Section 4000.1502 - Facilities operation and recycling(a)Leaf waste.--Two years after the effective date of this act, no municipal waste landfill may accept for disposal and no resource recovery facility may accept for processing, other than composting, truckloads composed primarily of leaf waste.(b)Drop-off centers.--(1) Two years after the effective date of this act, no person may operate a municipal waste landfill, resource recovery facility or transfer station unless the operator has established at least one drop-off center for the collection and sale of at least three recyclable materials. The three materials shall be chosen from the following: clear glass, colored glass, aluminum, steel and bimetallic cans, high grade office paper, newsprint, corrugated paper and plastics. The center must be located at the facility or in a place that is easily accessible to persons generating municipal waste that is processed or disposed at the facility. Each drop-off center must contain bins or containers where recyclable materials may be placed and temporarily stored. If the operation of the drop-off center requires attendants, the center shall be open at least eight hours per week, including four hours during evenings or weekends.(2) Each operator shall, at least 30 days prior to the initiation of the drop-off center program and at least once every six months thereafter, provide public notice of the availability of the drop-off center. The operator shall place an advertisement in a newspaper circulating in the municipality or provide notice in another manner approved by the department.(c)Removal of recyclable materials.--Two years after the effective date of this act, no person may operate a resource recovery facility unless the operator has developed a program for the removal to the greatest extent practicable of recyclable materials, such as plastics, high grade office paper, aluminum, clear glass and newspaper from the waste to be incinerated.(d)Removal of hazardous materials.--Two years after the effective date of this act, no person may operate a resource recovery facility unless the operator has developed a program for the removal to the greatest extent practicable of hazardous materials, such as plastics, corrosive materials, batteries, pressurized cans and household hazardous materials from the waste to be incinerated. 1988, July 28, P.L. 556, No. 101, § 1502, effective in 60 days.