Amendment ID: S2830-16

Amendment 16

Defining Recyclable Beverage Containers

Mr. Moore moves that the proposed new draft be amended by adding the following section:-

SECTION XX. Section 321 of Chapter 94 is hereby amended by adding, after the definition of “Rigid plastic container”, the following new definition:-

“Recyclable beverage container”, any beverage container which is composed of a highly recyclable material, including but not limited to aluminum and polyethylene terephthalate, and so constructed and designed that it is capable of being recycled into a new beverage container no less than five times and can be collected through municipal and private collection systems or statewide deposit return systems; recyclable beverage containers shall not be defined as “single-use”.