1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; modifying Waste Management Act;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 115A.03, subdivision 25a; 115A.95.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115A.03, subdivision 25a, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subd. 25a.Recyclable materials. "Recyclable materials" means materials that are 
1.8 	separated from mixed municipal solid waste for the purpose of recycling or composting, 
1.9 	including paper, glass, plastics, metals, automobile oil, and batteries, and source-separated 
1.10 	compostable materials. Refuse-derived fuel or other material that is destroyed by 
1.11 	incineration is not a recyclable material.

1.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115A.95, is amended to read:
1.13 	115A.95 RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.
1.14 	(a) Recyclable materials must be delivered to an appropriate materials processing 
1.15 	facility that is permitted to recycle or compost the material.
1.16 	(b) A disposal facility or a resource recovery facility that is composting mixed 
1.17 	municipal solid waste, burning waste, or converting waste to energy or to materials for 
1.18 	combustion may not accept source-separated recyclable materials, and a solid waste 
1.19 	collector or transporter may not deliver source-separated recyclable materials to such a 
1.20 	facility, except for recycling or transfer to a recycler, unless the commissioner determines 
1.21 	that no other person is willing to accept the recyclable materials.