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Bill would expand electronics recycling and fund safety upgrades after spike in battery-related fires at collection sites
Summary
House Bill 931 would create a point-of-sale recycling fund for electronic devices to reimburse local governments for collection and to pay for fire-detection/suppression equipment at drop-off sites; counties and recycling groups backed the change while some retailers raised concerns about compliance costs and program governance.
House Bill 931 would replace the current manufacturer-fee-funded electronics recycling framework with a point-of-sale funding model and broaden program responsibilities to include collection, refurbishment, materials recovery and safety upgrades for collection sites.
Delegate Stein told the committee that Maryland’s earlier electronics law (2005) was no longer adequately funded and that the number of household electronic devices collected for recycling had fallen sharply. Testimony from recycling program managers confirmed a drop from roughly 19 million pounds statewide previously to under 6 million pounds in recent years as…
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