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Committee reviews $50 pesticide-registration fee to fund household pesticide disposal
Summary
Legislative staff and Agency of Agriculture witnesses described an added $50 annual pesticide registration fee intended to reimburse solid waste districts for household pesticide disposal while agencies explore a longer-term extended producer responsibility solution.
A proposal to add a $50 annual fee to pesticide registrations in Vermont drew an overview from Agency of Agriculture staff at a legislative committee meeting.
"The pesticide registrants got together and proposed a mechanism to fund that disposal through the existing registration fees by adding a $50 fee that, is intended to exist until a more permanent solution can come along," said Steve Dwindel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. He told the committee that solid waste management districts have been shouldering increasing costs to dispose of unwanted and…
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