§342G-116  Refusal of refund value payment for a deposit beverage container.  Redemption centers shall refuse to pay the refund value on any broken, corroded, or dismembered deposit beverage container, or any deposit beverage container that:

     (1)  Contains a free-flowing liquid;

     (2)  Does not properly indicate a refund value;

     (3)  Contains a significant amount of foreign material; or

     (4)  Exhibits characteristics of having been previously processed and baled.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-116

  • Deposit beverage: means beer, ale, or other drink produced by fermenting malt, mixed spirits, mixed wine, tea and coffee drinks regardless of dairy-derived product content, soda, or noncarbonated water, and all nonalcoholic drinks in liquid form and intended for internal human consumption that is contained in a deposit beverage container. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-101
  • Deposit beverage container: means the individual, separate, sealed glass, polyethylene terephthalate, high density polyethylene, or metal container less than or equal to sixty-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. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-101