State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Mississippi > Title-17 > 17 > 17-17-429§ 17-17-429. Disposal of lead acid batteries.
(1) No person may place a lead acid battery in mixed municipal solid waste, discard or otherwise dispose of a lead acid battery except by delivery to a battery retailer or wholesaler, or to a permitted secondary lead smelter, or to a collection or recycling facility authorized under the laws of this state.
(2) No battery retailer shall dispose of a lead acid battery except by delivery to the agent of a battery wholesaler or a permitted secondary lead smelter, to a battery manufacturer for delivery to a permitted secondary lead smelter or to a collection or recycling facility authorized under the laws of this state.
Sources: Laws, 1991, ch. 531, § 15, eff from and after July 1, 1991.
