§ 12-8-40-2 — Yard trimmings disposal restrictions

(a) Each city, county, or solid waste management authority may impose restrictions on yard trimmings which are generated in or may ultimately be disposed of in its area of jurisdiction; provided, however, that under no circumstances shall yard trimmings be placed in or mixed with municipal solid waste, except at: (1) Landfills restricted to construction or demolition waste; (2) Inert waste landfills; or (3) Lined municipal solid waste landfills having operating landfill gas collection systems directed to beneficial uses of landfill gas that promote renewable energy goals such as electrical power generation, industrial end use, or similar beneficial reuse. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) of this Code section, owners and operators of municipal solid waste landfills shall be prohibited from disposing of yard trimmings in municipal solid waste landfills. (c) The Board of Natural Resources is authorized to develop guidelines to assist local governing authorities and others in the orderly stockpiling of yard trimmings at suitable sites, the chipping and composting of yard trimmings, and the distribution of the products resulting from such chipping and composting.

Legislative History

Amended by 2011 Ga. Laws 70,§ 4, eff. 5/11/2011. Amended by 2005 Ga. Laws 390,§ 13, eff. 5/10/2005.