PRINTER'S NO. 1557
No. 1220 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, ERICKSON, BOSCOLA, HOLL, ORIE,
SCHWARTZ, TARTAGLIONE AND WAGNER, DECEMBER 3, 2001
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, DECEMBER 3, 2001
AN ACT
1 Requiring containers for collecting glass and aluminum in public
2 buildings and grounds.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Short title.
6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Recycling
7 Container Availability Act.
8 Section 2. Definitions.
9 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
10 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
11 context clearly indicates otherwise:
12 "Public building and grounds." A public building and grounds
13 owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any of its
14 political subdivisions.
15 Section 3. Containers for glass and aluminum.
16 In all public buildings and grounds where a receptacle for
17 trash is maintained for users of the public building and
1 grounds, the owner of the public building and grounds shall
2 maintain in close proximity to the trash receptacle a container
3 for collecting glass and a container for collecting aluminum.
4 Section 4. Implementation.
5 The provisions of this act shall be implemented within one
6 year of the effective date of this act.
7 Section 5. Effective date.
8 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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