Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 544.04

Current through October 28, 2024

Section NR 544.04 - Required components of an effective recycling program

The effective recycling program of a responsible unit shall include all of the following components:

(1) A public information and education program to address recycling of materials specified in s. 287.07(1m) to (4), Stats., and waste reduction and reuse efforts at single family and 2 to 4 unit residences, multiple-family dwellings and non-residential facilities and properties. It shall include program start up and regular distribution of current program information, and consumer and youth education.

Note: Major appliances must be managed in compliance with ss. 285.59 and 287.07(1m), Stats., and ch. NR 488.

(2) An ordinance that contains the provisions specified in s. NR 544.06.

(3) A system which meets the provisions of s. NR 544.05 for collecting from single family and 2 to 4 unit residences the materials specified in s. 287.07(3) and (4), Stats.

(4) A system for single family and 2 to 4 unit residences which meets the provisions of s. NR 544.05 for processing and marketing of the recyclable materials specified in s. 287.07(3) and (4), Stats., which have been separated for recycling or recovered from solid waste in as pure a form as is technically feasible.

(5) Equipment and staff to implement the recycling program serving single family and 2 to 4 unit residences which may include contracting for services, staff, supplies and equipment from vendors.

(7) A requirement that owners of multiple family dwellings and non-residential facilities and properties or their designated agents provide for the recycling at their facilities and properties of materials specified in s. 287.07(3) and (4), Stats.

(8) A prohibition against disposing of in a solid waste facility or burning in a solid waste treatment facility the materials specified in s. 287.07(3) and (4), Stats., which have been separated for recycling.

(9) A means of adequately enforcing the requirements of the effective recycling program.

(9g) Beginning August 1, 2006, a compliance assurance plan describing the procedure the responsible unit will follow to address at a minimum one act of non-compliance with recycling requirements specified in its recycling ordinance which is commonly encountered by the responsible unit.

(9r) Submittal of an annual program report that meets the requirements specified in s. NR 544.10.

(10) Provisions for the management of the post consumer waste that is generated within the responsible unit and that is not separated or recovered for recycling in a manner consistent with the highest feasible solid waste management priority under s. 287.05(12), Stats.

(11) A reasonable effort to reduce to the maximum extent feasible, the amount, by weight, of each material specified in s. 287.07(3) and (4), Stats., that is generated as solid waste within the region and disposed of in a solid waste disposal facility or converted into fuel or burned without energy recovery in a solid waste treatment facility.

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 544.04

Cr. Register, September, 1993, No. 453, eff. 10-1-93; CR 04-113: am. (intro.), (1), (7) and (10), r. (6), cr. (9g) and (9r) Register June 2005 No. 594, eff. 7-1-05.