1997 Minnesota Statutes

     115A.9561 Major appliances. 

    Subdivision 1.    Prohibitions.  A person may not: 

    (1) place major appliances in mixed municipal solid waste; 
 or 

    (2) dispose of major appliances in or on the land or in a 
 solid waste processing or disposal facility.  The agency may 
 enforce this section pursuant to sections 115.071 and 116.072. 

    Subd. 2.    Recycling required.  Major appliances must 
 be recycled or reused.  Each county shall ensure that its 
 households have the opportunity to recycle used major 
 appliances.  For the purposes of this section, recycling 
 includes: 

    (1) the removal of capacitors that may contain PCBs; 

    (2) the removal of ballasts that may contain PCBs; 

    (3) the removal of chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant gas; and 

    (4) the recycling or reuse of the metals, including mercury.

    HIST: 1Sp1989 c 1 art 20 s 13; 1991 c 337 s 48; 1991 c 347 art 
 1 s 18; 1992 c 560 s 2; 1994 c 585 s 27