Title 48, Environmental Protection and Conservation

Section effective until December 31, 2029. Financial and proprietary information submitted to the department pursuant to this chapter is exempt from public disclosure.

Section effective until December 31, 2029. The department shall include in its annual solid waste report information provided by manufacturers on recovery programs offered pursuant to this chapter.

Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) Covered devices must be recovered in a manner that complies with all applicable federal, state, and local requirements. Collection and storage of covered devices must be performed in accordance with best management practices. (B) All…

Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) By November 1, 2022, and by November first of each year thereafter for that program year, a person acting as a collector under a manufacturer electronic waste program shall register with the department by completing and submitting to…

Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) All recoverers that store, consolidate, or process covered devices in the State must register with the department the locations of all storage and processing activities by submitting a $3,000 registration fee and completing and submi…

Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) To carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, the department is authorized to: (1) promulgate such regulations, procedures, or standards as are necessary to protect human health and safety or the environment from the adve…

Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) A manufacturer subject to the requirements of this chapter shall pay the department an annual registration fee in the amount of three thousand five hundred dollars. (B) A manufacturer that produces computer monitors, computers, or te…

Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) The intent of this chapter is to implement programs and services that ensure the availability of adequate end-of-life electronic product handling for the benefit of citizens of the State, which fairly, effectively, and efficiently sh…

Section effective until December 31, 2029. The department shall initiate a stakeholder group on June 1, 2026, and provide a report on its findings to the Chairman of the House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Agricu…

Section effective until December 31, 2029. As used in this chapter: (1) "Collect" or "collection" means to facilitate the delivery of a covered television device or covered computer monitor device to a collection site included in the manufacturer's program, and to transport the c…

Section effective until December 31, 2029. A computer, computer monitor, or television manufacturer may not sell or offer to sell a covered device unless a label indicating the computer, computer monitor, or television manufacturer's brand is permanently affixed to the covered de…

Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) A computer manufacturer may not sell or offer to sell in this State a covered computer device unless the computer manufacturer provides a recovery program at no charge. A recovery program must: (1) require a computer manufacturer to …

Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) For program year 2023 and each year thereafter, no television manufacturer or computer monitor manufacturer shall sell or offer for sale a covered television device or covered computer monitor device in this State unless the televisi…

Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) Beginning in program year 2023, each manufacturer electronic waste program must offer collection sites in accordance with the following convenience standards for each county or solid waste authority serving one or more counties that …

Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) Beginning in program year 2023, the designee of a county including, but not limited to, a representative of a solid waste authority serving one or more counties, may elect to participate in a manufacturer electronic waste program by …

Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) By November 1, 2022, for program year 2023, and by September first each year thereafter, each computer monitor and television manufacturer shall, individually or through a manufacturer clearinghouse, submit to the department a manufa…

Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) A manufacturer electronic waste program plan submitted by a manufacturer clearinghouse may take into account and incorporate individual plans or operations of one or more manufacturers that are participating in the manufacturer clear…

Section effective until December 31, 2029. A computer, computer monitor, or television manufacturer is not liable for damages arising from information stored on a covered device collected from a consumer under the manufacturer's electronic waste program.

Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) As used in this section: (1) "Adjusted total proportional responsibility" means the percentage calculated for each participating manufacturer for a program year pursuant to subsection (F). (2) "Market share" means the percentage that…

Section effective until December 31, 2029. Counties, solid waste authorities serving one or more counties, and municipalities that fully comply with the storage and packaging requirements of this chapter shall be exempt from liability upon the proper removal of covered devices fr…

Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) A retailer only may sell or offer to sell a covered device that: (1) bears a manufacturer label as provided in Section 48-60-30; and (2) is manufactured by a manufacturer that offers an electronic waste program as provided in Section…

Section effective until December 31, 2029. A retailer may not be liable for damages arising from information stored on any covered device collected from a consumer under the manufacturer's electronic waste program.

(A) After July 1, 2011, a consumer must not knowingly place or discard a covered device or subassemblies of a covered device in a waste stream that is to be disposed of in a solid waste landfill. (B) An owner or operator of a solid waste landfill must not, at the gate, knowingly …