Wisconsin Legislative Council
AMENDMENT MEMO
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Memo published: February 14, 2024 Contact: Rachel E. Letzing, Deputy Director
2023 Assembly Bill 958 Assembly Amendment 1
2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 958
2023 Assembly Bill 958 makes various changes to the electronic waste recycling program administered
by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Among these changes, the bill modifies manufacturer
reporting requirements, as well as the formula used to calculate a manufacturer’s target recycling
weight for each program year.
Under the bill, a manufacturer’s target recycling weight is generally calculated by multiplying the
manufacturer’s market share of certain electronic devices sold in the state by the total weight of certain
electronic devices collected in the state by recyclers. A manufacturer’s target recycling weight for a given
program year is calculated based upon the market share and total weight of devices collected in the
program year that began two program years prior to the given program year. For example, a
manufacturer’s target recycling weight for 2027 would be based upon device sales and the total amount
of devices collected by recyclers in 2025.
The bill also includes nonstatutory provisions that specify target recycling weights for program years
2024 and 2025. The target weight formulae under these nonstatutory provisions generally mirror the
bill’s modifications to the current formula. However, absent the nonstatutory provision, the bill would
not provide manufacturers with targets for program year 2024 because the bill directs DNR to provide
targets for each program year by August of the prior year (a date that has already passed). The
nonstatutory provision establishing the 2025 target recycling weight formula includes a two-thirds
multiplier, reflecting the fact that the formula relies upon the weight of devices collected during an 18-
month period (the “transition year,” which resulted from prior legislation that shifted program years
from the state fiscal year to the calendar year).
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1
Assembly Amendment 1 makes changes to the bill’s nonstatutory provisions relating to the target
recycling weights for program years 2024 and 2025, as follows:
For the recycling targets for 2024, the amendment modifies the formula to use a manufacturer’s
market share during calendar year 2022, rather than its market share during program year 2021-22.
The amendment also directs DNR to calculate each manufacturer’s target and report the target to
each manufacturer no later than April 15, 2024.
For the recycling targets for 2025, the amendment modifies the formula to use a manufacturer’s
market share during calendar year 2023, rather than its market share during the transition year
(i.e., the period from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023).
The amendment also includes an additional nonstatutory provision to require a manufacturer’s 2024
registration to separately report weights sold in calendar year 2022 and calendar year 2023. To
accompany this change, the amendment repeals a provision under current law under which the - 2 -
information regarding the weights sold in calendar years 2022 and 2023 would be submitted through
manufacturer registrations in 2024 and 2025, respectively.
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Finally, the amendment modifies language within certain provisions establishing target recycling
weights to specify that the total weight of electronic devices used in the calculation is the weight that
was “collected and received by recyclers for recycling,” rather than the weight “collected by” recyclers.
BILL HISTORY
Representative Mursau offered Assembly Amendment 1 on February 6, 2024. On February 8, 2024, the
Assembly Committee on Environment recommended adoption of the amendment and passage of the
bill, as amended, on votes of Ayes, 9; Noes, 0.
For a full history of the bill, visit the Legislature’s bill history page.
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In repealing this provision, the amendment also repeals an obsolete reporting requirement applicable only to
manufacturer registrations submitted in 2022.