Bill > HB830

This bill establishes the Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program in the Department of the Environment. It repeals existing covered electronic takeback programs and requires a separate recycling account within the State Recycling Trust Fund. The bill alters the uses of the Trust Fund to provide reimbursement for the costs of recycling, refurbishing, or reusing covered electronic devices by authorized collectors and authorized recyclers. It also creates a Covered Electronic Device Advisory Council to advise the Department on program implementation. The bill requires consumers to pay a recycling fee when purchasing new covered electronic devices, which retailers must remit to the Department.