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Committee backs producer-responsibility e-waste bill after hours of testimony on fires, county costs and producer obligations
Summary
The committee recommended Senate File 1690 to pass and referred it to the Judiciary Committee after testimony from manufacturers, recyclers, counties and environmental groups about producer-run stewardship, battery fire risks, local costs and potential economic impacts.
The Minnesota Senate State and Local Government Committee on March 11 voted to recommend Senate File 1690, a comprehensive update to the state’s electronic waste and battery recycling system, and referred the bill to the Judiciary Committee.
Senate File 1690 would replace parts of Minnesota’s existing electronics recycling framework with a producer responsibility program that requires manufacturers and importers to organize or contract with a nonprofit stewardship organization to fund and operate statewide collection, recycling and education for products containing batteries, cords or circuit boards. The bill expands covered items to reflect modern electronics and would incorporate battery-specific provisions designed to reduce fires at recycling facilities.
Supporters from local governments and recyclers said the current system leaves counties and local collectors to…
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