Department of Environmental Conservation

(a) These rules are adopted under the Secretary's authority pursuant to 3 V.S.A. Chapter 25 and 10 V.S.A. Chapter 53. (b) These rules apply to: (1) A person manufacturing or distributing a container; (2) A person selling a container at the retail level or operating a business for the purpose of redeeming a container; and (3) A person returning a beverage container to collect the deposit on a container. (c) These rules do not apply to beer or other malt beverages contained in kegs, halfkegs, quarter-kegs, or pony-kegs provided that a deposit on the keg is charged to the consumer for the use of the keg and refunded to the consumer upon return of the keg to the retailer.