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Finance committee advances statewide battery stewardship bill to reduce fires and expand recycling access
Summary
Senate Bill 163 would create a producer‑funded battery stewardship program to improve collection, recycling and public education for batteries; supporters said it addresses a rising trend of lithium‑ion fires in material‑recovery facilities and waste infrastructure and would provide convenient, free recycling statewide.
Representatives Stewart and Brown presented Senate Bill 163, a producer responsibility / battery stewardship bill intended to create statewide, convenient collection and recycling of consumer batteries to reduce battery‑related fires in waste and recycling infrastructure.
Dr. Elizabeth Chapman of Recycle Colorado described the program as modelled on existing extended producer responsibility programs: it would remove the financial barrier for proper recycling and ensure even low‑value batteries are recovered instead of landfilled.…
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