RELATING TO INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT.

SB3336

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

3336

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to integrated solid waste management.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION 1.
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Section
342G-81, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definitions of
"deposit glass beverage container" and "glass recovery
program" to read as follows:

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"Deposit glass
beverage container" means:

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(1)
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The
individual, separate, sealed, glass container used for containing, at the time
of import, [
sixty-eight
]
one hundred twenty-eight
fluid ounces or
less of a beverage; or

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(2)
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The empty, individual, separate glass
container that will be filled with [
sixty-eight
]
one hundred
twenty-eight
fluid ounces or less of a beverage and sealed in this State,
so that these glass beverage containers will be subject to part VIII.

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"Glass
recovery program" means a program for glass recovery and reuse for
purposes including but not limited to:

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(1)
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Glass container reuse or recycling whereby
containers are refilled, processed for shipment out of the State, or crushed
into aggregate substitute; [
and
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(2)
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Use in roadway materials or concrete as
provided in this part[
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;
and

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(3)
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Use in building materials.
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SECTION
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Section 342G-82, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

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"(a)
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Every glass container importer shall pay to the department an advance
disposal fee.
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The fee shall be imposed
only once on the same glass container and shall not be assessed on drinking
glasses, cups, bowls, plates, ashtrays, and similar tempered glass
containers.
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For the period beginning
September 1, 1994, the fee shall be one and one-half cents per glass
container.
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Beginning October 1, 2004,
the glass advance disposal fee shall only apply to glass containers that are
not [
glass
] deposit
glass
beverage containers."

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SECTION
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Section 342G-101, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending the definitions of "deposit beverage" and "deposit
beverage container" to read as follows:

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""Deposit
beverage" means beer, ale, or other drink produced by fermenting malt,
spirits,

mixed spirits,
wine,
mixed

wine, tea and coffee drinks
regardless of dairy-derived product content, soda, or noncarbonated water,
milk
and all other diary-derived products,
and all nonalcoholic drinks in liquid
form and intended for internal human consumption that is contained in a deposit
beverage container.

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The
term "deposit beverage" excludes the following:

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(1)
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A liquid that is:

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(A)
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A syrup;

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(B)
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In a concentrated form; or

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(C)
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Typically added as a minor flavoring
ingredient in food or drink, such as extracts, cooking additives, sauces, or
condiments;

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(2)
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A liquid that is a drug, medical food,
or infant formula as defined by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
U.S.C. �301 et seq.);

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(3)
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A single serving of one ounce or less
of a dietary supplement as defined in the Dietary Supplement Health and
Education Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-417);

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(4)
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A
liquid that the department finds to be the sole item of a meal or diet;

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(5)
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Products frozen at the time of sale to the
consumer, or, in the case of institutional users such as hospitals and nursing
homes, at the time of sale to the users;

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(6)
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Products designed to be consumed in a frozen
state;

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(7)
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Instant drink powders;
and

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(8)
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Seafood, meat, or vegetable broths, or soups,
but not juices
; and

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(9)
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Milk and all other dairy-derived products,
except tea and coffee drinks with trace amounts of these products
.

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"Deposit
beverage container" means the individual, separate, sealed glass,
polyethylene terephthalate, high density polyethylene, or metal container less
than or equal to
[sixty-eight]

one hundred twenty-eight
fluid
ounces, used for containing, at the time of sale to the consumer, a deposit
beverage intended for use or consumption in this State."

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SECTION
4.
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Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory
material is underscored.

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SECTION
5.
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This Act shall take effect on January
1, 2027.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Glass Container
Recovery; Deposit Beverage Container Program; Definitions

Description:

Increases
the size of a deposit glass beverage container from sixty-eight to one hundred
twenty-eight fluid ounces.
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Adds building
materials as a purpose under the glass recovery program.
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Adds wine, spirits, and milk and other
dairy-derived products to the definition of "deposit beverage".
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Increases the size of a deposit beverage
container from sixty-eight to one hundred twenty-eight fluid ounces.
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Takes effect 1/1/2027.

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