Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 426 - RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THE RETURNABLE BEVERAGE CONTAINER LAW › Section 096-426-12 - Pick-up from Redemption Centers

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. The Initiator of
				Deposit or their Contracted Agent is responsible for the pick-up of covered
				beverage containers from a Redemption Center, unless the Initiator of Deposit
				or their Contracted Agent and the Redemption Center have entered into a written
				agreement for other arrangements for recycling or disposal of beverage
				containers in accordance with Section 14 of this chapter.
The Initiator of Deposit or Initiators of Deposit who are
				  members of a Commingling Agreement, and Contracted Agents shall provide
				  licensed Redemption Centers and the Department with up-to-date listings of the
				  Types, Sizes, and brands for which they are responsible, and shall pick up
				  empty, unbroken, and reasonably clean beverage containers of the particular
				  Types, Size, and brand sold by the Initiators of Deposit from licensed
				  Redemption Centers at a minimum every 15 calendar days. To the extent feasible,
				  during each pick-up, the entities performing the pick-up shall remove all
				  containers for which they are responsible and that are containerized and ready
				  to be picked up.
B. After
				collecting 10,000 beverage containers belonging to an Initiator of Deposit,
				Initiators of Deposit who are members of a Commingling Agreement, or the
				responsibility of a single Contracted Agent, a Redemption Center may request an
				additional pick up. When a Redemption Center makes a request for beverage
				container pick up, the Initiator of Deposit or Initiators of Deposit who are
				members of a Commingling Agreement and Contracted Agents shall fulfill the
				request no later than ten (10) calendar days starting the day after the request
				was made unless a longer time frame is mutually agreed upon in writing by the
				Redemption Center and the entity responsible for the pick-up.
C. When there is a change in the Initiator of
				Deposit, or when an Initiator of Deposit changes its Contracted Agent or its
				participation in a Commingling Agreement, the Initiator of Deposit shall
				provide Redemption Centers and the Department with notice of any changes that
				affect container sorting requirements. If there is a change in Initiator of
				Deposit, the original and new Initiators of Deposit shall determine the date on
				which the new Initiator of Deposit will be responsible for pick up at the
				Redemption Centers, and shall notify the Redemption Centers and the Department
				of the affected brands, the new Initiator of Deposit, whether the brand will be
				handled as part of a Commingling Agreement, the designated pick up agent, and
				the effective date of this change. Initiators of Deposit may manage the
				required notifications through their new Contracted Agents. In no case shall
				the effective date occur more than 35 calendar days from the date the new
				Initiator of Deposit takes over sales for the brand.