Section 096-426-12 - Pick-up from Redemption CentersA. The Initiator of Deposit or their Contracted Agent is responsible for the pick-up of covered beverage containers from a Redemption Center, unless the Initiator of Deposit or their Contracted Agent and the Redemption Center have entered into a written agreement for other arrangements for recycling or disposal of beverage containers in accordance with Section 14 of this chapter. The Initiator of Deposit or Initiators of Deposit who are members of a Commingling Agreement, and Contracted Agents shall provide licensed Redemption Centers and the Department with up-to-date listings of the Types, Sizes, and brands for which they are responsible, and shall pick up empty, unbroken, and reasonably clean beverage containers of the particular Types, Size, and brand sold by the Initiators of Deposit from licensed Redemption Centers at a minimum every 15 calendar days. To the extent feasible, during each pick-up, the entities performing the pick-up shall remove all containers for which they are responsible and that are containerized and ready to be picked up.
B. After collecting 10,000 beverage containers belonging to an Initiator of Deposit, Initiators of Deposit who are members of a Commingling Agreement, or the responsibility of a single Contracted Agent, a Redemption Center may request an additional pick up. When a Redemption Center makes a request for beverage container pick up, the Initiator of Deposit or Initiators of Deposit who are members of a Commingling Agreement and Contracted Agents shall fulfill the request no later than ten (10) calendar days starting the day after the request was made unless a longer time frame is mutually agreed upon in writing by the Redemption Center and the entity responsible for the pick-up. C. When there is a change in the Initiator of Deposit, or when an Initiator of Deposit changes its Contracted Agent or its participation in a Commingling Agreement, the Initiator of Deposit shall provide Redemption Centers and the Department with notice of any changes that affect container sorting requirements. If there is a change in Initiator of Deposit, the original and new Initiators of Deposit shall determine the date on which the new Initiator of Deposit will be responsible for pick up at the Redemption Centers, and shall notify the Redemption Centers and the Department of the affected brands, the new Initiator of Deposit, whether the brand will be handled as part of a Commingling Agreement, the designated pick up agent, and the effective date of this change. Initiators of Deposit may manage the required notifications through their new Contracted Agents. In no case shall the effective date occur more than 35 calendar days from the date the new Initiator of Deposit takes over sales for the brand.06- 096 C.M.R. ch. 426, § 12