68-211-829 - Household hazardous wastes Mobile collection units. - Tennessee Statutes

68-211-829. Household hazardous wastes Mobile collection units.

From funds available from the solid waste management fund established by § 68-211-821, except as provided in § 68-211-828, the department shall, directly or by contract, provide for the collection of household hazardous wastes on designated days in each county. Each county, or solid waste authority under part 9 of this chapter, if such authority has been created, shall provide a service site and shall advertise in newspapers of general circulation in the county the day or days and hours and location where the household hazardous wastes will be collected. The advertisements shall also identify examples of household hazardous wastes that the mobile unit will receive. The county or solid waste authority shall also furnish at least one (1) person to represent the county or solid waste authority at the service site on the days of collection, who will assist the persons operating the mobile collection unit.

[Acts 1991, ch. 451, § 35; T.C.A., § 68-31-829; Acts 1996, ch. 846, § 28.]