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MSW Disposal Bans

MSW Disposal Bans. Carl Hursh Pa. DEP, Waste Reduction and Recycling for Solid Waste Advisory Committee May 10, 2007. What Pennsylvania has banned. Landfill disposal : Truckloads comprised primarily of leaf waste (>50 percent) Lead-acid batteries Whole tires

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MSW Disposal Bans

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  1. MSW Disposal Bans Carl Hursh Pa. DEP, Waste Reduction and Recycling for Solid Waste Advisory Committee May 10, 2007

  2. What Pennsylvania has banned • Landfill disposal: • Truckloads comprised primarily of leaf waste (>50 percent) • Lead-acid batteries • Whole tires • Untreated infectious waste

  3. What Pennsylvania has banned • Resource Recovery Facility disposal (to the “greatest extent practicable”): • Recyclable materials: Plastics, High-grade office paper, Aluminum, Clear glass and Newspaper • Hazardous materials: Plastics, Corrosive materials, Batteries, Pressurized cans and Household hazardous waste materials

  4. Aluminum Corrugated cardboard Glass (clear & colored) High-grade office paper Newsprint Plastics Steel and bimetallic cans TOTAL 48,844 tons 785,032 tons 234,628 tons 341,975 tons 329,263 tons 155,683 tons 102,532 tons 1,997,957 tons Act 101 Recyclables disposed in Pa.

  5. Food waste Non-recyclable paper Wood – unpainted Other C&D Plastic film Other rigid plastic Mixed paper Textiles TOTAL 1,124,290 tons 871,325 tons 543,407 tons 449,716 tons 468,454 tons 356,025 tons 430,978 tons 356,025 tons 4,213,220 tons Other Pa. materials disposed

  6. What California has banned • Electronics • Cathode Ray tubes • Used oil • Whole tires

  7. What Illinois has banned • White goods • Yard waste • Lead-acid batteries • Used oil • Waste tires

  8. What Maine has banned • White goods • Cathode ray tubes • Lead-acid batteries • Whole tires

  9. What Massachusetts has banned • Containers: glass, metal and narrow-neck plastic • Recyclable paper • White goods and scrap metal • Leaves and yard wastes • Asphalt pavement, brick, concrete, wood • Cathode Ray tubes • Lead-acid batteries • Whole tires

  10. What Michigan has banned • Beverage containers • White goods with Freon • Yard trimmings • Lead-acid batteries, Used oil, Whole tires • Haz., Liquid, Low-level radioactive, and Medical wastes • PCBs and Sewage

  11. What Minnesota has banned • Source separated materials, and • Telephone directories • White goods • Yard trimmings • Cathode ray tubes • Lead-acid batteries • Used oil • Whole tires

  12. What Missouri has banned • Major appliances • Yard waste • Lead-acid batteries • Used oil • Whole tires

  13. What New Jersey has banned • Locally designated materials • Major appliances

  14. What North Carolina has banned • Used oil (1990) • Whole tires (1990) • Lead-acid batteries (1991) • White goods (1991) • Yard Waste (1993) • Aluminum cans (1994) • Antifreeze (1994)

  15. What North Carolina has banned • Oyster shells (2007) • Beverage containers consumed on premises of ABC permit holders (liquor licensees) (2008) • Oil filters (2009) • Plastic bottles (2009) • Wooden pallets except at permitted C&D facilities (2009)

  16. What North Dakota has banned • Scrap metal • White goods • Lead-acid batteries • Used oil

  17. What Nebraska has banned • Major appliances • Lead-acid batteries • Used oil • Whole tires

  18. What Ohio has banned • Source separated yard waste • Lead-acid batteries • Waste tires • Whole and shredded tires

  19. What Vermont has banned • White goods • Oil-based paint • Lead-acid batteries • Used oil • Whole and shredded tires • “General batteries” • Hazardous waste

  20. Aluminum beverage containers Glass containers Plastic beverage containers Steel containers Corrugated cardboard Magazines Newspaper Office paper White goods Yard trimmings Cathode Ray tubes Lead-acid batteries Used oil What Wisconsin has banned

  21. Lead-acid batteries Major appliances Yard waste Newspaper Corrugated cardboard Magazines Office paper > 95% > 95% 78% 67% 72% 31% – 35% 28% – 57% WI bans’ impact on recycling rates

  22. Aluminum containers Steel containers Glass containers Plastic containers (PET and HDPE) Tires 55% 54% 57% - 74% 41% - 51% > 95% (including WTE) (2003 data) WI bans’ impact on recycling rates

  23. Additional Pa. ban opportunities • TVs, computer monitors, electronics • Fluorescent tubes • Oil-based paint, Used oil, Oil filters • Recyclable paper • Unpainted wood and pallets • Recyclable containers • Source separated food and yard waste

  24. DISCUSSION

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