287.07 Prohibitions on land disposal and incineration.
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287.07 Prohibitions on land disposal and incineration.
(1m)Batteries, major appliances and oil. No person may:
(a)Dispose of a lead acid battery or a major appliance in a solid waste disposal facility in this state, except that a person may dispose of a microwave oven in a solid waste disposal facility in this state if the capacitor has been removed and disposed of in accordance with s. 299.45
(7), if applicable.
(am)Burn a lead acid battery or a major appliance in a solid waste treatment facility in this state.
(b)Dispose of waste oil in a solid waste disposal facility or burn waste oil without energy recovery in a solid waste treatment facility in this state.
(2)Yard waste. Beginning on January 3, 1993, no person may dispose of yard waste in a solid waste disposal facility, except in a land spreading facility approved in accordance with ch. 289 , or burn yard waste without energy recovery in a solid waste facility in this state.
(3)Waste tires. Beginning on January 1, 1995, no person may dispose of a waste tire, as defined in s. 289.55
(c), in a solid waste disposal facility or burn a waste tire without energy recovery in a solid waste treatment facility in this state.
(4)General disposal restrictions. Beginning on January 1, 1995, no person may dispose of in a solid waste disposal facility, convert into fuel, or burn at a solid waste treatment facility in this state any of the following:
(a)An aluminum container.
(b)Corrugated paper or other container board.
(c)Foam polystyrene packaging.
(d)A glass container.
(f)A magazine or other material printed on similar paper.
(g)A newspaper or other material printed on newsprint.
(h)Office paper.
(i)A plastic container.
(j)A steel container.
(k)A container for carbonated or malt beverages that is primarily made of a combination of steel and aluminum.
(4e)General restrictions on placing in container.
(a)Beginning on July 1, 2011, no person may place in a container the contents of which will be disposed of in a solid waste disposal facility, converted into fuel, or burned at a solid waste treatment facility any of the items identified in sub.
(a)to
(k).
(b)Beginning on July 1, 2011, no person may place a waste tire in a container the contents of which will be disposed of in a solid waste disposal facility or burned without energy recovery in a solid waste treatment facility.
(4m)Oil filters and oil absorbent materials.
(a)In this subsection:
1. “Automotive engine oil” has the meaning given in s. 287.15
(a).