The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below now include the actions of the 2026 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 10 : Conservation and Development
Chapter 053 : Beverage Containers; Deposit-Redemption System
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§ 1534. Beverage container redemption rate goal; report
(a) It is a goal of the State that the following minimum beverage container redemption rates shall be satisfied by the specified dates:
(1) Beginning on July 1, 2030: 75 percent.
(2) Beginning on July 1, 2033: 80 percent.
(b)(1) Beginning on December 1, 2030, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Natural Resources shall submit to the House Committees on Environment and on Ways and Means and the Senate Committees on Natural Resources and Energy and on Finance a written report containing the current beverage container redemption rate in the State for the following two categories of beverage containers:
(A) liquor bottles; and
(B) all other beverage containers.
(2) Each annual report submitted under subdivision (1) of this subsection shall include a recommendation of whether the beverage container deposit for either of the beverage container categories should be increased to improve redemption of that category of beverage container. (Added 2025, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2026.)