1st Engrossment - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 03/06/2012 03:01pm
A bill for an act
relating to environment; modifying Waste Management Act; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 115A.03, subdivision 25a; 115A.95.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115A.03, subdivision 25a, is amended to
read:
"Recyclable materials" means materials that are
separated from mixed municipal solid waste for the purpose of recyclingnew text begin or compostingnew text end ,
including paper, glass, plastics, metals, automobile oil, deleted text begin anddeleted text end batteriesnew text begin , and source-separated
compostable materialsnew text end . Refuse-derived fuel or other material that is destroyed by
incineration is not a recyclable material.
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115A.95, is amended to read:
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(a) Recyclable materials must be delivered to an appropriate materials processing
facility that is permitted to recycle or compost the material.
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new text begin (b) new text end A disposal facility or a resource recovery facility that is composting new text begin mixed
municipal solid new text end waste, burning waste, or converting waste to energy or to materials for
combustion may not accept source-separated recyclable materials, and a solid waste
collector or transporter may not deliver source-separated recyclable materials to such a
facility, except for recycling or transfer to a recycler, unless the commissioner determines
that no other person is willing to accept the recyclable materials.