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Senators hear bipartisan plan for manufacturer‑funded paint recycling program
Summary
Representative Karen Veil told the Senate Ways and Means Committee that House Bill 451 would establish a manufacturer‑funded paint stewardship program so consumers and municipalities can return leftover paint for recycling.
Representative Karen Veil introduced House Bill 451, a bipartisan measure to establish a post‑consumer paint stewardship program in New Hampshire modeled on existing PaintCare programs in other states.
"Once the program is up and running, anybody can bring their leftover paint and other related products to participating retailers," Representative Veil told the committee, describing the outreach the solid waste working group conducted and the broad support the bill received in prior hearings.
Under the bill and the stewardship model witnesses described, manufacturers would fund a stewardship organization (PaintCare) that develops a state program plan, negotiates contracts with processors and transporters, and sets a per‑container assessment to cover collection, transport and processing. The assessment is remitted by manufacturers on a quarterly basis and…
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