Statewide Iowa — The process for changing Iowa’s bottle and can deposit law is entering the final steps after the Environmental Protection Commission gave its initial approval to the rules.
DNR Land Quality Bureau chief Amie Davidson says the rules now get one more editorial review.
The comment period will end November 22.
She says they’ve heard from around 65 people during the informal comment period.
The law allows retailers to opt out of taking back empty cans and bottles and paying the deposit to customers if they are within set distances of a recycling facility. Davidson says the rules should be in place by the first of the year.
