OAR 845-020-0031: Requirements of Distributors Not Participating in a Distributor Cooperative

(1) Distributors that do not participate in a distributor cooperative and that sold more than 500,000 beverages in beverage containers in Oregon in the previous calendar year must establish a program to provide redemption services in the distributor’s distribution area that are comparable to services provided by a distributor cooperative in this state. (2) Redemption services must include: (a) Operation of full-service redemption centers that are staffed and operating at least 10 hours each day, seven days a week; (b) Customer access to reverse vending machines, hand counting, and bag drop-off service; (c) Providing dealers with a pick-up service, bag drop-off facilities, and facilitating establishment of dealer redemption centers; and (d) Establishing programs for nonprofit organizations to raise funds.