Senate Bill No. 489
(By Senators Unger and Chafin)
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[Introduced February 5, 2010; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §22-15A-16 of the Code of West
Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to determining the status
of recycling goals; and conducting study to determine
recycling rate in West Virginia.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §22-15A-16 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 15A. THE A. JAMES MANCHIN REHABILITATION ENVIRONMENTAL
ACTION PLAN.
§22-15A-16. Recycling goals.
(a) By January 1,
two thousand ten 2014, it is the goal of
this state to
reduce the disposal of municipal solid waste by
recycle fifty percent of the amount of
per capita solid waste
generated.
disposed of in 1991
(b) In an effort to determine the status of the recycling goals, the West Virginia Solid Waste Management Board shall conduct
a one-time study to determine the recycling rate of each county and
the state. The study shall be conducted for the waste stream
disposed and recycled in the calendar year 2011 and reported to
each county and regional solid waste authority, the Legislature and
the Governor by June 30, 2012.
(c) In an effort to ensure accuracy, every municipality,
county or regional solid waste authority, commercial waste hauler,
commercial recycler, commercial business or institution shall
submit recycling data to the West Virginia Solid Waste Management
Board for the calendar year 2011. Such data shall be reported
before February 28, 2012.
(d) West Virginia Solid Waste Management Board shall initiate
a one-time award program to recognize and honor one municipality,
one county or regional solid waste authority, one commercial waste
hauler, one commercial recycler, one commercial business and one
institution with the highest recycling tonnages in their category.
(e) To aid in future recycling planning, every municipality,
county or regional solid waste authority, commercial waste hauler,
commercial recycler that collects recyclables in West Virginia shall
submit recycling data to the West Virginia Solid Waste Management
Board on an annual basis. The Solid Waste Management Board shall
include this information in the most recent West Virginia
Comprehensive Solid Waste Plan.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to determine the status of
recycling goals and conduct study to determine recycling rate in
West Virginia.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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