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OR Rev Stat § 459A.737 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459A - Reuse and Recycling|Section 459A.737 - Full-service redemption centers; registration; fees; rules.

(1) Pursuant to the provisions of ORS 459A.735, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission: (a) Shall approve one full-service redemption center in a city having a population of less than 300,000, operated by a distributor cooperative serving a majority of the dealers in this state; and (b) May approve one or more additional full-service redemption centers. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 459A.700 to 459A.744, a full-service redemption center: (a) May not refuse to accept and to pay the refund value of up to 350 individual empty beverage containers, as established by ORS 459A.705, returned by any one person during one day; (b) Must provide hand counting of up to 50 individual empty beverage containers returned by any one person during one day for the refund value established by ORS 459A.705; (c) May provide drop off service for at least 125 individual empty beverage containers returned by any one person during one day for the refund value established by ORS 459A.705, and may provide an accounting mechanism by which the person may redeem the refund value of the beverage containers at a later date; and (d) May provide other services as determined necessary by the person responsible for the operation of the full-service redemption center. (3)(a) By July 1 of each calendar year, a person responsible for the operation of one or more full-service redemption centers shall register with the commission, for a period to cover the upcoming year, on a form provided by the commission. The registration shall include: (A) A list of each full-service redemption center that the person is responsible for operating during the upcoming year and the address of each full-service redemption center; and (B) Any other information required by the commission to process the registration. (b)(A) Each person responsible for the operation of one or more full-service redemption centers shall pay an annual registration fee to the commission. The fee shall be paid at the time of registration under paragraph (a) of this subsection. The registration fee shall be $3,000 for each full-service redemption center that the person is responsible for operating. (B) The registration fee established by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph does not apply to the operation of a dealer redemption center. (c) Fees collected by the commission under this subsection shall be deposited in the Bottle Bill Fund established under ORS 459A.744. (4) The commission may adopt all rules necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this section and ORS 459A.738 and 459A.741. [2011 c.277 §5; 2013 c.106 §2; 2015 c.724 §2; 2019 c.279 §7; 2019 c.366 §§6,6a; 2021 c.351 §32]
OR Rev Stat § 459A.739 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459A - Reuse and Recycling|Section 459A.739

[2015 c.724 §4; 2019 c.13 §51; renumbered 459A.742 in 2019]
OR Rev Stat § 459A.740 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459A - Reuse and Recycling|Section 459A.740

[Formerly 459.890; renumbered 459A.743 in 2019]
OR Rev Stat § 459A.741 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459A - Reuse and Recycling|Section 459A.741 - Dealer redemption centers.

(1) Any person may establish a dealer redemption center to serve one or more dealers doing business in an area that is not part of a convenience zone specified by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission under ORS 459A.738. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 459A.700 to 459A.744, a dealer redemption center must: (a) Provide secure drop off service at no charge for empty beverage containers to be returned by any person for the refund value established by ORS 459A.705 in a bag or other bulk return container sold for that purpose; (b) Provide an accounting mechanism by which a person may redeem the refund value of beverage containers returned in bulk either immediately in cash from a dealer participating in the dealer redemption center or no later than one week after the beverage containers are dropped off; (c) Be serviced by a distributor cooperative for purposes of transporting and processing redeemed beverage containers; (d) Be available for persons to return beverage containers to the dealer redemption center during any time that a participating dealer is open between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.; and (e) Be of a sufficient capacity to provide convenient service to the public as the commission may determine. (3) A dealer redemption center may provide services other than those specified in subsection (2) of this section as determined necessary by the person responsible for operation of the dealer redemption center. (4) A distributor cooperative that services dealer redemption centers shall: (a) Provide notice to the commission no later than 14 days after the date that a dealer redemption center: (A) Begins providing drop off service to persons for the return of empty beverage containers; or (B) Ceases operations; and (b) Annually provide to the commission the names and addresses of the dealers served by all dealer redemption centers serviced by the distributor cooperative, and such additional information as the commission may require. (5)(a) A dealer that participates in, is served by and pays the cost of participation in a dealer redemption center may, notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 459A.700 to 459A.744, refuse to accept and to pay the refund value of more than 24 individual empty beverage containers returned by any one person during one day. (b) If a dealer redemption center is established in a city having a population of less than 10,000 people, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission shall specify a dealer redemption center convenience zone. The dealer redemption center convenience zone shall be the sector within a radius of not more than one mile around the dealer redemption center. Any dealer doing business within a dealer redemption center convenience zone may participate in, be served by and pay the cost of participation in the dealer redemption center and receive the benefit provided for in paragraph (a) of this subsection. [2019 c.279 §3; 2021 c.351 §34]
OR Rev Stat § 459A.742 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459A - Reuse and Recycling|Section 459A.742 - Inspection authority.

In addition to the authority granted under ORS 459.992, inspectors and investigators employed by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission have authority to inspect any space occupied by a dealer for compliance with ORS 459A.738. [Formerly 459A.739; 2021 c.351 §35]
OR Rev Stat § 459A.743 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459A - Reuse and Recycling|Section 459A.743 - Certification and withdrawal procedures.

The procedures for certification or withdrawal provided for in ORS 459A.725 to 459A.735 shall be in accordance with ORS chapter 183. [Formerly 459A.740]
OR Rev Stat § 459A.744 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459A - Reuse and Recycling|Section 459A.744 - Bottle Bill Fund.

The Bottle Bill Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Bottle Bill Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission and may be used to pay the costs of the commission in carrying out the duties of the commission under ORS 459A.700 to 459A.744. [2019 c.366 §8; 2021 c.351 §36]
OR Rev Stat § 459A.750 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459A - Reuse and Recycling|Section 459A.750 - Recycling and waste reduction component of curriculum; teacher’s guide; informational materials.

(1) By January 1, 1995, the Department of Education, in cooperation with the Department of Environmental Quality, shall integrate a recycling and waste reduction component into a required curriculum for all Oregon students in grades kindergarten through 12. (2) The Department of Environmental Quality, in cooperation with the Department of Education, as appropriate in paragraphs (a) and (c) of this subsection, shall provide statewide promotion, education and technical assistance to local government units and schools in each wasteshed to increase participation in recycling. The assistance provided shall include but need not be limited to: (a) Developing a current teacher’s guide which shall be supplied to every school in the state for use in complying with this section. The Department of Environmental Quality shall update, revise and replace the teacher’s guide at least once every four years as necessary to keep the teacher’s guide current and effective. The teacher’s guide also shall be available to local government units and recycling educators upon request. The Department of Environmental Quality shall participate each year as requested in teacher in-service workshops to present and facilitate use of the teacher’s guide. (b) Providing professionally produced informational materials including but not limited to camera-ready art and recycling and waste reduction copy for use by local government units, schools or recycling educators in each wasteshed for public information correspondence, brochures, flyers, newsletters and news releases, camera-ready newspaper public service advertisements and two annual workshops on recycling and waste reduction education and promotion, one to be held within and one to be held outside, the Portland metropolitan area. The Department of Environmental Quality shall revise the material annually to keep the information presented current and effective. (c) Providing professionally produced instructional audiovisual materials to each school in the state to be used as part of the school’s recycling and waste reduction education component. The audiovisual materials shall be appropriate to the grade level of the school to which they are supplied and shall be reviewed every two years and updated as necessary to keep the information presented current and effective. The materials also shall be available to local government units and recycling educators upon request. [1991 c.385 §35; 1993 c.560 §101] Note: 459A.750 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 459A or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 459A.755 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459A - Reuse and Recycling|Section 459A.755 - Definitions.

As used in this section and ORS 459A.757 and 459A.759: (1) "Garment bag" means a large bag that incorporates a hanger on which garments may be hung to prevent wrinkling during travel or storage. (2) "Local provision" means a charter provision, ordinance, resolution or other provision adopted by a city, county or other local government, as defined in ORS 174.116. (3) "Nonwood renewable fiber" means plant-based fiber other than fiber derived from a tree. (4) "Recycled paper checkout bag" means a paper bag that contains: (a) At least 40 percent post-consumer recycled fiber; (b) At least 40 percent nonwood renewable fiber; or (c) A combination of post-consumer recycled fiber and nonwood renewable fiber that totals at least 40 percent. (5) "Restaurant" means an establishment where the primary business is the preparation of food or drink: (a) For consumption by the public; (b) In a form or quantity that is consumable then and there, whether or not it is consumed within the confines of the place where prepared; or (c) In consumable form for consumption outside the place where prepared. (6) "Retail establishment" means a store that sells or offers for sale goods at retail and that is not a restaurant. (7) "Reusable fabric checkout bag" means a bag with handles that is specifically designed and manufactured for multiple reuse and is made of cloth or other machine-washable fabric. (8) "Reusable plastic checkout bag" means a bag with handles that is specifically designed and manufactured for multiple reuse and is made of durable plastic that is at least four mils thick. (9)(a) "Single-use checkout bag" means a bag made of paper, plastic or any other material that is provided by a retail establishment to a customer at the time of checkout, and that is not a recycled paper checkout bag, a reusable fabric checkout bag or a reusable plastic checkout bag. (b) "Single-use checkout bag" does not mean: (A) A bag that is provided by a retail establishment to a customer at a time other than the time of checkout, including but not limited to bags provided to: (i) Package bulk items such as fruit, vegetables, nuts, grains, greeting cards or small hardware items, including nails, bolts or screws; (ii) Contain or wrap frozen food, meat, fish, flowers, a potted plant or another item for the purpose of addressing dampness or sanitation; (iii) Contain unwrapped prepared food or a bakery good; or (iv) Contain a prescription drug; (B) A newspaper bag, door hanger bag, garment bag, laundry bag or dry cleaning bag; or (C) A bag sold in a package containing multiple bags for uses such as food storage, garbage containment or pet waste collection. [2019 c.434 §1; 2021 c.28 §1] Note: 459A.755 to 459A.759 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 459A or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 459A.757 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459A - Reuse and Recycling|Section 459A.757 - Prohibition on provision of certain checkout bags; exceptions.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a retail establishment may not provide: (a) Single-use checkout bags to customers. (b) Recycled paper checkout bags, reusable fabric checkout bags or reusable plastic checkout bags to customers unless the retail establishment charges not less than five cents for each recycled paper checkout bag, reusable fabric checkout bag or reusable plastic checkout bag. (2) A retail establishment may provide: (a) Reusable fabric checkout bags at no cost to customers as a promotion on 12 or fewer days in a calendar year. (b) Recycled paper checkout bags or reusable plastic checkout bags at no cost to customers who: (A) Use a voucher issued under the Women, Infants and Children Program established under ORS 413.500. (B) Use an electronic benefits transfer card issued by the Department of Human Services. (3) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, a restaurant may not provide: (a) Single-use checkout bags to customers. (b) Reusable plastic checkout bags to customers unless the restaurant charges not less than five cents for each reusable plastic checkout bag. (4) A restaurant may provide: (a) Recycled paper checkout bags at no cost to customers. (b) Reusable plastic checkout bags at no cost to customers who use an electronic benefits transfer card issued by the Department of Human Services. [2019 c.434 §2] Note: See note under 459A.755.
OR Rev Stat § 459A.759 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459A - Reuse and Recycling|Section 459A.759 - State preemption of certain local provisions.

To prohibit or limit the use of recycled paper checkout bags, reusable fabric checkout bags, reusable plastic checkout bags or single-use checkout bags by a restaurant or retail establishment, a city, county or other local government, as defined in ORS 174.116: (1) May adopt a local provision that establishes definitions, requirements and restrictions that are identical to the definitions, requirements and restrictions established by ORS 459A.755 and 459A.757. (2) May amend a local provision that was in effect before January 1, 2020, so the local provision establishes definitions, requirements and restrictions that are identical to the definitions, requirements and restrictions established by ORS 459A.755 and 459A.757. (3) May adopt, amend or enforce a local provision to impose a penalty other than the penalty established by ORS 459.993. A restaurant or retail establishment may be charged with a violation under either the local provision or ORS 459.993, but not both. (4) May not adopt or enforce a local provision that establishes definitions, requirements or restrictions that are not identical to the definitions, requirements and restrictions established by ORS 459A.755 and 459A.757. (5) Notwithstanding subsection (4) of this section, may adopt, amend or enforce a local provision to require a restaurant or retail establishment to charge a fee of more than five cents under provisions otherwise identical to ORS 459A.757 (1)(b) and (3)(b). [2019 c.434 §3] Note: Sections 5 and 6, chapter 434, Oregon Laws 2019, provide: Sec. 5. (1) The Department of Environmental Quality shall produce a report on the impacts of sections 2 [459A.757] and 3 [459A.759] of this 2019 Act that assesses, in retail establishments that primarily sell groceries: (a) Collection of the fee described in section 2 (1)(b) of this 2019 Act; and (b) Customers’ use of recycled paper checkout bags, reusable fabric checkout bags and reusable plastic checkout bags. (2) No later than September 15, 2024, retail establishments that primarily sell groceries shall provide to the department the information described in subsection (1) of this section. (3) No later than September 15, 2025, the department shall submit the report described in subsection (1) of this section, in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to the environment. [2019 c.434 §5] Sec. 6. Section 5 of this 2019 Act is repealed on December 31, 2025. [2019 c.434 §6] Note: See note under 459A.755.
OR Rev Stat § 459A.775 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459A - Reuse and Recycling|Section 459A.775 - "State agency" defined.

As used in ORS 459A.775 to 459A.785, "state agency" means any state officer, department, board, commission or court created by the Constitution or statutes of this state, including the Legislative Assembly, its committees, officers and employees. [Formerly 468.967] Note: 459A.775 to 459A.785 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 459A or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 459A.780 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459A - Reuse and Recycling|Section 459A.780 - Prohibition against purchase or use of nonbiodegradable and nonrecyclable food packaging; exemptions.

(1) A state agency may not purchase any product to be used for packaging food if the product is composed of material that is not either biodegradable or recyclable through an existing effective recycling program. (2) A vendor who leases space from a state agency shall not sell food in, or use for food packaging, any product containing or composed of material that is not either biodegradable or recyclable through an existing, effective recycling program. (3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) of this section, the Environmental Quality Commission may exempt specific products from the requirements of subsections (1) and (2) of this section if the applicant for the exemption demonstrates: (a) There is no acceptable alternative for the product; and (b) Compliance with the conditions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section would cause undue hardship. [Formerly 468.968] Note: See note under 459A.775.
OR Rev Stat § 459A.785 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459A - Reuse and Recycling|Section 459A.785 - Effective recycling program; standards for determining.

The Department of Environmental Quality shall establish percentages of plastic material that must be recycled before a recycling program is considered an effective recycling program. In establishing the percentages the department: (1) Shall establish percentages for each different type of plastic resin; (2) Shall require that at least 15 percent of each plastic resin type be recycled statewide in 1992; and (3) May not establish a required percentage of more than 75 percent before December 31, 1999. [Formerly 468.969] Note: See note under 459A.775.
OR Rev Stat § 459A.820 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459A - Reuse and Recycling|Section 459A.820 - Findings.

The Legislative Assembly finds that it is in the best interest of this state for architectural paint manufacturers to finance and manage an environmentally sound, cost-effective architectural paint stewardship program, undertaking responsibility for the development and implementation of strategies to reduce the generation of post-consumer architectural paint, promote the reuse of post-consumer architectural paint and collect, transport and process post-consumer architectural paint for end-of-product-life management, including reuse, recycling, energy recovery and disposal. [2009 c.777 §1; 2015 c.27 §50] Note: 459A.820 to 459A.855 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 459A or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 459A.825 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459A - Reuse and Recycling|Section 459A.825 - Participation in architectural paint stewardship program.

(1) A producer or retailer may not sell or offer for sale architectural paint to any person in this state unless the producer is participating in an approved statewide architectural paint stewardship program organized by a stewardship organization. A retailer is in compliance with this subsection if, on the date the architectural paint was ordered from the producer or its agent, the website maintained by the Department of Environmental Quality lists the producer, along with the producer’s product brand, as participating in an approved architectural paint stewardship program. (2)(a) A stewardship organization must provide retailers selling or offering for sale architectural paint with information on available collection opportunities for post-consumer architectural paint offered through the organization’s architectural paint stewardship program. (b) A retailer that sells or offers for sale architectural paint must provide the information described in paragraph (a) of this subsection to the consumer at the time of sale. [2009 c.777 §3; 2013 c.677 §2] Note: See note under 459A.820.