycling
3 8 alternatives account of the groundwater protection fund. The
3 9 bill provides that moneys in the white goods recycling
3 10 alternatives account shall be used by the department to
3 11 develop and implement demonstration projects related to the
3 12 recycling of white goods.
3 13 The bill provides that the remaining moneys from recycling
3 14 fees shall be deposited in the white goods recycling account.
3 15 The bill provides that moneys in the account shall be
3 16 distributed to a permitted white goods recycler on a per unit
3 17 basis based on the type of white good accepted by the
3 18 recycler.
3 19 LSB 3142HV 79
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