STAND. COM. REP. NO. 823-22

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1640, H.D. 2, 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) Expand the recycling and collection requirements of televisions to all electronic devices; and

(5) 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, Department of Environmental Management of the County of Maui, Mr. K's Recycle and Redemption Center, Zero Waste Hawaii Island, and eight individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Consumer Technology Association. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Environmental Management of the County of Hawai‘i and one individual.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1640, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair