Iowa

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This study bill, introduced by the chair of the Environmental Protection Committee, proposes several changes to recycling in Iowa, most importantly repealing Chapter 455C, Code 2011--the Iowa Beverage Container Deposit Law.

Other provisions of the bill include:

• Bans beverage containers from the landfill.
• Creates litter cleanup grant fund, funded by appropriation and 50% of all litter cleanup fines.
• Changes waste reduction goals as described in Section 455B.310, subsection 4, from 50 to 60 percent.
• Increases statewide waste reduction goals to 50% by 2016 and 60% by 2021

The following lobbyist declaration shows the varying groups supporting and opposed to the bill.

Progress

February 8, 2011 Introduced in Environmental Protection: Paustian Chair,Deyoe, and Wessel-Kroeschell.

February 10, 2011 9:00AM; Rm 102, Supreme Court Consult Rm Environmental Protection.

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Details

Similar to HSB74 listed above, SF249 repeals the deposit system, but unlike the House bill, the Senate bill proposes a replacement "Universal Recycling" system much like that which replaced Delaware's deposit system in 2010.

CRI produced a report, "Recycling and Climate Change," to enhance the level of understanding of beverage container recycling in the United States and the State Iowa, and to demonstrate the impact of recycling on emissions reduction and the economy, with the end goal of demonstrating the imporance of Iowa's deposit law. According to news sources, this bill died in committee.

• Requires all waste management entities to provide single stream recycling to all residential customers and source-separated recycling to all beverage dealers providing on-premises sales.
• Requires the creation of a recycling system for the commercial sector by 2014.
• Creates a "universal recycling assistance fund" to help solid waste providers with the startup of the mandated recycling programs
• Until 2015, beverage dealers pay a 4¢ fee on every beverage container they buy from a distributor; the distributors must pay these fees into the recycling assistance fund.
• Creates a Recycling public advisory council with representatives from a variety of parties affected by the program to provide ongoing input on the workings of the program.
• Creates a Litter Cleanup Grant Fund, as in HSB74.
• Changes waste reduction goals as described in Section 455B.310, subsection 4, from 50 to 60 percent, as in HSB74.

Progress

February 17, 2011: Introduced, referred to State Government

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Details

The entire text of this short bill is copied below.

S.F. 29

Section 1. Section 455C.5, subsection 2, Code 2011, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph:

2 NEW PARAGRAPH .
d. The beverage container contains wine as
3 defined in section 123.3.
4 EXPLANATION
5 This bill provides that beverage containers containing wine are not required to have the beverage container refund value affixed to the container.

Progress

January 13, 2011: Introduced, referred to Natural Resources and Environment.

January 18, 2011: Subcommittee, Dearden, Black, and Hamerlinck.

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Details

This bill allows redemption centers to retain 1¢ of the 5¢ deposit when consumers return containers for a refund. This serves, in effect, to increase the handling fee without further involving distributors.

Progress

March 1, 2011: Introduced, referred to Environmental Protection.

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Contacts

Iowa Recycling Association
PO Box 10954
Cedar Rapids, IA  52410
(515) 265-1596
tkurtz@iowarecycles.org
www.iowarecycles.org