(a) The operator of a store shall establish and maintain an at-store recycling program for plastic carryout bags and other film plastic that provides an opportunity for a customer of the store to return clean and dry plastic carryout bags and other film plastic to the store. The at-store recycling program for plastic carryout bags and other film plastic must include the following components:

(b) Plastic carryout bags and other film plastic collected by the store or the owner of an enclosed shopping mall must be transported and recycled along with any other in-store film plastic, except for film plastic that is not sufficiently free of foreign materials that would adversely affect the recycling stream.

(c) Plastic carryout bags and other film plastic collected by a store or the owner of an enclosed shopping mall, which are free of foreign material, must not be disposed of in any solid waste disposal facility.

(d) A store or its agent, and the owner of an enclosed shopping mall or its agent, must maintain, for a minimum of three years, records describing the collection, transport and recycling of plastic carryout bag and other film plastic collected, by weight. A store or its agent, or the owner of an enclosed shopping mall or its agent, may weigh the film plastic bags received and any other in-store film plastic at a recyclables handling and recovery facility or other similar facility capable of accurately weighing or otherwise measuring the amount of film plastic collected. These records must be made available to the department upon request in a form prescribed by or acceptable to the department to demonstrate compliance with this section.