A person may establish a redemption center only with department approval, and approved centers must meet health standards.
1. To facilitate the return of empty beverage containers and to serve dealers of beverages, any person may establish a redemption center, subject to the approval of the department, at which consumers may return empty beverage containers and receive payment of the refund value of such beverage containers. A participating dealer may act as a redemption center for purposes of this chapter. 2. An application for approval of a redemption center shall be filed with the department. The application shall state the name and address of the person responsible for the establishment and operation of the redemption center, the kind and brand names of the beverage containers which will be accepted at the redemption center, and the names and addresses of the dealers to be served by the redemption center. The application shall contain such other information as the director may reasonably require. 3. The department shall approve a redemption center if it finds that the redemption center will provide a convenient service to consumers for the return of empty beverage containers. The order of the department approving a redemption center shall state the dealers to be served by the redemption center and the kind and brand names of empty beverage containers which the redemption center must accept. The order may contain such other provisions to ensure that the redemption center will provide a convenient service to the public as the director may determine. 4. The department may review the approval of any redemption center at any time. After written notice to the person responsible for the establishment and operation of the redemption center, and to the dealers served by the redemption center, the commission may, after hearing, withdraw approval of a redemption center if the commission finds there has not been compliance with the department’s order approving the redemption center, or if the redemption center no longer provides a convenient service to the public. 5. All approved redemption centers shall meet applicable health standards. [C79, 81, §455C.6] 2019 Acts, ch 59, §138; 2022 Acts, ch 1139, §8, 20