38 §2132. State goals - Maine Statutes

Title 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION

Chapter 24: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING HEADING: PL 1995, C. 465, PT. A, §26 (RPR

Subchapter 3: WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING HEADING: PL 1995, C. 465, PT. A, §39 (RPR)

§2132. State goals

1. State recycling goal. It is the goal of the State to recycle or compost, by January 1, 2009, 50% of the municipal solid waste tonnage generated each year within the State.

[ 2005, c. 220, §2 (AMD) .]

1-A. State waste reduction goal. It is the goal of the State to reduce the biennial generation of municipal solid waste tonnage by 5% by January 1, 2009 and by an additional 5% every subsequent 2 years. This reduction in solid waste tonnage, after January 1, 2009, is a biennial goal. The baseline for calculating this reduction is the 2003 solid waste generation data gathered by the office.

[ 2005, c. 220, §3 (AMD) .]

2. Goal revision. The office shall recommend revisions, if appropriate, to the state recycling goal and waste reduction goal established in this section. The office shall submit its recommendations and any implementing legislation to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over natural resource matters.

[ 2005, c. 220, §4 (AMD) .]

3. Beneficial use of waste. The use of waste paper, waste plastics, waste wood, including wood from demolition debris, used motor vehicle tires or corrugated cardboard as a fuel in industrial boilers or waste-to-energy facilities for the generation of heat, steam or electricity constitutes recycling only for the purposes of determining whether the goals in subsection 1 are met and for determining municipal progress as provided in section 2133. In order for the use of waste under this subsection to constitute recycling, the office must determine that there is no reasonably available market in the State for recycling that waste and the wastes must be incinerated as a substitute for, or supplement to, fossil or biomass fuels incinerated in the industrial boiler or waste-to-energy facility.

[ 1995, c. 552, §1 (AMD) .]

4. Reduction in dioxin. It is the policy of the State to reduce the total release of dioxin and mercury to the environment with the goal of its continued minimization and, where feasible, ultimate elimination.

[ 2001, c. 277, §3 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1989, c. 585, §A7 (NEW). 1991, c. 492, §3 (AMD). 1991, c. 517, §B7 (AMD). 1995, c. 23, §1 (AMD). 1995, c. 465, §§A41,42 (AMD). 1995, c. 465, §C2 (AFF). 1995, c. 552, §1 (AMD). 2001, c. 22, §§2,3 (AMD). 2001, c. 277, §3 (AMD). 2005, c. 220, §§2-4 (AMD).