Skip to main content
HR 1667 107th Congress House Environmental Protection Administrative procedure Agriculture and Food Aluminum recycling Beverage containers Commerce Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Agency Fines (Penalties) Glass recycling Government Operations and Politics Indexing (Economic policy) Inflation Labeling Landfills Law Local taxation Plastics recycling Pollution control Refuse and refuse disposal

National Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act of 2001

Introduced: May 1, 2001 See on congress.gov
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 15, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
May 1, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 1, 2001
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
National Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act of 2001 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the sale of certain beverages unless the containers carry a refund value of ten cents.

Makes unclaimed refunds (the amount by which the total refund value of all containers sold by distributors exceeds the amount paid by distributors to persons in a State) available to a State for carrying out pollution prevention and recycling programs.

Prohibits distributors and retailers from: (1) selling beverages in metal beverage containers with detachable openings; and (2) disposing of containers subject to this Act or any metal, glass, or plastic from such containers (other than the top or seal) in landfills or solid waste disposal facilities.

Makes this Act inapplicable to States that have adopted requirements similar to those under this Act or that have demonstrated a recycling or reuse rate for beverage containers of at least 80 percent.

Prohibits States or political subdivisions that impose taxes on the sale of beverage containers from imposing any tax on the amount attributable to the refund value.

What's happening now May 15, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Independent 1