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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2010 | PRINTER'S NO. 2033 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY MUSTO, M. WHITE, SCARNATI, FONTANA, O'PAKE, RAFFERTY, STOUT, TARTAGLIONE, FERLO, COSTA, ARGALL, FARNESE, WASHINGTON, STACK, BOSCOLA, BAKER, YAW, D. WHITE, VOGEL AND MELLOW, MAY 26, 2010 |
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| SENATOR M.WHITE, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, AS AMENDED, JUNE 8, 2010 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of July 28, 1988 (P.L.556, No.101), entitled |
2 | "An act providing for planning for the processing and |
3 | disposal of municipal waste; requiring counties to submit |
4 | plans for municipal waste management systems within their |
5 | boundaries; authorizing grants to counties and municipalities |
6 | for planning, resource recovery and recycling; imposing and |
7 | collecting fees; establishing certain rights for host |
8 | municipalities; requiring municipalities to implement |
9 | recycling programs; requiring Commonwealth agencies to |
10 | procure recycled materials; imposing duties; granting powers |
11 | to counties and municipalities; authorizing the Environmental |
12 | Quality Board to adopt regulations; authorizing the |
13 | Department of Environmental Resources to implement this act; |
14 | providing remedies; prescribing penalties; establishing a |
15 | fund; and making repeals," in recycling and waste reduction, |
16 | further providing for recycling at educational institutions. |
17 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
18 | hereby enacts as follows: |
19 | Section 1. Section 1509 of the act of July 28, 1988 |
20 | (P.L.556, No.101), known as the Municipal Waste Planning, |
21 | Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, is amended to read: |
22 | Section 1509. Recycling at educational institutions. |
23 | (a) General rule.--The department, in consultation with the |
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1 | Department of Education, shall develop guidelines for source |
2 | separation and collection of recyclable materials and for waste |
3 | reduction in primary and secondary schools, colleges and |
4 | universities, whether the schools, colleges and universities are |
5 | public or nonpublic. At a minimum, the guidelines shall address |
6 | materials generated in administrative offices, classrooms, |
7 | dormitories and cafeterias. The Department of Education shall |
8 | distribute these guidelines and encourage their implementation. |
9 | The guidelines shall be developed and distributed within two |
10 | years of the effective date of this act, except that the |
11 | guidelines are not required to be distributed to educational |
12 | institutions that are Commonwealth agencies implementing |
13 | recycling programs under section 1505. |
14 | (b) Textbooks and other books.-- |
15 | (1) Public and nonpublic primary and secondary schools |
16 | and institutions of the State System of Higher Education |
17 | shall use certified textbook recycling facilities for the |
18 | collection and recycling of textbooks and other books that |
19 | are to be discarded. |
20 | (2) The Department of General Services shall promulgate |
21 | regulations for implementation of this subsection. The |
22 | regulations shall require compliance no earlier than the end |
23 | of the school year which occurs after the effective date of |
24 | the regulations. |
25 | (3) The Department of General Services shall certify and |
26 | may contract with a facility to recycle textbooks and other |
27 | books for a three-year period. The Department of General |
28 | Services may suspend the contract if at any point during the |
29 | period the facility fails to meet the qualifications for |
30 | certification. |
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1 | (4) In order to be certified by the Department of |
2 | General Services and prior to entering into a contract with |
3 | the Department of General Services under this subsection, a |
4 | textbook recycling facility must satisfy the following |
5 | conditions: |
6 | (i) The facility may not dispose of textbooks and |
7 | other books at landfills or resource recovery facilities. |
8 | (ii) The facility must monetarily compensate the |
9 | schools and institutions required to comply with this |
10 | subsection for the textbooks and other books it accepts |
11 | for recycling. |
12 | (iii) The facility must have adequate facilities in |
13 | this Commonwealth to store and ship the textbooks and |
14 | other books for recycling. |
15 | (iv) The facility must employ not less than 50% of | <-- |
16 | its personnel in this Commonwealth. |
17 | (v) The facility must ensure that all recycled | <-- |
18 | discarded textbooks and other books are used in the | <-- |
19 | development of renewable energy resources or |
20 | redistributed for educational purposes. |
21 | (vi) Other provisions determined to be necessary by |
22 | the Department of General Services. |
23 | (3) No (5) A school or institution subject to the | <-- |
24 | requirements of this subsection shall be deemed to be in |
25 | noncompliance compliance with the provisions of this | <-- |
26 | subsection or the regulations promulgated under this |
27 | subsection for textbooks or and other books that if the | <-- |
28 | school or institution: |
29 | (i) offers the textbooks and other books for | <-- |
30 | recycling to one or more certified textbook recycling |
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1 | facilities that will not agree to purchase the textbooks | <-- |
2 | or other books and each facility that received the offer | <-- |
3 | cannot comply with paragraph (4)(ii); or |
4 | (ii) provides the textbooks and other books to other | <-- |
5 | schools or institutions or charitable organizations for |
6 | educational purposes. |
7 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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