(a) The department shall use the best available information to establish the weight of all electronic devices sold in the State, including the reports submitted pursuant to section 339D-C, state and national sales data, and other reliable commercially available, supplemental sources of information.
Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
Recycling: means processing , including disassembling, dismantling, or shredding, electronic devices or their components to recover a useable product. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 339D-1
(b) No later than October 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the department shall notify each manufacturer of its recyclingobligation pursuant to subsection (c).(c) Each manufacturer shall collect and recycle electronic devices according to the following:
(1) Beginning January 1, 2023, the equivalent of fifty per cent, by weight, of the manufacturer’s electronic devices sold in the State two years prior, unless amended by rule pursuant to chapter 91;(2) Beginning January 1, 2024, the equivalent of sixty per cent, by weight, of the manufacturer’s electronic devices sold in the State two years prior, unless amended by rule pursuant to chapter 91; and(3) Beginning January 1, 2025, the equivalent of seventy per cent, by weight, of the manufacturer’s electronic devices sold in the State two years prior, unless amended by rule pursuant to chapter 91.(d) A manufacturer may collect any electronic device to meet its recycling goal.(e) A manufacturer may consider reused electronic devices toward achieving its recycling goals.
