455D.9 Land disposal of yard waste — prohibited.
1. Land disposal of yard waste as defined by the department is prohibited. A sanitary landfill may accept yard waste under any of the following circumstances:
a. When the yard waste is separated at its source from other solid waste and is accepted by the sanitary landfill for the purposes of soil conditioning and composting.
b. When the yard waste is collected for disposal as a result of a severe storm and the yard waste originates in an area declared to be a disaster area in a declaration issued by the president of the United States or the governor.
c. When the yard waste is collected for disposal to control, eradicate, or prevent the spread of insect pests, tree and plant diseases, or invasive plant species problems.
d. When the yard waste is collected for disposal by a sanitary landfill that operates a methane collection system that produces energy.
2. The department shall assist local communities in the development of collection systems for yard waste generated from residences and shall assist in the establishment of local composting facilities. Each city and county shall, by ordinance, require persons within the city or county to separate yard waste from other solid waste generated.
3. The department shall adopt rules which define yard waste and provide for the safe and proper method of composting yard waste and other organic materials.
4. State and local agencies responsible for the maintenance of public lands in the state shall give preference to the use of composted materials in all land maintenance activities.
5. This section does not prohibit the use of yard waste as land cover or as soil conditioning material.
6. This section prohibits the open burning of yard waste within the permitted boundary at a sanitary disposal project.
89 Acts, ch 272, §9; 90 Acts, ch 1191, §4; 92 Acts, ch 1182, §5; 2013 Acts, ch 12, §20; 2014 Acts, ch 1060, §1, 2; 2015 Acts, ch 19, §1
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Chapter 455D - WASTE VOLUME REDUCTION AND RECYCLING
Section 455D.3 - Goals for waste stream reduction — procedures — reductions and increases in fees.
Section 455D.4 - Waste volume reduction policies.
Section 455D.5 - Statewide waste reduction and recycling network — established.
Section 455D.6 - Duties of the director.
Section 455D.7 - Duties of the commission.
Section 455D.8 - Deposits, rebates, and waste abatement fees.
Section 455D.9 - Land disposal of yard waste — prohibited.
Section 455D.9A - Disposal of baled solid waste at a sanitary landfill — prohibited.
Section 455D.10 - Land disposal of lead acid batteries — prohibited — collection for recycling.
Section 455D.10A - Household batteries — heavy metal content and recycling requirements.
Section 455D.10B - Batteries used in rechargeable consumer products.
Section 455D.11 - Waste tires — land disposal prohibited.
Section 455D.11A - Financial assurance — waste tire collection or processing sites.
Section 455D.11B - Permitting of waste tire collection or processing sites — fees.
Section 455D.11C - Waste tire management fund.
Section 455D.11D - Waste tire management — grant program.
Section 455D.11F - End-users awarded moneys for using processed waste tires.
Section 455D.11G - Waste tire disposal fees and abatement costs.
Section 455D.11H - Future repeal.
Section 455D.11I - Registration of waste tire haulers — bond.
Section 455D.12 - Plastic container labeling.
Section 455D.14 - Products manufactured with chlorofluorocarbons prohibited.
Section 455D.15 - Waste volume reduction and recycling fund.
Section 455D.15A - Permitting of waste conversion technologies operations — fees.
Section 455D.16 - Mercury — thermostats.
Section 455D.19 - Packaging — heavy metal content.
Section 455D.20 - Refuse-derived fuel — calculation as portion of waste reduction goal.
Section 455D.21 - Local ordinance — curbside collection.
Section 455D.22 - Civil penalty.
Section 455D.23 - Administrative enforcement — compliance orders.
Section 455D.24 - Judicial review.