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2025-2026 Bill 750 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 10, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 750

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE 
"SOUTH CAROLINA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING ACT" BY ADDING CHAPTER 97 TO TITLE 
44 SO AS TO ESTABLISH A BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING PROGRAM BY WHICH BEVERAGE 
DISTRIBUTORS OPERATING WITHIN SOUTH CAROLINA ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTER WITH THE 
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND PAY THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE DEPOSITS ON BEVERAGE 
CONTAINERS COLLECTED FROM DEALERS OR CONSUMERS, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS; TO 
ESTABLISH AN INITIAL REFUND VALUE FOR DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINERS; TO CREATE A 
DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER FUND IN THE OFFICE OF THE STATE TREASURER TO BE USED 
FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES; TO REQUIRE THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL TO CONDUCT AUDITS OF 
THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE FOR THE OPERATION OF 
REDEMPTION CENTERS FOR THE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF DEPOSIT BEVERAGE 
CONTAINERS REGULATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; TO ESTABLISH 
REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATION OF CERTIFIED REDEMPTION CENTERS; TO REQUIRE 
REPORTING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF 
REVENUE; TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN STATE AGENCIES TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS TO 
IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHAPTER; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING REGULATIONS; TO ESTABLISH 
PENALTIES AND THE RIGHT TO CHALLENGE THE IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES THROUGH AN 
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the "South Carolina Beverage Container 
Recycling Act."

SECTION 2. Title 44 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

CHAPTER 97

South Carolina Beverage Container Recycling

 Section 
44-97-10. As used in this chapter:

 (1) 
"Administrative fee" means an amount paid by the State to a certified processor 
to defray administrative costs.

 (2) "Bureau" 
means the Bureau of Land and Waste Management, a division of the Department of 
Environmental Services.

 (3) "Cancel" 
means to crush, flatten, shred, or otherwise render a deposit beverage 
container unfit for reuse or redemption.

 (4) "Certified 
processor" means a facility designed for the collection, processing, and sale 
or reuse of secondary resources that would otherwise be disposed of as 
municipal solid waste, and that has been certified by the department to 
purchase, quantify, document, cancel, process, and reuse or sell for reuse, 
deposit beverage containers that have been collected at certified redemption 
centers.

 (5) "Certified 
redemption center" means an operation that has been certified by the department 
to accept empty deposit beverage containers from consumers; sort the containers 
according to material type and, if applicable, color and size; pay no less than 
the established refund value either to the consumer or to a recipient 
designated or intended by the consumer; ensure that the properly sorted 
containers are received by a certified processor; and, where authorized, cancel 
the empty containers. A certified redemption center may be a:

 (a) 
dedicated storefront facility;

 (b) 
facility that is operated by and is a part of a:

 (i) 
grocery store or other retailer;

 (ii) 
nonprofit agency or facility, such as a homeless shelter;

 (iii) 
recycling program operated by, or on behalf of, a county, municipal or 
metropolitan government, including a recycling convenience center, a waste 
transfer station, a materials recovery facility, or a landfill; or

 (iv) 
certified processor;

 (c) 
portable microsite redemption center;

 (d) 
mobile redemption center; or

 (e) 
reverse vending machine.

 (6) 
"Comptroller" means the Office of the Comptroller General.

 (7) 
"Consumer" means a person who buys a beverage in a deposit beverage container 
for use or consumption and pays the deposit.

 (8) 
"Container recovery fee" means an amount paid by a deposit beverage distributor 
to defray the costs of collecting and recycling deposit beverage containers and 
administering the deposit program.

 (9) 
"Dealer" means a person who engages in the sale of beverages in deposit 
beverage containers to a consumer for off-premises consumption in the State.

 (10) 
"Department" means the Department of Environmental Services.

 (11) 
"Deposit beverage" means beer, ale, or other drink produced by fermenting malt; 
carbonated soft drinks; carbonated and noncarbonated water, including flavored 
water; tea and coffee drinks regardless of dairy-derived product content; 
juices, including one hundred percent juices and juice blends; wine coolers, 
flavored malt beverages and any other juice-based beverage with an alcohol 
conte