(1) Inefficient andimproper methods of managing solid waste create hazards to public health, causepollution of air and water resources, constitute a waste of natural resources,have an adverse effect on land values, and create public nuisances.
(2) Problems of solidwaste management have become a matter statewide in scope and necessitate Stateaction to assist local governments in improving methods and processes topromote more efficient methods of solid waste collection and disposal.
(3) The continuingtechnological progress and improvements in methods of manufacture, packaging,and marketing of consumer products have resulted in an ever‑mountingincrease of the mass of material discarded by the purchasers of the products,thereby necessitating a statewide approach to assisting local governmentsaround the State with their solid waste management programs.
(4) The economic growthand population growth of our State have required increased industrialproduction together with related commercial and agricultural operations to meetour needs, which have resulted in a rising tide of unwanted and discardedmaterials.
(5) The failure orinability to economically recover material and energy resources from solidwaste results in the unnecessary waste and depletion of our natural resources;such that, maximum resource recovery from solid waste and maximum recycling andreuse of the resources must be considered goals of the State.
(6) Certain solid waste,due to its quantity; concentration; or physical, chemical, biological, orinfectious characteristics; is exceptionally hazardous to human health, safety,and to the environment; such that exceptional attention to the transportation,disposal, storage, and treatment of the waste is necessary to protect humanhealth, safety, and welfare; and to protect the environment.
(7) This Part should beintegrated with other State laws and rules and applicable federal law.
(b) It is the purposeof this Part to:
(1) Regulate in the mosteconomically feasible, cost‑effective, and environmentally safe mannerthe storage, collection, transport, separation, processing, recycling, anddisposal of solid waste in order to protect the public health, safety, andwelfare; enhance the environment for the people of this State; and recoverresources which have the potential for further usefulness.
(2) Establish andmaintain a cooperative State program of planning, technical assistance, andfinancial assistance for solid waste management.
(3) Require counties andmunicipalities to adequately plan and provide efficient, environmentallyacceptable solid waste management programs; and require counties to plan forproper hazardous waste management.
(4) Require review ofthe design, and issue permits for the construction, operation, and closure ofsolid waste management facilities.
(5) Promote theapplication of resource recovery systems that preserve and enhance the qualityof air, water, and land resources.
(6) Ensure thatexceptionally hazardous solid waste is transported, disposed of, stored, andtreated in a manner adequate to protect human health, safety, and welfare; andthe environment.
(7) Promote thereduction, recycling, reuse, or treatment of solid waste, specifically includinghazardous waste, in lieu of disposal of the waste.
(8) Promote methods andtechnology for the treatment, disposal, and transportation of hazardous wastewhich are practical, cost‑effective, and economically feasible.
(9) Encourage countiesand municipalities to utilize all means reasonably available to promoteefficient and proper methods of managing solid waste and to promote theeconomical recovery of material and energy resources from solid waste,including contracting with persons to provide or operate resource recoveryservices or facilities on behalf of the county or municipality.
(10) Promote the educationof the general public and the training of solid waste professionals to reducethe production of solid waste, to ensure proper disposal of solid waste, and toencourage recycling.
(11) Encourage thedevelopment of waste reduction and recycling as a means of managing solidwaste, conserving resources, and supplying energy through planning, grants,technical assistance, and other incentives.
(12) Encourage thedevelopment of the State's recycling industry by promoting the successfuldevelopment of markets for recycled items and by promoting the acceleration andadvancement of the technology used in manufacturing processes that use recycleditems.
(13) Give the State aleadership role in recycling efforts by granting a preference in Statepurchasing to products with recycled content.
(14) Require counties todevelop and implement recycling programs so that valuable materials may bereturned to productive use, energy and natural resources conserved, and theuseful life of solid waste management facilities extended.
(15) Ensure that medicalwaste is transported, stored, treated, and disposed of in a manner sufficientto protect human health, safety, and welfare; and the environment.
(16) Require counties,municipalities, and State agencies to determine the full cost of providingstorage, collection, transport, separation, processing, recycling, and disposalof solid waste in an environmentally safe manner; and encourage counties,municipalities, and State agencies to contract with private persons for any orall the services in order to assure that the services are provided in the mostcost‑effective manner. (1989, c. 784, s. 2.)
(1) Inefficient andimproper methods of managing solid waste create hazards to public health, causepollution of air and water resources, constitute a waste of natural resources,have an adverse effect on land values, and create public nuisances.
(2) Problems of solidwaste management have become a matter statewide in scope and necessitate Stateaction to assist local governments in improving methods and processes topromote more efficient methods of solid waste collection and disposal.
(3) The continuingtechnological progress and improvements in methods of manufacture, packaging,and marketing of consumer products have resulted in an ever‑mountingincrease of the mass of material discarded by the purchasers of the products,thereby necessitating a statewide approach to assisting local governmentsaround the State with their solid waste management programs.
(4) The economic growthand population growth of our State have required increased industrialproduction together with related commercial and agricultural operations to meetour needs, which have resulted in a rising tide of unwanted and discardedmaterials.
(5) The failure orinability to economically recover material and energy resources from solidwaste results in the unnecessary waste and depletion of our natural resources;such that, maximum resource recovery from solid waste and maximum recycling andreuse of the resources must be considered goals of the State.
(6) Certain solid waste,due to its quantity; concentration; or physical, chemical, biological, orinfectious characteristics; is exceptionally hazardous to human health, safety,and to the environment; such that exceptional attention to the transportation,disposal, storage, and treatment of the waste is necessary to protect humanhealth, safety, and welfare; and to protect the environment.
(7) This Part should beintegrated with other State laws and rules and applicable federal law.
(b) It is the purposeof this Part to:
(1) Regulate in the mosteconomically feasible, cost‑effective, and environmentally safe mannerthe storage, collection, transport, separation, processing, recycling, anddisposal of solid waste in order to protect the public health, safety, andwelfare; enhance the environment for the people of this State; and recoverresources which have the potential for further usefulness.
(2) Establish andmaintain a cooperative State program of planning, technical assistance, andfinancial assistance for solid waste management.
(3) Require counties andmunicipalities to adequately plan and provide efficient, environmentallyacceptable solid waste management programs; and require counties to plan forproper hazardous waste management.
(4) Require review ofthe design, and issue permits for the construction, operation, and closure ofsolid waste management facilities.
(5) Promote theapplication of resource recovery systems that preserve and enhance the qualityof air, water, and land resources.
(6) Ensure thatexceptionally hazardous solid waste is transported, disposed of, stored, andtreated in a manner adequate to protect human health, safety, and welfare; andthe environment.
(7) Promote thereduction, recycling, reuse, or treatment of solid waste, specifically includinghazardous waste, in lieu of disposal of the waste.
(8) Promote methods andtechnology for the treatment, disposal, and transportation of hazardous wastewhich are practical, cost‑effective, and economically feasible.
(9) Encourage countiesand municipalities to utilize all means reasonably available to promoteefficient and proper methods of managing solid waste and to promote theeconomical recovery of material and energy resources from solid waste,including contracting with persons to provide or operate resource recoveryservices or facilities on behalf of the county or municipality.
(10) Promote the educationof the general public and the training of solid waste professionals to reducethe production of solid waste, to ensure proper disposal of solid waste, and toencourage recycling.
(11) Encourage thedevelopment of waste reduction and recycling as a means of managing solidwaste, conserving resources, and supplying energy through planning, grants,technical assistance, and other incentives.
(12) Encourage thedevelopment of the State's recycling industry by promoting the successfuldevelopment of markets for recycled items and by promoting the acceleration andadvancement of the technology used in manufacturing processes that use recycleditems.
(13) Give the State aleadership role in recycling efforts by granting a preference in Statepurchasing to products with recycled content.
(14) Require counties todevelop and implement recycling programs so that valuable materials may bereturned to productive use, energy and natural resources conserved, and theuseful life of solid waste management facilities extended.
(15) Ensure that medicalwaste is transported, stored, treated, and disposed of in a manner sufficientto protect human health, safety, and welfare; and the environment.
(16) Require counties,municipalities, and State agencies to determine the full cost of providingstorage, collection, transport, separation, processing, recycling, and disposalof solid waste in an environmentally safe manner; and encourage counties,municipalities, and State agencies to contract with private persons for any orall the services in order to assure that the services are provided in the mostcost‑effective manner. (1989, c. 784, s. 2.)
(1) Inefficient andimproper methods of managing solid waste create hazards to public health, causepollution of air and water resources, constitute a waste of natural resources,have an adverse effect on land values, and create public nuisances.
(2) Problems of solidwaste management have become a matter statewide in scope and necessitate Stateaction to assist local governments in improving methods and processes topromote more efficient methods of solid waste collection and disposal.
(3) The continuingtechnological progress and improvements in methods of manufacture, packaging,and marketing of consumer products have resulted in an ever‑mountingincrease of the mass of material discarded by the purchasers of the products,thereby necessitating a statewide approach to assisting local governmentsaround the State with their solid waste management programs.
(4) The economic growthand population growth of our State have required increased industrialproduction together with related commercial and agricultural operations to meetour needs, which have resulted in a rising tide of unwanted and discardedmaterials.
(5) The failure orinability to economically recover material and energy resources from solidwaste results in the unnecessary waste and depletion of our natural resources;such that, maximum resource recovery from solid waste and maximum recycling andreuse of the resources must be considered goals of the State.
(6) Certain solid waste,due to its quantity; concentration; or physical, chemical, biological, orinfectious characteristics; is exceptionally hazardous to human health, safety,and to the environment; such that exceptional attention to the transportation,disposal, storage, and treatment of the waste is necessary to protect humanhealth, safety, and welfare; and to protect the environment.
(7) This Part should beintegrated with other State laws and rules and applicable federal law.
(b) It is the purposeof this Part to:
(1) Regulate in the mosteconomically feasible, cost‑effective, and environmentally safe mannerthe storage, collection, transport, separation, processing, recycling, anddisposal of solid waste in order to protect the public health, safety, andwelfare; enhance the environment for the people of this State; and recoverresources which have the potential for further usefulness.
(2) Establish andmaintain a cooperative State program of planning, technical assistance, andfinancial assistance for solid waste management.
(3) Require counties andmunicipalities to adequately plan and provide efficient, environmentallyacceptable solid waste management programs; and require counties to plan forproper hazardous waste management.
(4) Require review ofthe design, and issue permits for the construction, operation, and closure ofsolid waste management facilities.
(5) Promote theapplication of resource recovery systems that preserve and enhance the qualityof air, water, and land resources.
(6) Ensure thatexceptionally hazardous solid waste is transported, disposed of, stored, andtreated in a manner adequate to protect human health, safety, and welfare; andthe environment.
(7) Promote thereduction, recycling, reuse, or treatment of solid waste, specifically includinghazardous waste, in lieu of disposal of the waste.
(8) Promote methods andtechnology for the treatment, disposal, and transportation of hazardous wastewhich are practical, cost‑effective, and economically feasible.
(9) Encourage countiesand municipalities to utilize all means reasonably available to promoteefficient and proper methods of managing solid waste and to promote theeconomical recovery of material and energy resources from solid waste,including contracting with persons to provide or operate resource recoveryservices or facilities on behalf of the county or municipality.
(10) Promote the educationof the general public and the training of solid waste professionals to reducethe production of solid waste, to ensure proper disposal of solid waste, and toencourage recycling.
(11) Encourage thedevelopment of waste reduction and recycling as a means of managing solidwaste, conserving resources, and supplying energy through planning, grants,technical assistance, and other incentives.
(12) Encourage thedevelopment of the State's recycling industry by promoting the successfuldevelopment of markets for recycled items and by promoting the acceleration andadvancement of the technology used in manufacturing processes that use recycleditems.
(13) Give the State aleadership role in recycling efforts by granting a preference in Statepurchasing to products with recycled content.
(14) Require counties todevelop and implement recycling programs so that valuable materials may bereturned to productive use, energy and natural resources conserved, and theuseful life of solid waste management facilities extended.
(15) Ensure that medicalwaste is transported, stored, treated, and disposed of in a manner sufficientto protect human health, safety, and welfare; and the environment.
(16) Require counties,municipalities, and State agencies to determine the full cost of providingstorage, collection, transport, separation, processing, recycling, and disposalof solid waste in an environmentally safe manner; and encourage counties,municipalities, and State agencies to contract with private persons for any orall the services in order to assure that the services are provided in the mostcost‑effective manner. (1989, c. 784, s. 2.)
