New Hampshire Revised Statutes 149-M:27 – Refuse Reduction
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I. If the department finds that an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health, it may issue an order suspending all or any part of this section during such emergency.
II. No wet-cell batteries shall be disposed of in a solid waste landfill facility or composting facility or incinerator, whether in a waste-to-energy facility or otherwise.
III. (a) No leaf or yard waste shall be disposed of in a solid waste landfill or incinerator including any waste-to-energy facility. Any person who violates this paragraph shall be subject to the penalties and enforcement provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 149-M:15 and 16.
(b) Subparagraph (a) shall not apply to municipalities organized under N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 53-A or RSA 53-B, if application of the paragraph would cause the municipality to violate or incur penalties under legal obligations existing on January 1, 1993.
(c) Subparagraph (a) shall not apply to municipalities organized under 1986, 139, or entities with which such municipalities contract until June 30, 2009.
(d) Solid waste landfills and incinerators shall not be in violation of subparagraph (a) if, at a minimum, the facility has implemented any of the following:
(1) Posting signs at the facility providing notice of the prohibition against disposing of leaf and yard waste.
(2) Written notification to, or agreements with, the facility’s customers providing notice of the prohibition against disposing of leaf and yard waste.
(3) Implementation of a procedure for periodically monitoring incoming waste to detect leaf and yard waste at the facility and a process to notify customers that they have delivered such waste in violation of subparagraph (a).
IV. (a) No person shall dispose of any video display device, central processing unit of a computer, or non-mobile video display media recorder/player in any solid waste landfill or incinerator in New Hampshire after July 1, 2007.
(b) Owners or operators of such facilities shall not be found to have knowingly disposed of a video display device, central processing unit of a computer, or non-mobile video display media recorder/player if the facility has implemented mechanisms to avoid such disposal which shall include, at a minimum, posting of signs at the facility or providing written notification to, or agreements with, the facility’s customers concerning the disposal prohibition.
II. No wet-cell batteries shall be disposed of in a solid waste landfill facility or composting facility or incinerator, whether in a waste-to-energy facility or otherwise.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 149-M:27
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
III. (a) No leaf or yard waste shall be disposed of in a solid waste landfill or incinerator including any waste-to-energy facility. Any person who violates this paragraph shall be subject to the penalties and enforcement provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 149-M:15 and 16.
(b) Subparagraph (a) shall not apply to municipalities organized under N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 53-A or RSA 53-B, if application of the paragraph would cause the municipality to violate or incur penalties under legal obligations existing on January 1, 1993.
(c) Subparagraph (a) shall not apply to municipalities organized under 1986, 139, or entities with which such municipalities contract until June 30, 2009.
(d) Solid waste landfills and incinerators shall not be in violation of subparagraph (a) if, at a minimum, the facility has implemented any of the following:
(1) Posting signs at the facility providing notice of the prohibition against disposing of leaf and yard waste.
(2) Written notification to, or agreements with, the facility’s customers providing notice of the prohibition against disposing of leaf and yard waste.
(3) Implementation of a procedure for periodically monitoring incoming waste to detect leaf and yard waste at the facility and a process to notify customers that they have delivered such waste in violation of subparagraph (a).
IV. (a) No person shall dispose of any video display device, central processing unit of a computer, or non-mobile video display media recorder/player in any solid waste landfill or incinerator in New Hampshire after July 1, 2007.
(b) Owners or operators of such facilities shall not be found to have knowingly disposed of a video display device, central processing unit of a computer, or non-mobile video display media recorder/player if the facility has implemented mechanisms to avoid such disposal which shall include, at a minimum, posting of signs at the facility or providing written notification to, or agreements with, the facility’s customers concerning the disposal prohibition.