S.B. 336: Task Force to Study Bottle Deposits

Task Force to Study Required Deposits on Returnable Beverage Containers

 

* Provides for the creation of a task force to study required deposits on returnable beverage containers in the State.

 

* The task force will research:

- the effects this requirement will have on litter and

recycling

- the costs of implementing this program

- what types of bottles will receive a deposit

- how effective deposits have been in other States

- how other States implemented required deposits into their former recycling program

 

Committee: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

 

Complete Text: http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/billfile/SB0336.htm