Recycling And Composting Enterprise Grant Program

The bill creates the Colorado recycling and composting infrastructure enterprise (enterprise) within the department of public health and environment (department) to develop and modernize the recycling and composting infrastructure in the state. The enterprise is authorized to issue revenue bonds. The bill creates the Colorado recycling and composting infrastructure enterprise grant program (grant program) within the department to provide grants to eligible entities to:

• Create new or expand existing recycling, recovery, and composting operations;
• Create markets for recycled materials, including the use of food service packaging as feedstock in the production of new products; and
• Facilitate recycling, composting, litter cleanup, and education efforts concerning recycling and composting practices.

• On and after January 1, 2022, and until January 1, 2030, the enterprise shall impose a fee in an amount to be determined by the enterprise but which may not exceed three-tenths of a cent on each unit of the food service packaging;
• On and after January 1, 2030, and until January 1, 2035, if the food service packaging is a type of food service packaging for which the commission has calculated a recycling or composting rate that is less than 50%, the enterprise shall impose a fee in an amount to be determined by the enterprise but which may not exceed six-tenths of a cent on each unit of the food service packaging; and
• On and after January 1, 2035, if the food service packaging is a type of food service packaging for which the commission has calculated a recycling or composting rate that is less than 75%, the enterprise shall impose a fee in an amount to be determined by the enterprise but which may not exceed one cent on each unit of the food service packaging.

• Conduct a literature review of various policy concepts relating to post-consumer recycled content requirements for packaging;
• Review rates and time frames in which post-consumer recycled content may be feasibly required for all packaging applications and materials; and
• Submit a report on or before July 1, 2022, to subject matter committees of the general assembly, which report must include recommendations in subject matter areas in which the advisory committee achieved consensus and note dissenting opinions in subject matters in which the advisory committee failed to achieved consensus.

(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)

(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)