{"data":{"id":"us-vt/10-v.s.a.-1523--2","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"10 V.S.A. § 1523","heading":"Acceptance of beverage containers [Effective March 1, 2029; see also § 1523 effective until March 1, 2029, set out above]","body":"(a) Except as provided in section 1522 of this title:\n(1) A retailer shall not refuse to accept from any person any empty beverage containers, labeled in accordance with section 1524 of this title, and a retailer or a redemption center shall not refuse to pay to that person the refund value of a beverage container as established by section 1522 of this title, except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) of this section.\n(2) The producer responsibility organization shall not refuse to pick up from a point of redemption included in the stewardship plan empty beverage containers, labeled in accordance with section 1524 of this title, or refuse to pay the point of redemption the refund value of a beverage container as established by section 1522 of this title.\n(b)(1) A retailer may refuse to redeem beverage containers if a stewardship plan that meets the requirements of section 1532 of this title has been implemented by the producer responsibility organization in the State and the retailer’s building is less than 5,000 square feet.\n(2) A manufacturer that sells directly to a consumer from a retail location may refuse to redeem beverage containers if the retail location where the manufacturer or distributor sells beverage containers is less than 5,000 square feet.\n(c) A point of redemption or producer responsibility organization shall refuse to redeem beverage containers that are not clean, are broken, are not labeled in accordance with section 1524 of this title, were known to have been purchased out of State, have already been redeemed, or are not registered with the producer responsibility organization pursuant to subsection 1531(d) of this title.\n(d)-(f) [Repealed.]","path":["Title 10: Conservation and Development","Chapter 053: Beverage Containers; Deposit-Redemption System"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/10/053/01523","current_through":"2026 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-25T06:47:56Z","sha256":"6c14e736bd712fcfe3382f32a60ef98aa263cdf4e1acd4f6cccc59a1a3ebc7f4","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/10-v.s.a.-1523","next":"us-vt/10-v.s.a.-1524"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}