- (1) In offering compensation to collection sites, an electronics producer responsibility organization shall review the costs of collecting, storing, managing and transporting covered electronic devices across a range of Oregon collection sites, where such information is available to the electronics producer responsibility organization.
- (2) An electronics producer responsibility organization or coordinating body must cooperate with, and provide any information requested by, DEQ on whether an electronics producer responsibility organization has provided fair financial compensation to collection sites. Such information includes compensation rates offered to a collection site or a prospective collection site.
(3) As part of administering ORS 459A.305 to 459A.355, DEQ may conduct a study in 2028, and periodically thereafter on collection site compensation offered by electronics producer responsibility organizations.
(a) The study may include, but is not limited to, evaluations of:
- (A) The real costs of collection sites in urban and in rural areas in Oregon in collecting, storing, managing and transporting covered electronic devices, including labor, packing, storage, and security costs, and ways to manage costs across these functions;
- (B) Compensation rates offered to a collection site and to a potential collection site;
- (C) Trends in collection costs and collection site compensation in Oregon;
- (D) Alternative forms of compensation to compensation on a price-per-pound basis, such as a baseline fee for participation as a collection site, with price-per-pound compensation for pounds collected above a minimum threshold; and
- (E) How changes in compensation may impact convenience.
- (b) An electronics producer responsibility organization or coordinating body must cooperate with and provide any information requested by DEQ to conduct the study.
Statutory/Other Authority
ORS 468.020, 468.065 & 459A.345
Statutes/Other Implemented
ORS 459A.320
History
DEQ 1-2025, adopt filed 01/09/2025, effective 01/09/2025