This bill amends the laws governing the commingling of beverage containers in several ways.
1. It amends the list of materials that are considered of like materials for the purposes of beverage container commingling.
2. It makes changes to the provision of law regarding the obligation of dealers and redemption centers to preserve the value of beverage containers. The changes include providing that a commingling group may refuse to accept, or pay the refund value and handling costs for, a beverage container that has been sorted in a manner that is inconsistent with an approved commingling agreement or an approved cooperative plan; and removing the authority for a commingling group to refuse beverage containers that have been processed by a reverse vending machine or account-based bulk processing program.
3. It prohibits initiators of deposit from requiring dealers or redemption centers from sorting containers that belong to the commingling group beyond that required in current law.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1721, HP 1148: 38.3106, 38.3107