Section effective until December 31, 2029.

(A) Beginning in program year 2023, each manufacturer electronic waste program must offer collection sites in accordance with the following convenience standards for each county or solid waste authority serving one or more counties that elects to participate in the manufacturer electronic waste program during a given program year:

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 48-60-56

  • collection: means to facilitate the delivery of a covered television device or covered computer monitor device to a collection site included in the manufacturer's program, and to transport the covered television device or covered computer monitor device for recovery. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20
  • Collector: means a person who collects a covered television device or covered computer monitor device at any program collection site or one-day collection event and prepares them for transport. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20
  • Covered devices: means a covered computer device, covered computer monitor device, and a covered television device marketed and intended for use by a consumer. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20
  • Manufacturer electronic waste program: means any program established, financed, and operated by a manufacturer, individually or collectively as part of a manufacturer clearinghouse, to transport and subsequently recycle, in accordance with the requirements of this act, covered televisions and computer monitor devices collected at program collection sites and one-day collection events. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20
  • One-day collection event: means a one-day event used as a substitute for a program collection site pursuant to § 48-60-56. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20
  • Program collection site: means a physical location that is included in a manufacturer electronic waste program and at which covered television devices or covered computer monitor devices are collected and prepared for transport by a collector during a program year in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20
  • Program year: means the calendar year. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20
  • Retail collection site: means a private sector collection site operated by a retailer collecting on behalf of a manufacturer. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20
  • Retailer: means a person engaged in retail sales. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20

(1) one collection site in each county that has a population of less than one hundred thousand inhabitants;

(2) two collection sites in each county that has a population of at least one hundred thousand inhabitants and less than two hundred thousand inhabitants;

(3) three collection sites in each county that has a population of at least two hundred thousand inhabitants.

(B) For purposes of this section, county population must be determined using the most recent federal decennial census.

(C) A designated representative of a county or a solid waste authority serving one or more counties pursuant to the provisions of § 48-60-57, that elects to participate in a manufacturer electronic waste program may enter into a written agreement with the operator of a manufacturer electronic waste program in order to:

(1) reduce or increase the number of collection sites in the county for the program year; provided, however, the agreement must be included in the manufacturer electronic waste program as required pursuant to § 48-60-57(A);

(2) substitute a collection site in the county for four one-day collection events or a different number of such events as provided for in the written agreement; provided, however, the agreement must be included in the manufacturer electronic waste program as required pursuant to § 48-60-57(A);

(3) substitute the location of a collection site in the county for the manufacturer electronic waste program with another location;

(4) substitute the location of a one-day collection event in the county with another location; or

(5) with the agreement of the applicable retailer, use a retail collection site as a program collection site.

(D) Retail collection sites are not considered a collection site for the purposes of the convenience standards established pursuant to this section unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the retailer, operators of the manufacturer electronic waste program, and the applicable county or solid waste authority serving one or more counties. If retailers agree to participate in a program collection site, then the retailer collection site does not have to collect all covered devices or register as a collector.

(E) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a retailer from collecting a fee for each covered device collected.

(F) Manufacturers may use retail collection sites for satisfying some or all of their obligations pursuant to Sections 48-60-51, 48-60-56, and 48-60-57.

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