455C.2 Refund values.
1. A refund value of not less than five cents shall be paid by the consumer on each beverage container sold in this state by a dealer for consumption off the premises. Upon return of the empty beverage container upon which a refund value has been paid to the dealer or person operating a redemption center and acceptance of the empty beverage container by the dealer or person operating a redemption center, the dealer or person operating a redemption center shall return the amount of the refund value to the consumer.
2. In addition to the refund value provided in subsection 1 of this section, a dealer, or person operating a redemption center who redeems empty beverage containers or a dealer agent shall be reimbursed by the distributor required to accept the empty beverage containers an amount which is one cent per container. A dealer, dealer agent, or person operating a redemption center may compact empty metal beverage containers with the approval of the distributor required to accept the containers.
[C79, 81, §455C.2]
87 Acts, ch 22, §13; 88 Acts, ch 1200, §2; 89 Acts, ch 272, §35, 42; 90 Acts, ch 1261, §43, 44; 91 Acts, ch 268, §434, 442, 443; 92 Acts, ch 1242, §34, 38, 39, 40, 47
Referred to in §123.24, 455C.3, 455C.4, 455C.12
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 455C - BEVERAGE CONTAINERS CONTROL
Section 455C.2 - Refund values.
Section 455C.3 - Payment of refund value.
Section 455C.4 - Refusal to accept containers.
Section 455C.5 - Refund value stated on container — exceptions.
Section 455C.6 - Redemption centers.
Section 455C.7 - Unapproved redemption centers.
Section 455C.8 - Snap-top cans prohibited.
Section 455C.9 - Rules adopted.
Section 455C.13 - Distributors’ agreements authorized.
Section 455C.14 - Redemption of refused nonrefillable metal beverage containers.
Section 455C.15 - Plastic cans prohibited.
Section 455C.16 - Beverage containers — disposal at sanitary landfill prohibited.
Section 455C.17 - Grants for independent redemption centers.