STAND. COM. REP. NO. 540-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1640

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1640, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECYCLING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Change the Electronic Waste and Television Recycling and Recovery Act to the Electronic Device Recycling and Recovery Act;

(2) Establish electronic device manufacturer recycling goals, including percentage benchmarks for determining a manufacturer's recycling obligations for 2023, 2024, and 2025, and record keeping and reporting requirements for manufacturers and collectors;

(3) Require collectors to register with the Department of Health, and establish collector record-keeping and reporting requirements;

(4) Amend and repeal various definitions;

(5) Expand the recycling and collection requirements of televisions to all electronic devices; and

(6) Require the Electronic Device Recycling and Recovery Program to include, among other things, a description of the methods for the convenient collection of electronic devices.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health, County of Hawai‘i Department of Environmental Management, and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Consumer Technology Association.

Your Committee finds that this measure will improve the existing Electronic Waste and Television Recycling and Recovery Program by creating recycling goals for all covered electronic device manufacturers, setting convenience requirements for manufacturers' recycling plans, combining the covered electronic device and covered television programs into one comprehensive program, and requiring manufacturers to fully fund their recycling plan.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1640, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1640, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair