Texas Administrative Code
Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 328 - WASTE MINIMIZATION AND RECYCLING
Subchapter J - TELEVISION EQUIPMENT RECYCLING PROGRAM
Section 328.177 - Recycling Leadership Program Collection Report

Universal Citation: 30 TX Admin Code § 328.177

Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025

(a) Not later than January 31 of every other year beginning with the television manufacturer's second year of registration, a television manufacturer of covered television equipment sold in this state that is participating in a recycling leadership program under § 328.175 of this title (relating to Manufacturer Recycling Leadership Program) shall, individually or as a member of the recycling leadership program, submit to the commission a collection report regarding the television manufacturer's collection, reuse, and recycling of covered television equipment.

(b) The collection report must include:

(1) an inventory of covered television equipment collection, reuse, and recycling opportunities that are currently available to consumers through the individual television manufacturer or the recycling leadership program in this state;

(2) documentation of collection opportunities available to consumers in counties with populations of less than 50,000, including an analysis of the number of collection sites available to consumers in those counties compared to the number of opportunities available to consumers in those counties to purchase new covered television equipment;

(3) the amount by weight of the covered television equipment that the individual television manufacturer or the recycling leadership program collected in the two preceding calendar years, separated by year;

(4) documentation that the collection, reuse, and recycling of the collected covered television equipment complies with § 328.193 of this title (relating to Management of Collected Television Equipment);

(5) documentation that a financial incentive of equal or greater value to a fee charged at the time of recycling is provided by the television manufacturer, if a television manufacturer does charge a separate fee at the time of recycling; and

(6) documentation, including an Internet address, that a television manufacturer of covered television equipment that is sold in this state that participates in a recycling leadership program has individually or through the recycling leadership program established and implemented a public education program regarding collection, reuse, and recycling opportunities that exist in this state for covered television equipment.

(c) The inventory of covered television equipment collection, reuse, and recycling opportunities required by subsection (b)(1) of this section may be submitted in the form of a map noting the location of the opportunities.

(d) The collection report may include a listing of other existing collection and recycling infrastructure for covered television equipment not associated with the recycling leadership program, including electronic recyclers and repair shops, recyclers of other appropriate commodities, reuse organizations, not-for-profit corporations, retailers, and other suitable operations, including local government collection events, if available.

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