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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-2506" 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>In accordance with the requirements of a producer responsibility organization, as established in an approved producer responsibility plan on file with the Department, and any other requirement adopted by the Department, a service provider may request reimbursement from a producer responsibility organization for costs associated with collecting, transporting, and processing covered materials that are identified under the plan, including costs associated with recycling services for  covered entities.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If multiple producer responsibility organizations register approved producer responsibility plans with the Department in accordance with this subtitle, the producer responsibility organizations shall coordinate reimbursement requested under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Multiple producer responsibility organizations may establish a third–party entity to coordinate reimbursement in accordance with this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This section does not authorize a service provider to request reimbursement from a producer responsibility organization for costs associated with composting materials that are not covered materials, including food waste and other organic materials.</text>
  </level>
</section>
