Amendment ID: S2830-22

Amendment 22

Recyclable Beverage Containers

Messrs. Finegold and Payano move that the proposed new draft be amended by adding the following section:-

SECTION XX. Section 321 of chapter 94 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, 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 as to be capable of being recycled into a new beverage container no less than 5 times and which can be collected through municipal and private collection systems or statewide deposit return systems; provided, however, that recyclable beverage containers shall not be defined as “single-use”.