Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Division 90 - RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION
Section 340-090-0660 - Collection Targets
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 340-090-0660
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
(1) Collection Targets Generally. A collection target or collection rate is a percentage of total amount of a material generated and is calculated using weight.
(a) For each material on the producer
responsibility organization recycling acceptance list pursuant to OAR
340-090-0630(3), for which collection targets are established, a producer
responsibility organization must report, in the annual report required under
ORS 459A.887, the weight of
collected materials, an estimate of the weight of materials generated, and the
ratio of the two, where the weight of collected materials is the numerator and
the estimate of weight of materials generated is the denominator. For materials
without collection targets only the weight of collected materials must be
reported.
(b) A collection rate
will be calculated by dividing the weight of materials collected (numerator) by
the weight of the materials generated (denominator).
(c) A producer responsibility organization
must document all data sources, references, assumptions and calculations used
in calculating collection rates. When estimating the weight of materials
generated, a producer responsibility organization must consider data provided
by DEQ, its own collection records, and other weight-based data, in addition to
sales data reported to it by its members.
(d) The calculation of the numerator in the
collection rate may only include the weight of materials targeted for
collection and recycling, and may not include the weight of
contamination.
(e) Unless otherwise
specified in this rule, the numerator in a producer responsibility
organization's collection rate calculation may only include the weight of
materials collected by the producer responsibility organization (including any
party operating under contract to or at the direction of the producer
responsibility organization).
(f)
As part of its annual report, a producer responsibility organization must
demonstrate that it has met the collection target for each material, and if
not, the reasons for not meeting the collection target and the specific actions
the producer responsibility organization proposes to implement to achieve the
collection target.
(2) Materials-Specific Collection Targets. Materials shall have the following collection targets:
(a) Glass. The collection
target for glass will be 45 percent and will be calculated as follows:
(A) The numerator is all glass packaging
collected at producer responsibility organization depots or other collections
as provided under ORS
459A.896(1) and
all glass collected by local governments or their designated service providers
(for example on-route collection).
(B) The denominator is all glass packaging
(bottles and jars) generated in Oregon, less bottle bill
collections.
(b) Other
materials. A producer responsibility organization must propose collection
targets for other materials each time it submits a program plan for approval.
Other materials that a producer responsibility organization must propose
collection targets for include those identified in OAR 340-090-0630(3)(a), (b),
(d), (e), and (g) - (j). When proposing collection targets for those materials,
a producer responsibility organization must describe existing collection
quantities and compare proposed targets against existing and recent historic
collection quantities. The producer responsibility organization must provide a
projection on the number of participants and the quantity of material to be
collected on a per-participant basis as well as per collection point. In
program plans after the first plan, a producer responsibility organization
shall discuss how changes in population served and number of collection points,
if any, were taken into account when proposing new collection targets. When
proposing collection targets for plastic materials, a producer responsibility
organization must describe how the proposed collection target will contribute
towards the achievement of plastics recycling goals as contained in ORS
459A.926. In program plans after
the first plan, the producer responsibility organization must propose an
increase in the collection target for these select other materials or provide a
justification and explanation for why it is not proposing an increase. A
producer responsibility organization may propose one combined collection target
and report one combined collection rate for materials identified in OAR
340-090-0630(3)(h) and (i).
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 459A.975 & 468.020
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 459A.860 - 459A.975
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