Florida Statutes 403.705 – State solid waste management program
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(1) The state solid waste management program shall:
(a) Provide guidelines for the orderly storage, separation, processing, recovery, recycling, and disposal of solid waste throughout the state;
Terms Used In Florida Statutes 403.705
- Department: means the Department of Environmental Protection or any successor agency performing a like function. See Florida Statutes 403.703
- Disposal: means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste or hazardous waste into or upon any land or water so that such solid waste or hazardous waste or any constituent thereof may enter other lands or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including groundwaters, or otherwise enter the environment. See Florida Statutes 403.703
- Hazardous waste: means solid waste, or a combination of solid wastes, which, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics, may cause, or significantly contribute to, an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness or may pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly transported, disposed of, stored, treated, or otherwise managed. See Florida Statutes 403.703
- Materials recovery facility: means a solid waste management facility that provides for the extraction from solid waste of recyclable materials, materials suitable for use as a fuel or soil amendment, or any combination of such materials. See Florida Statutes 403.703
- Processing: means any technique designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any solid waste so as to render it safe for transport; amenable to recovery, storage, or recycling; safe for disposal; or reduced in volume or concentration. See Florida Statutes 403.703
- Recycling: means any process by which solid waste, or materials that would otherwise become solid waste, are collected, separated, or processed and reused or returned to use in the form of raw materials or intermediate or final products. See Florida Statutes 403.703
- Resource recovery: means the process of recovering materials or energy from solid waste, excluding those materials or solid waste under the control of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. See Florida Statutes 403.703
- Solid waste: means sludge unregulated under the federal Clean Water Act or Clean Air Act, sludge from a waste treatment works, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility, or garbage, rubbish, refuse, special waste, or other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from domestic, industrial, commercial, mining, agricultural, or governmental operations. See Florida Statutes 403.703
- Solid waste management: means the process by which solid waste is collected, transported, stored, separated, processed, or disposed of in any other way according to an orderly, purposeful, and planned program, which includes closure. See Florida Statutes 403.703
- Special wastes: means solid wastes that can require special handling and management, including, but not limited to, white goods, waste tires, used oil, lead-acid batteries, construction and demolition debris, ash residue, yard trash, and biological wastes. See Florida Statutes 403.703
- Storage: means the containment or holding of a hazardous waste, either on a temporary basis or for a period of years, in such a manner as not to constitute disposal of such hazardous waste. See Florida Statutes 403.703
(b) Encourage coordinated local activity for solid waste management within a common geographical area;
(c) Investigate the present status of solid waste management in the state with positive proposals for local action to correct deficiencies in present solid waste management processes;
(d) Provide planning, technical, and financial assistance to local governments and state agencies for reduction, recycling, reuse, and processing of solid waste and for safe and environmentally sound solid waste management and disposal;
(e) Assist in the development of solid waste reduction and recycling programs to properly manage solid waste and conserve resources; and
(f) Provide for the education of the general public and the training of solid waste management professionals to reduce the production of solid waste, to ensure proper processing and disposal of solid waste, and to encourage recycling and solid waste reduction.
(2) The state solid waste management program shall include, at a minimum:
(a) Procedures and requirements to ensure cooperative efforts in solid waste management by counties and municipalities and groups of counties and municipalities where appropriate.
(b) Provisions for the continuation of existing effective regional resource recovery, recycling, and solid waste management facilities and programs.
(c) Planning guidelines and technical assistance to counties and municipalities to aid in meeting the municipal solid waste recycling goals established in s. 403.706(2).
(d) Planning guidelines and technical assistance to counties and municipalities to develop and implement recycling programs.
(e) Technical assistance to counties and municipalities in determining the full cost for solid waste management pursuant to s. 403.7049(1).
(f) Planning guidelines and technical assistance to counties and municipalities to develop and implement programs for alternative disposal or processing or recycling of the solid wastes prohibited from disposal in landfills under s. 403.708(12) and for special wastes.
(g) A public education program, to be developed in cooperation with the Department of Education, local governments, other state agencies, and business and industry organizations, to inform the public of the need for and the benefits of recycling of solid waste and reducing the amounts of solid and hazardous waste generated and disposed of in the state. The public education program shall be implemented through public workshops and through the use of brochures, reports, public service announcements, and other materials.
(3) The department shall evaluate and report biennially to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the state’s success in meeting the solid waste recycling goal as described in s. 403.706(2).
(4) The department shall adopt rules creating a voluntary certification program for materials recovery facilities. The certification criteria shall be based upon the amount and type of materials recycled and the compliance record of the facility and may vary depending on the location in the state and the available markets for the materials that are processed. Any materials recovery facility seeking certification shall file an application to modify its permit, or shall include a certification application as part of its original permit application, which application shall not require an additional fee. The department shall adopt a form for certification applications, and shall require at least annual reports to verify the continued qualification for certification. In order to assist in the development of the certification program, the department shall appoint a technical advisory committee.