# Environment (GEN)

## Title 9. Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities

### Subtitle 25. Producer Responsibility for Packaging and Paper Products

#### Section 9-2504

(a) This subtitle does not affect the authority of the State or a local jurisdiction to regulate the sale or use of any packaging material.

(b) This subtitle may not be construed to:

  (1) Prohibit a local government, a service provider, or any other entity from selling recycled materials or compost to end markets and retaining the revenues from those sales;

  (2) Affect the authority of a publicly or privately owned materials recycling facility or composting facility to determine which entities may use the facility;

  (3) Limit the ability of local governments, materials recycling facilities, or composting facilities to make decisions on recycling infrastructure purchases, including processing equipment; or

  (4) Preclude the separate adoption of a beverage container deposit return program in the State to reduce beverage container pollution and plastic waste.

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Md. Code Ann., Envir. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)