Title 44 - Health
CHAPTER 96.
SOUTH CAROLINA SOLID WASTE POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ACT
SECTION 44-96-40. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(36) "Recyclable material" means those materials which are capable of being recycled and which would otherwise be processed or disposed of as solid waste.
(37) "Recycling" means any process by which materials which would otherwise become solid waste are collected, separated, or processed and reused or returned to use in the form of raw materials or products (including composting).
Then a later section of the same law directly contradicts what is mentioned as recyclable above.
SECTION 44-96-50. State solid waste management policy and goals.
(H) For the purposes of Sections 44-96-50 and 44-96-60, "municipal solid waste" includes, but is not limited to, wastes that are durable goods, nondurable goods, containers and packaging, food scraps, yard trimmings, and miscellaneous inorganic wastes from residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial sources including, but not limited to, appliances, automobile tires, old newspapers, clothing, disposable tableware, office and classroom paper, wood pallets, and cafeteria wastes. "Municipal solid waste" does not include solid wastes from other sources including, but not limited to, construction and demolition debris, auto bodies, municipal sludges, combustion ash, and industrial process wastes that also might be disposed of in municipal waste landfills or incinerators.
Yet another reason the new County "target" isn't above the board - it's hard to put a definition on what is recyclable and what isn't. My family recycles, reuses, repurposes a lot of our waste ... but just because my neighbor doesn't recycle their organic food or their aluminum cans - doesn't mean they are doing anything wrong according to State Law.
* Thank you to Mayor Mac Martin Of Central for sending this in.
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