(1)(a) A plan submitted under ORS § 459A.159 must provide for convenient service through, at a minimum:

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(A) Providing for at least one permanent collection site in every county with a population of 10,000 people or more and an additional 25 collection sites distributed throughout this state in a manner to extend convenient service to residents;

(B) Holding at least one collection event per year in counties that have a population of less than 10,000 people and that do not have a permanent collection site;

(C) Providing for permanent collection sites that are in a county with a population of 10,000 people or more, to be staffed and open to the public at least six days per week;

(D) Providing for permanent collection sites that are in a county with a population of less than 10,000 people, to be staffed and open to the public at least one day per week; and

(E) Providing a convenient method for the public to access a list of collection opportunities.

(b) A plan may provide for methods for providing convenient service that are alternative methods to those provided for in paragraph (a) of this subsection if, based on a geographic information systems analysis or additional information, the alternative methods will result in providing service to residents throughout this state at an equivalent level of convenient service compared with the methods provided for under paragraph (a) of this subsection.

(2) A stewardship organization shall:

(a) Establish and maintain collection sites at:

(A) Permitted solid waste facilities; or

(B) Other suitable sites for the collection of discarded mattresses, if the sites do not impose a fee for making space available for storage containers.

(b) Provide for storage containers at no charge at, and transportation and recycling of program mattresses from, collection sites described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.

(c) Provide financial compensation to collection sites described in paragraph (a) of this subsection for their reasonable actual costs to collect and manage discarded mattresses.

(d) Provide for bulk pickup service at no cost to collect a minimum of 100 properly source separated program mattresses at one time from persons including, but not limited to:

(A) Public bodies as defined in ORS § 174.109;

(B) Retailers;

(C) Public or private disposal, transfer or material or energy recovery sites or facilities;

(D) Health care, educational or military facilities; and

(E) Hotels, motels, inns and other establishments that provide transient lodging.

(e) Offer organizations that recycle or renovate discarded mattresses the opportunity to participate as collection sites.

(f) Prioritize renovation or recycling over disposal in providing for the environmentally sound management and final disposition of program mattresses under the mattress stewardship program.

(g) Notify retailers that sell or offer for sale mattresses made or sold by producers or renovators registered with the stewardship organization about the mattress stewardship program and provide retailers with information necessary to comply with ORS § 459A.150 to 459A.189. [2022 c.102 § 5]

See note under 459A.150.