(1) No person shall knowingly:
(a) Dispose of lead acid batteries by placing them in mixed solid waste;

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 224.50-410

  • Disposal: means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any waste into or on any land or water so that such waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including ground waters. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
  • Recycling: means any process by which materials which would otherwise become solid waste are collected, separated, or processed and reused or returned to use in the form of raw materials or products, including refuse-derived fuel when processed in accordance with administrative regulations established by the cabinet, but does not include the incineration or combustion of materials for the recovery of energy. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
  • Waste: means :
    (a) "Solid waste" means any garbage, refuse, sludge, and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining (excluding coal mining wastes, coal mining by-products, refuse, and overburden), agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include those materials including, but not limited to, sand, soil, rock, gravel, or bridge debris extracted as part of a public road construction project funded wholly or in part with state funds, recovered material, post-use polymers or recovered feedstocks, tire-derived fuel, special wastes as designated by KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010

(b) Accept lead acid batteries for disposal in a landfill or an incinerator; or
(c) Discard or abandon a lead acid battery in any manner except as allowed by subsection (2) of this section.
(2) Proper disposal of lead acid batteries shall mean delivery to: (a) A retail seller of new lead acid batteries;
(b) A person who sells lead acid batteries at wholesale; (c) A permitted secondary lead smelter;
(d) A facility which will recycle the batteries by extracting the lead and chemical components for reuse; or
(e) A collection center which delivers to a smelter or a recycling facility.
Effective: July 13, 1990
History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990.
Formerly codified as KRS § 224.2502.