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Long Title
FULL TITLE : AN ACT REQUIRING THE IMPLEMENTATION BY BRAND OWNERS OF MANAGEMENT PLANS THAT PROVIDE REFUND VALUES FOR CERTAIN BEVERAGE CONTAINERS
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Date filed
February 1, 2017
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB04922 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT REQUIRING THE IMPLEMENTATION BY BRAND OWNERS OF MANAGEMENT PLANS THAT PROVIDE REFUND VALUES FOR CERTAIN BEVERAGE CONTAINERS | |
| SHORT TITLE : " Beverage Container Disposal Act " | |
| ABSTRACT : Seeks to mandate the creation and implementation of management plans for brand owners to recover their used beverage containers for reuse or recycling; Requires consumers to pay a deposit when purchasing a beverage in order to have them return the containers or to surrender them to a return site that will pay the refund value stated on the containers. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ROCAMORA, RAMON V.A. "RAV" | |
| DATE FILED : 2017-02-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Tambunting (000 2018-05-28) | 2. Acosta-Alba (000 2018-05-29) |
| 3. Velasco-Catera (000 2018-07-24) | 4. Nieto (000 2018-07-24) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2018-05-16 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON ECOLOGY ON 2017-02-08 |
Abstract
Seeks to mandate the creation and implementation of management plans for brand owners to recover their used beverage containers for reuse or recycling; Requires consumers to pay a deposit when purchasing a beverage in order to have them return the containers or to surrender them to a return site that will pay the refund value stated on the containers
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