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Committee hears omnibus bill to update Oregon Bottle Bill; proposal includes Portland-specific access centers and expanded bag drop program
Summary
Senate Bill 992 (dash-1 amendment) would allow alternative access redemption centers for frequent redeemers, revise convenience zone reviews, expand green/blue bag drop options and add other technical changes; proponents said the change aims to modernize the bottle bill, improve downtown Portland redemption options and protect small stores.
The Senate Committee on Energy and Environment on Feb. 17 held a public hearing on Senate Bill 992 and a proposed -1 amendment that would combine several bottle-bill-related reforms into a single package.
The amendment would authorize the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to approve one or more "alternative access redemption centers"—designed to serve daily or near-daily redeemers—modify convenience-zone review procedures, permit certain dealer bag-drop models and create a process to collapse convenience-zone rings into a single "low-impact" convenience zone in areas where outer-ring individual-container returns are minimal. The amendment also contains provisions to allow wineries that sell wine in cans at tasting rooms to limit redemptions to the container types they sell…
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