GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	1
SENATE BILL 953

 
 
Short Title:	Ban Certain Waste From Landfills.	()	
Sponsors:	Senator Odom.	
Referred to:	Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources.	
April 5, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to prohibit the disposal of corrugated cardboard, clean wood waste, and wooden pallets in landfills.    

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 130A‑290 is amended by adding three new subdivisions to read:
"§ 130A‑290.  Definitions.
(a)	Unless a different meaning is required by the context, the following definitions shall apply throughout this Article:
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	(1d)	'Clean wood waste' means lumber, wood waste, or wood scraps from a manufacturing process or the construction, remodeling, or repair of a residential or commercial structure or building that is free from adhesive, glue, paint, stain, fire retardant, pesticide, sealant, and is not treated with a chemical preservative.
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	(4.1)	'Corrugated cardboard' means a kraft paper product consisting of two or more outer layers of linerboard surrounding an inner core that is corrugated or shaped in rigid parallel furrows and ridges.
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	(44a)	'Wooden pallet' means a wooden object consisting of a flat or horizontal deck or platform supported by structural components that is used as a base for assembling, stacking, handling, and transporting goods."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 130A‑309.10(f) reads as rewritten:
"(f)	No person shall knowingly dispose of the following solid wastes in landfills:
(1)	Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 375, s. 1.
(2)	Used oil.
(3)	Yard trash, except in landfills approved for the disposal of yard trash under rules adopted by the Commission. Yard trash that is source separated from solid waste may be accepted at a solid waste disposal area where the area provides and maintains separate yard trash composting facilities.
(4)	White goods.
(5)	Antifreeze (ethylene glycol).
(6)	Aluminum cans.
(7)	Whole scrap tires, as provided in G.S. 130A‑309.58(b). The prohibition against landfilling whole tires applies to all whole pneumatic rubber coverings, but does not apply to whole solid rubber coverings.
(8)	Lead‑acid batteries, as provided in G.S. 130A‑309.70.
(9)	Corrugated cardboard.
(10)	Wooden pallets.
(11)	Clean wood waste."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective October 1, 2001.