| Repurpose Installation at Montpelier High School |
Check out what art teacher Barbara Austin-Hutchins and the Montpelier High School students have been doing with excess packaging! It looks recyclable, too. Way to go, MHS!
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Legislative Update: VT 1st in Nation with Battery Take Back Legislation
Vermont lawmakers passed the nation's first extended producer responsibility law for single use batteries.
The Bill, known as H.695, an "Act Relating to Establishing a Product Stewardship Program for Primary Batteries," passed on May 8, 2014 to address single-use household batteries. It awaits Gov. Shumlin's approval.
Once signed by Gov. Peter Shumlin, the Bill will become the first extended producer responsibility (EPR) law in the US that covers primary batteries of multiple chemistries (e.g., alkaline, zinc carbon, lithium primary silver oxide, and zinc air).
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