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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-2504" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="25" subtitle_name="Producer Responsibility for Packaging and Paper Products">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This subtitle does not affect the authority of the State or a local jurisdiction to regulate the sale or use of any packaging material.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This subtitle may not be construed to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>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;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Affect the authority of a publicly or privately owned materials recycling facility or composting facility to determine which entities may use the facility;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Limit the ability of local governments, materials recycling facilities, or composting facilities to make decisions on recycling infrastructure purchases, including processing equipment; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Preclude the separate adoption of a beverage container deposit return program in the State to reduce beverage container pollution and plastic waste.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
