Section 506.095. Prohibited items.

  No person may dispose of the following in a landfill:

(1)  Lead acid batteries.

(2)  Major appliances.

(3)  Waste oil or materials containing waste oil, except as provided in s. NR 506.105 and par. (a) .

(a) Material containing, or otherwise contaminated with, minimal amounts of oil from which the oil has been removed to the extent possible such that no visible signs of free flowing oil remain in or on the material, may be disposed of in a solid waste landfill, provided the material is not listed or identified as a hazardous waste.

(b) Oil drained or removed from materials containing or otherwise contaminated with oil is subject to regulation as used oil.

(c) No person may mix oil with other material for the purpose of avoiding the prohibition of s. 287.07 (1m) (b) , Stats.

(4)  Yard waste.

(5)  Solid waste that contains any material identified in s. 287.07 (3) , Stats., that is generated in a region, as defined in s. 287.01 (8) , Stats., that does not have an effective recycling program as determined under s. 287.11 , Stats., and ch. NR 544 , unless the material is subject to an exemption, waiver or beneficial use approval under s. 287.11 (2p) , Stats. This subsection does not apply to any material identified in s. 287.07 (3) , Stats., that contains infectious waste or that is from a treatment area and is mixed with infectious waste generated in the treatment area, if the container, package or material has been treated pursuant to standards established under ch. NR 526 to render the infectious waste noninfectious.

(6)  A material identified in s. 287.07 (3) , Stats., that is separated for recycling as part of an effective recycling program under s. 287.11 , Stats., and ch. NR 544 , unless the department has granted a variance under s. 287.11 (2m) , Stats.

Cr. Register, June, 1996, No. 486 , eff. 7-1-96; corrections in (5) and (6) were made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register March 2003 No. 567 .

Note

The department encourages the recycling of used oil including oil-soaked rags and similar materials, by use of laundering services, burning for energy recovery and other recycling methods. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Disposal of petroleum contaminated soil and materials into solid waste disposal facilities shall be done in accordance with the applicable provisions of chs. NR 419 and 722 . Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 The department encourages that solid waste material from which oil is removed, such as used oil filters that have been drained in accordance with s. NR 661.04 (2) (m) , be recycled. If the material cannot be recycled, it should be properly characterized and disposed of in accordance with the requirements of chs. NR 500 to 538 and 660 to 679 . Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1