OAR 845-020-0027: Dealer Redemption Centers

(1) Requirements. An individual may establish a dealer redemption center to serve one or more dealers doing business in an area that is not part of a full-service redemption center convenience zone specified by the Commission under ORS 459A.738 and 845-020-0020(4). An individual operating a dealer redemption center must: (a) Provide a secure drop-off service at no charge for empty beverage containers to be returned by any person for the refund value established by ORS 459A.705 in a bag or other bulk return container sold for that purpose; (b) Provide an accounting mechanism by which a person may redeem the refund value of beverage containers returned in bulk and access the refund value of the beverage containers through an accounting mechanism that is accessible on the premises and that makes the refund value available no later than one week after the person drops off the beverage containers; (c) Be serviced by a distributor cooperative for purposes of transporting and processing redeemed beverage containers; (d) Be available for persons to return beverage containers to the dealer redemption center during any time that a participating dealer is open between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the dealer where the dealer redemption center is located must accept beverage containers and pay the refund value pursuant to ORS 459A.710 and ORS 459A.715 at all hours the dealer is open; and (e) Be of a sufficient capacity to provide a convenient service to the public as the Commission may determine. (2) Distributor Cooperative Responsibilities. (a) A distributor cooperative that services a dealer redemption center must provide notice to the Commission no later than 14 days after the date that a dealer redemption center: (A) Begins providing drop-off service to persons for the return of empty beverage containers; or (B) Ceases operations. (b) A distributor cooperative that services a dealer redemption center must annually provide the Commission the names and addresses of the dealers served by all dealer redemption centers serviced by the distributor cooperative and such additional information as the Commission may require. (3) Dealer Redemption Participation. (a) Any dealer doing business within a dealer redemption center convenience zone established by the Commission may participate in and be served by the dealer redemption center if the dealer pays the cost of participation. (b) Any dealer doing business with an established dealer redemption center convenience zone that pays the cost of participating may refuse to accept and to pay the refund value of more than 24 individual empty beverage containers returned by any one person during one day. (c) Notwithstanding subsection (3) of this rule, a dealer that establishes a dealer redemption center at the dealer’s location within the limits of a city with a population greater than 500,000 may refuse to accept and to pay the refund value of individual empty beverage containers at that location. (4) Dealer Redemption Center Convenience Zones. If a dealer redemption center is established in a city having a population of less than 10,000 people, the Commission shall specify a dealer redemption center convenience zone of the sector within a radius of not more than one mile around the dealer redemption center.