{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-25-17-1007","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 25-17-1007","heading":"Collection of charges - reimbursement of collection sites and electronic waste recyclers.","body":"(1) (a) A battery stewardship organization implementing a battery stewardship plan on behalf of producers shall develop and administer a system to collect charges from participating producers to cover the costs of program implementation, including:\n\n(I) Covered battery collection, sortation, transportation, processing, and recycling in a manner that is safe for public health and the environment;\n\n(II) Education and outreach;\n\n(III) Program administration, evaluation, and reporting; and\n\n(IV) Payment of annual fees to the department pursuant to section 25-17-1012 (1).\n\n(b) A battery stewardship organization is responsible for all costs of a battery stewardship program, including the costs described in subsection (1)(a) of this section.\n\n(2) (a) A battery stewardship organization shall reimburse a participating collection site, as described in section 25-17-1008, for:\n\n(I) Demonstrable costs incurred by a local government serving as a collection site, a solid waste facility, or a local government's designated collection site as a result of implementing a battery stewardship program, including associated labor costs and other costs associated with accessibility and collection site standards such as storage; and\n\n(II) Costs of agreed-upon education and outreach.\n\n(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a local government is not required to serve as a collection site pursuant to this part 10.\n\n(c) A battery stewardship organization shall, at a minimum, provide collection sites with appropriate containers for covered batteries subject to its program as well as training, signage, safety guidance, and educational materials at no cost to the collection sites.\n\n(3) A battery stewardship organization shall reimburse electronic waste recyclers for the costs to remove and recycle covered batteries from battery-containing products.","path":["Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT","Article 17 - Waste Diversion and Recycling","Part 10 - BATTERY STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-25.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"c1838bf23c7fb3fe7673cfead18f2cac23dc8bb0b4ae06b616ca6fe1d5019ae1","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-25-17-1006","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-25-17-1008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}