287.185(1)(c)
(c) "Waste mercuric oxide battery" means a mercuric oxide battery that is no longer suitable for its original purpose due to use, wear, damage or defect.
287.185(2)
(2) Beginning on July 1, 1994, no person, except for a person operating a collection site identified under
s. 100.27 (5) (a), may treat, store or dispose of a waste mercuric oxide battery, other than a mercuric oxide button cell battery, except by sending it to a collection site identified under
s. 100.27 (5) (a).
287.185(3)
(3) A person operating a collection site identified under
s. 100.27 (5) (a) shall recycle or have recycled all collected waste mercuric oxide batteries unless no reasonable alternative exists.
287.185 History
History: 1993 a. 74;
1995 a. 227 s.
900; Stats. 1995 s. 287.185.
287.19
287.19
Statewide technical assistance. 287.19(1)
(1)
Duties. The department shall provide assistance to individuals, groups, businesses, state agencies, counties and municipalities in all aspects of recycling consistent with this subchapter, and whenever practical shall be provided with an emphasis on documents and material easy to read and understand by the general public. This assistance may be provided through programs established under
s. 287.21 and shall include all of the following:
287.19(1)(a)1.1. Providing information on how to conduct a survey of the composition of solid waste and, as appropriate, conducting one or more surveys.
287.19(1)(a)2.
2. Maintaining current estimates of the amount of components of solid waste specified in
s. 287.07 generated by categories of businesses, industries, municipalities and other governmental entities and of the amount of material that is recovered from solid waste for reuse or recycling.
287.19(1)(a)3.
3. Providing solid waste generators with information on how to manage solid waste consistent with
s. 287.05 (12).
287.19(1)(b)1.
1. Identifying appropriate qualifications of program coordinators and staff.
287.19(1)(b)2.
2. Preparing sample ordinances, procedural handbooks and contracts.
287.19(1)(b)3.
3. Identifying sources of information regarding the creation and operation of a municipal or county program.
287.19(1)(b)4.
4. Providing advice, upon the request of a municipality or county, on implementing the municipality's or county's solid waste management plan.
287.19(2)
(2) Powers. In providing assistance under
sub. (1), the department may provide assistance relating to the marketing of materials recovered from solid waste, if the provision of that assistance is a responsibility assigned to the department in a memorandum of understanding, contract or other agreement with the recycling market development board.
287.19 History
History: 1989 a. 335;
1993 a. 75;
1995 a. 227 s.
901; Stats. 1995 s. 287.19;
1997 a. 60.
287.21
287.21
Statewide education program. The department shall collect, prepare and disseminate information and conduct educational and training programs designed to assist in the implementation of solid waste management programs under
ss. 287.01 to
287.31, enhance municipal and county solid waste management programs under
s. 287.09 (2) (a) and inform the public of the relationship among an individual's consumption of goods and services, the generation of different types and quantities of solid waste and the implementation of the solid waste management priorities in
s. 287.05 (12). The department shall prepare the information and programs on a statewide basis for the following groups:
287.21(1)
(1) Municipal, county and state officials and employees.
287.21(2)
(2) Kindergarten through graduate students and teachers.
287.21(3)
(3) Private solid waste scrap brokers, dealers and processors.
287.21(4)
(4) Businesses that use or could use recycled materials or that produce or could produce products from recycled materials and persons who provide support services to those businesses.
287.21 History
History: 1989 a. 335;
1995 a. 227 s.
902; Stats. 1995 s. 287.21.
287.215
287.215
Yard waste publicity. The department shall conduct activities to make the public aware of the need to cease disposing of yard waste in solid waste disposal facilities.
287.215 History
History: 1989 a. 31;
1991 a. 32 s.
79; Stats. 1989 s. 159.215;
1995 a. 227 s.
903; Stats. 1995 s. 287.215.
287.22
287.22
Council on recycling. 287.22(1)
(1)
Definition. In this section, "council" means the council on recycling.
287.22(2)
(2) Duties. The council shall do all of the following: