§ 35-11-508 — Recycling and processing requirements for commercial solid waste management facilities

(a) In recognition of the need to minimize unnecessary
uses of the land for solid waste management, to allow for an
effective ability for state oversight, regulation and inspection
of solid wastes intended to be managed in the state and to
conserve natural resources in accord with the policy and purpose
of this act, commercial solid waste management facilities shall
conform to the following operating practices:
(i) Solid wastes shall be screened by the facility
operator in a manner approved by the director to assure to the
maximum practical extent that wastes prohibited from disposal at
the facility are not managed or disposed of at the facility.
Management or disposal of any prohibited waste by a facility
shall be cause for the council to issue a cessation order
preventing continued receipt of solid wastes at the facility.
The order shall remain in effect until the director approves a
revised waste screening plan submitted by the facility operator
which the director deems sufficient to prevent receipt of wastes
prohibited from disposal at the facility;
(ii) Solid wastes shall be processed within the state
to facilitate inspections of processing by the department, and
removal and recovery of useful components of the waste stream as
required by this section, using processes found to be acceptable
in rules and regulations promulgated by the council including
but not limited to grinding, shredding, incineration or
composting;
(iii) Rules and regulations of the council shall
establish minimum acceptable removal and recovery rates for
useful components of the solid waste stream. Such rates may be
established for the facility as a whole, or may differ for
different components of the solid waste stream;
(iv) Following adoption by the council of rules and
regulations to implement this section, disposal of useful
components of the solid waste stream shall be prohibited at any
land disposal facility in the state;
(v) Residues remaining following processing,
separation and reclamation of useful components of the solid
waste stream shall be treated, stored or disposed in compliance
with the requirements of this act.
(b) For purposes of this section useful components of the
solid waste stream include but are not limited to energy, glass,
ferrous and nonferrous metals, paper products and organic
matter.
(c) Compliance with the requirements of this section for
commercial solid waste management facilities does not limit any
other requirements which may be applicable to such facilities
under the act, nor any applicable local rule or ordinance.