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IA Code § 455C.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455C - BEVERAGE CONTAINERS CONTROL|Section 455C.5 - Refund value stated on container — exceptions.

455C.5 Refund value stated on container — exceptions.   1. Each beverage container sold or offered for sale in this state by a dealer shall clearly indicate by embossing or by a stamp, label or other method securely affixed to the container, the refund value of the container. The department shall specify, by rule, the minimum size of the refund value indication on the beverage containers.   2. A person, except a distributor, shall not import into this state after July 1, 1979 a beverage container which does not have securely affixed to the container the refund value indication. The provisions of this subsection do not apply if:   a. For beverage containers containing alcoholic liquor as defined in section 123.3, subsection 5, the total capacity of the containers is not more than one quart or, in the case of alcoholic liquor personally obtained outside the United States, one gallon.   b. For beverage containers containing beer as defined in section 123.3, subsection 7, the total capacity of the containers is not more than two hundred eighty-eight fluid ounces.   c. For all other beverage containers, the total capacity of the containers is not more than five hundred seventy-six fluid ounces.   3. The provisions of subsections 1 and 2 of this section do not apply to a refillable glass beverage container which has a brand name permanently marked on it and which has a refund value of not less than five cents, to any other refillable beverage container which has a refund value of not less than five cents and which is exempted by the director under rules adopted by the commission, or to a beverage container sold aboard a commercial airliner or passenger train for consumption on the premises.  [C79, 81, §455C.5]  85 Acts, ch 32, §113; 87 Acts, ch 22, §16  Referred to in §123.26, 455C.4, 455C.12, 455C.14
IA Code § 455C.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455C - BEVERAGE CONTAINERS CONTROL|Section 455C.6 - Redemption centers.

455C.6 Redemption centers.   1. To facilitate the return of empty beverage containers and to serve dealers of beverages, any person may establish a redemption center, subject to the approval of the department, at which consumers may return empty beverage containers and receive payment of the refund value of such beverage containers.   2. An application for approval of a redemption center shall be filed with the department. The application shall state the name and address of the person responsible for the establishment and operation of the redemption center, the kind and brand names of the beverage containers which will be accepted at the redemption center, and the names and addresses of the dealers to be served by the redemption center. The application shall contain such other information as the director may reasonably require.   3. The department shall approve a redemption center if it finds that the redemption center will provide a convenient service to consumers for the return of empty beverage containers. The order of the department approving a redemption center shall state the dealers to be served by the redemption center and the kind and brand names of empty beverage containers which the redemption center must accept. The order may contain such other provisions to ensure that the redemption center will provide a convenient service to the public as the director may determine.   4. The department may review the approval of any redemption center at any time. After written notice to the person responsible for the establishment and operation of the redemption center, and to the dealers served by the redemption center, the commission may, after hearing, withdraw approval of a redemption center if the commission finds there has not been compliance with the department’s order approving the redemption center, or if the redemption center no longer provides a convenient service to the public.   5. All approved redemption centers shall meet applicable health standards.  [C79, 81, §455C.6]  2019 Acts, ch 59, §138  Referred to in §455C.4
IA Code § 455C.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455C - BEVERAGE CONTAINERS CONTROL|Section 455C.7 - Unapproved redemption centers.

455C.7 Unapproved redemption centers.   Any person may establish a redemption center which has not been approved by the department, at which a consumer may return empty beverage containers and receive payment of the refund value of the beverage containers. The establishment of an unapproved redemption center shall not relieve any dealer from the responsibility of redeeming any empty beverage containers of the kind and brand sold by the dealer.  [C79, 81, §455C.7]
IA Code § 455C.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455C - BEVERAGE CONTAINERS CONTROL|Section 455C.8 - Snap-top cans prohibited.

455C.8 Snap-top cans prohibited. Repealed by 2013 Acts, ch 12, §26.
IA Code § 455C.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455C - BEVERAGE CONTAINERS CONTROL|Section 455C.9 - Rules adopted.

455C.9 Rules adopted.   The commission shall adopt, upon recommendation of the director, the rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, subject to the provisions of chapter 17A.  [C79, 81, §455C.9]
IA Code § 455C.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455C - BEVERAGE CONTAINERS CONTROL|Section 455C.10 - Appeal.

455C.10 Appeal.   Any person aggrieved by an order of the department relating to the approval or withdrawal of approval for a redemption center may seek judicial review of such order as provided in chapter 17A.  [C79, 81, §455C.10]
IA Code § 455C.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455C - BEVERAGE CONTAINERS CONTROL|Section 455C.12 - Penalties.

455C.12 Penalties.   1. Any person violating the provisions of section 455C.2, 455C.3, or 455C.5, or a rule adopted under this chapter, shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.   2. A distributor who collects or attempts to collect a refund value on an empty beverage container when the distributor has paid the refund value on the container to a dealer, redemption center, or consumer is guilty of a fraudulent practice.   3. Any person who does any of the following acts is guilty of a fraudulent practice:   a. Collects or attempts to collect the refund value on the container a second time, with the knowledge that the refund value has once been paid by the distributor to a dealer, redemption center or consumer.   b. Manufactures, sells, possesses or applies a false or counterfeit label or indication which shows or purports to show a refund value for a beverage container, with intent to use the false or counterfeit label or indication.   c. Collects or attempts to collect a refund value on a container with the use of a false or counterfeit label or indication showing a refund value, knowing the label or indication to be false or counterfeit.   4. As used in this section, a false or counterfeit label or indication means a label or indication purporting to show a valid refund value which has not been initially applied as authorized by a distributor.   5. Subsection 2 and subsection 3, paragraph “a” of this section have no application to empty beverage containers which are intended to be refillable and are in a standard of condition except for sanitization to be refillable by the manufacturer.  [C79, 81, §455C.12]  2013 Acts, ch 12, §11  Fraudulent practices, see §714.8 – 714.14
IA Code § 455C.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455C - BEVERAGE CONTAINERS CONTROL|Section 455C.13 - Distributors’ agreements authorized.

455C.13 Distributors’ agreements authorized.   A distributor may enter into a contract or agreement with any other distributor, manufacturer or person for the purpose of collecting or paying the refund value on, or disposing of, beverage containers as provided in this chapter.  [C81, §455C.13]
IA Code § 455C.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455C - BEVERAGE CONTAINERS CONTROL|Section 455C.14 - Redemption of refused nonrefillable metal beverage containers.

455C.14 Redemption of refused nonrefillable metal beverage containers.   1. If the refund value indication required under section 455C.5 on an empty nonrefillable metal beverage container is readable but the redemption of the container is lawfully refused by a dealer or person operating a redemption center under other sections of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to these sections, the container shall be accepted and the refund value paid to a consumer as provided in this section. Each beer distributor selling nonrefillable metal beverage containers in this state shall provide individually or collectively by contract or agreement with a dealer, person operating a redemption center or another person, at least one facility in the county seat of each county where refused empty nonrefillable metal beverage containers having a readable refund value indication as required by this chapter are accepted and redeemed. In cities having a population of twenty-five thousand or more, the number of the facilities provided shall be one for each twenty-five thousand population or a fractional part of that population.   2. A beer distributor violating this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.  [C81, §455C.14]
IA Code § 455C.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455C - BEVERAGE CONTAINERS CONTROL|Section 455C.15 - Plastic cans prohibited.

455C.15 Plastic cans prohibited. Repealed by 2013 Acts, ch 12, §26.
IA Code § 455C.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455C - BEVERAGE CONTAINERS CONTROL|Section 455C.16 - Beverage containers — disposal at sanitary landfill prohibited.

455C.16 Beverage containers — disposal at sanitary landfill prohibited.   Beginning July 1, 1990, the final disposal of beverage containers by a dealer, distributor, or manufacturer, or person operating a redemption center, in a sanitary landfill, is prohibited. Beginning September 1, 1992, the final disposal of beverage containers used to contain alcoholic liquor as defined in section 123.3, subsection 5, by a dealer, distributor, or manufacturer, or person operating a redemption center in a sanitary landfill, is prohibited.  89 Acts, ch 272, §37; 91 Acts, ch 268, §435; 92 Acts, ch 1215, §14
IA Code § 455C.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455C - BEVERAGE CONTAINERS CONTROL|Section 455C.17 - Grants for independent redemption centers.

455C.17 Grants for independent redemption centers. Repealed by 2018 Acts, ch 1023, §17.
IA Code § 455D.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455D - WASTE VOLUME REDUCTION AND RECYCLING|Section 455D.1 - Definitions.

455D.1 Definitions.   As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Commission” means the environmental protection commission.   2. “Department” means the department of natural resources created pursuant to section 455A.2.   3. “Director” means the director of the department.   4. “Pollution prevention techniques” means any of the following practices employed by the user of a toxic substance:   a. Input substitution, which is the replacement of a toxic substance or raw material used in a production process with a nontoxic or less toxic substance.   b. Product reformulation, which is the substitution of an end product which is nontoxic or less toxic upon use or release for an existing end product.   c. Production process redesign or modification, which is the development and use of production processes of a different design other than those currently in use.   d. Production process modernization, which is the upgrading or replacing of existing production process equipment or methods with other equipment or methods based on the same production process.   e. Improved operation and maintenance of existing production process equipment and methods, which is the modification or addition to existing equipment or methods, including but not limited to such techniques as improved housekeeping practices, system adjustments, product and process inspections, and production process control equipment or methods.   f. Recycling, reuse, or extended use of toxic substances by using equipment or methods that become an integral part of the production process.   5. “Recycling” means any process by which waste, or materials that would otherwise become waste, are collected, separated, or processed and revised or returned to use in the form of raw materials or products pursuant to section 455D.4A. “Recycling” includes but is not limited to the composting of yard waste which has been previously separated from other waste, but does not include any form of energy recovery.   6. “Scrap metal” means any ferrous or nonferrous metal suitable for reprocessing into a viable market commodity grade specification.   7. “Waste reduction” means practices which reduce, avoid, or eliminate both the generation of solid waste and the use of toxic materials so as to reduce risks to health and the environment and to avoid, reduce, or eliminate the generation of wastes or environmental pollution at the source and not merely achieved by shifting a waste output or waste stream from one environmental medium to another environmental medium.  89 Acts, ch 272, §1; 2013 Acts, ch 12, §12, 13; 2018 Acts, ch 1023, §5, 6  Referred to in §455D.3
IA Code § 455D.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455D - WASTE VOLUME REDUCTION AND RECYCLING|Section 455D.2 - Findings.

455D.2 Findings.   The general assembly finds that:   1. Iowa’s environment is precious and no person has the right to pollute Iowa’s air, water, or soil. The environment is vulnerable and irreplaceable, and all Iowans have an ongoing responsibility to conserve, preserve, and enhance the state’s natural resources to guarantee their continued existence and use by the present and future generations.   2. The land itself is the source of Iowa’s livelihood not only for the purposes of an agricultural economy, but for the establishment of manufacturing plants, business offices, and residences. While zoning establishes restrictions on the use of land for social order, a similar system has not been established to maintain environmental order below the ground. Protection of the environment includes not only visible but invisible threats as well.   3. The rapidly rising volume of waste deposited by society threatens the capacity of existing and future landfills. The nature of waste disposal today means that unknown quantities of potentially toxic and hazardous materials are being buried and pose a constant threat to the groundwater supply. In addition, the nature of the waste and disposal methods utilized allow the waste to remain basically inert for decades, if not centuries, without decomposition.   4. Wastes filling Iowa’s landfills may, at best, represent a potential resource. However, without proper management, wastes are hazards to the environment and life itself.   5. The reduction of solid waste at the source and the recycling of reusable waste materials will reduce the flow of waste to sanitary landfills and increase the supply of reusable materials for the use of the public.  89 Acts, ch 272, §2
IA Code § 455D.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455D - WASTE VOLUME REDUCTION AND RECYCLING|Section 455D.4 - Waste volume reduction policies.

455D.4 Waste volume reduction policies.   1. It is the policy of this state to encourage the development of waste volume reduction programs and education at the local government level through incentives, technical assistance, grants, and other practical measures.   2. It is the policy of this state to support and encourage the development of new uses and markets for recycled goods, placing emphasis on the development, in Iowa, of businesses relating to waste reduction and recycling.   3. The provision of education concerning waste volume reduction at the elementary through high school levels and through community organizations will enhance the success of local programs requiring public involvement.   4. This state supports and encourages manufacturing methods which are environmentally sustainable, technologically safe, and ecologically sound. The state shall encourage manufacturing methods which enhance waste reduction by creating products with longer usage life, and by creating products which are adaptable to secondary uses, require less input material, and decrease resource consumption.   5. The people of this state recognize that a variety of benefits result from a comprehensive waste reduction policy including the following environmental, economic, governmental, and public benefits:   a. Not producing waste in the first instance is the most certain means for avoiding the widely recognized health and environmental damage associated with waste. Although waste reduction will never eliminate all wastes, to the extent that waste reduction is achieved it results in the most certain form of direct risk reduction.   b. Waste reduction may result in reduced pollution control costs for industry by stimulating and promoting beneficial technological and management reorganization within industry in place of pollution control strategies which channel capital into nonproductive pollution control expenditures.   c. The government is better able to administer programs which offer a variety of benefits to industry and which reduce the overall cost of government involvement than it is to administer programs which offer few benefits to industry and require increasingly extensive, complex, and costly governmental actions.   d. Public confidence in environmental policies of the government is important for the effectiveness of these policies. Waste reduction poses no adverse environmental and public health effects and does not, therefore, lead to increased public concern. Waste reduction also increases the public confidence that the government and industry are doing all that is possible to protect human health and the environment.  89 Acts, ch 272, §4
IA Code § 455D.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455D - WASTE VOLUME REDUCTION AND RECYCLING|Section 455D.5 - Statewide waste reduction and recycling network — established.

455D.5 Statewide waste reduction and recycling network — established.   1. The department shall establish a statewide waste reduction and recycling network to promote the waste management policy contained in section 455B.481 and the waste management hierarchy contained in section 455B.301A. Programs established shall encourage waste generators to reduce the volume of waste generated and to recycle or properly dispose of the waste that is generated. The network shall utilize existing recycling companies when possible. The programs may utilize financial and legal incentives, education, technical assistance, regulation, and other methods as appropriate to implement the programs. The programs may involve the development of public and private sector initiatives, the development of markets and other opportunities for waste reduction and recycling, and other related efforts.   2. The elements of the network shall include but are not limited to all of the following:   a. Promotion of efforts to increase the amount of recyclable materials used by the public.   b. Promotion of efforts to recover recyclable materials from the waste stream.   c. Promotion of local efforts to implement recycling collection centers located at disposal sites or other convenient local sites.   d. Promotion of local efforts of curbside collection of separated recyclable waste materials.   e. Provision of public education programs which promote public awareness of waste volume reduction and the use of recyclable materials.   f. Promotion of the creation of markets for recyclable materials.   g. Promotion of research, manufacturing processes, and product development, which provide for waste reduction through decreased material input, and resource consumption.   h. Promotion of the concentration of the efforts of the business and industry resource search service by the small business assistance center for the safe and economic management of solid waste and hazardous substances at the university of northern Iowa, to locate existing waste streams and materials from businesses and industries which generate small amounts of waste and to catalyze the reuse of these materials in the production of goods and services.  89 Acts, ch 272, §5; 95 Acts, ch 44, §4
IA Code § 455D.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455D - WASTE VOLUME REDUCTION AND RECYCLING|Section 455D.6 - Duties of the director.

455D.6 Duties of the director.   The director shall:   1. Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, recommend rules to the commission which are necessary to implement this chapter.   2. Administer and coordinate the waste volume reduction and recycling fund created under section 455D.15.   3. Enter into contracts and agreements, with the approval of the commission, for contracts in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars, with local units of government, other state agencies, governments of other states, governmental agencies of the United States, other public and private contractors, and other persons as may be necessary or beneficial in carrying out the department’s duties under this chapter.   4. Develop a strategy and recommend to the commission the adoption of rules necessary to implement a strategy for white goods and waste oil.   5. Develop a strategy and recommend to the commission the adoption of rules necessary to implement a strategy for the recycling of electronic goods and the disassembling and removing of toxic parts from electronic goods.  89 Acts, ch 272, §6; 2002 Acts, ch 1162, §59; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2013 Acts, ch 12, §16, 17  Referred to in §455D.22, 455D.25
IA Code § 455D.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455D - WASTE VOLUME REDUCTION AND RECYCLING|Section 455D.7 - Duties of the commission.

455D.7 Duties of the commission.   The commission shall:   1. Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter pursuant to chapter 17A.   2. Prohibit land disposal of specific components of the waste stream for which the department has developed and implemented a strategy for alternative disposal according to the waste management hierarchy.   3. Establish by rule standards for the acceptance of recyclable or rebatable products at redemption centers. The standards may address matters of public health and handling by the redemption center.  89 Acts, ch 272, §7; 2013 Acts, ch 12, §18, 19
IA Code § 455D.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455D - WASTE VOLUME REDUCTION AND RECYCLING|Section 455D.8 - Deposits, rebates, and waste abatement fees.

455D.8 Deposits, rebates, and waste abatement fees. Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 9, §11.