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Panel moves producer‑funded battery stewardship bill after broad stakeholder backing
Summary
House Bill 12‑31, amended to create a producer‑funded Battery Stewardship Organization overseen by IDEM, passed the committee after wide support from waste haulers, manufacturers, solid waste districts and environmental groups as a step to reduce battery‑caused fires and expand recycling access.
Representative Miller described House Bill 12‑31 (as amended) as a producer‑funded stewardship program to improve collection and recycling of portable consumer batteries and reduce fires at transfer stations, trucks and landfills. The bill would exclude embedded batteries (phones, vaping devices), vehicle batteries, and implanted medical devices; it would require producers to join a Battery Stewardship Organization (BSO) and file a plan with…
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