New Jersey Statutes 13:1E-99.109. Used covered electronic device, disposal as solid waste prohibited
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 13:1E-99.109
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
b. No solid waste facility in this State shall knowingly accept for disposal any truckload or roll-off container of solid waste containing a visible quantity of covered electronic devices, or any of the components or subassemblies thereof, as solid waste at any time.
c. An owner or operator of a solid waste facility may refuse to accept for disposal any truckload or roll-off container of solid waste containing a visible quantity of covered electronic devices or any of the components or subassemblies thereof.
d. An owner or operator of a solid waste facility shall not be found in violation of this section if the owner or operator has:
(1) made a good faith effort to comply with this section;
(2) posted in a conspicuous location at the solid waste facility a sign stating that covered electronic devices, or any of the components or subassemblies thereof, shall not be accepted at the solid waste facility; and
(3) notified, in writing, all persons authorized to deposit solid waste at the solid waste facility that covered electronic devices, or any of the components or subassemblies thereof, shall not be accepted at the solid waste disposal facility.
e. As used in this section, “solid waste facility” shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 3 of P.L.1970, c.39 (C. 13:1E-3).
L.2007, c.347, s.16; amended 2008, c.130, s.13; 2012, c.79, s.8.