Current through Register Vol. 54, No.43, October 26, 2024
Section 272.226 - Description of recyclable materials(a) The plan shall describe and evaluate: (1) The kind and weight or volume of materials that could be recycled, giving consideration, at a minimum, to the following materials: clear glass, colored glass, aluminum, steel and bimetallic cans, high grade office paper, newsprint, corrugated paper, plastics, other marketable grades of paper and leaf waste.(2) Potential benefits of waste reduction or recycling, including the potential solid waste reduction and the avoided cost of municipal waste processing or disposal.(3) Existing materials recovery operations and the kind and weight or volume of materials recycled by the operations, whether public or private.(4) The compatibility of recycling with other municipal waste processing or disposal methods, giving consideration to and describing anticipated and available markets for materials collected through municipal recycling programs.(5) Proposed or existing collection methods for recyclable materials.(6) Options for ensuring the collection of recyclable materials.(7) Options for the processing, storage and sale of recyclable materials, including market commitments.(8) Options for municipal cooperation or agreement for the collection, processing and sale of recyclable materials.(9) A schedule for implementation of the recycling program for mandated municipalities and other parts of the county.(10) Estimated costs of operating and maintaining a waste reduction and recycling program, estimated revenue from the sale or use of materials and avoided costs of processing or disposal. This estimate shall be based on a comparison of public and private operation of some or all parts of the recycling program.(11) What consideration for the collection, marketing and disposition of recyclable materials will be accorded to persons engaged in the business of recycling on the date that the county issued its notice of plan revision under § 272.203 (relating to notice of municipalities) whether or not the persons are operating for profit.(12) A public information and education program that will provide comprehensive and sustained public notice of waste reduction and recycling program features and requirements.(b) A county containing municipalities that are required by Subchapter E (relating to municipal recycling programs) to implement recycling programs shall take the provisions of that subchapter into account in preparing the recycling portion of its plan. For these counties, the plan shall: (1) Identify the municipalities that have mandatory or voluntary recycling programs.(2) Identify municipalities that have delegated to the county their responsibilities under Subchapter E.(3) Explain how recycling under the plan will be coordinated with, and will not interfere with, municipal recycling under Subchapter E.(c) Nothing in this subchapter prohibits the preparation of a county municipal waste management plan revision prior to developing and implementing a recycling program required by Subchapter E, nor does this subchapter prohibit the preparation or implementation of a municipal recycling or waste reduction plan prior to the approval of the county plan revision.The provisions of this §272.226 adopted October 9, 1992, effective 10/10/1992, 22 Pa.B. 5105; amended December 22, 2000, effective 12/23/2000, 30 Pa.B. 6685. This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 272.204 (relating to format of plans); and 25 Pa. Code § 272.252 (relating to development of plan revisions).