Title 13, Title 13: CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT--PARKS AND RESERVATIONS

13:1E-99.17. Bidding for collection, disposal of recyclable materials A municipality may require that every solid waste collector or solid waste transporter registered pursuant to sections 4 and 5 of P.L. 1970, c. 39 (C. 13:1E-4 and 13:1E-5) and holding a certificate of public co…

13:1E-99.18. Identification as recyclable container a. No plastic or bi-metal beverage container shall be identified as a recyclable container unless the department determines that a convenient and economically feasible recycling system for that specific container is available. b…

13:1E-99.19. Written determination a. Within 18 months of the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, the department shall make a written determination as to whether a convenient and economically feasible mechanism for the collection, recycling, and marketing of …

13:1E-99.20. Disposition, recycling of automobile tires Within 18 months of the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, the department shall prepare a report on convenient and economically feasible methods for the disposition or recycling of scrap automobile tire…

13:1E-99.20a Definitions. 1. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. "Generator" means any person, business, or public entity, including, but not limited to, a municipal…

13:1E-99.20b Scrap tire collection, hauler license. 2. a. Commencing 180 days after the date of enactment of this act, no person shall engage in scrap tire collection unless the person is licensed by the department pursuant to the provisions of this act. b. The department shall r…

13:1E-99.20c Scrap tire management system. 3. a. No more than 180 days after the date of enactment of this act, the department shall establish a scrap tire management system that provides for the manifesting, tracking, collection, recycling, and disposal of scrap tires. The scrap…

13:1E-99.20d Valid permit needed for scrap tire storage, collection, disposal site, exemptions. 4. a. No person shall maintain a scrap tire storage, collection, or disposal site unless they possess a valid permit therefor issued by the department. b. A scrap tire shall be dispose…

13:1E-99.20e Violations, penalties. 5. a. Whenever the commissioner finds that a person has violated any provision of this act, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the commissioner may: (1) issue an order requiring the person found to be in violation to comply in …

13:1E-99.21. Use of leaf composting, vegetative waste composting facilities or recycling center a. After April 20, 1989, all leaves collected by a municipality pursuant to the provisions of section 14 of P.L.1987, c.102 (C.13:1E-99.22) shall be transported to a leaf composting fa…

13:1E-99.21a. Authorization to own or operate leaf composting facility a. No person shall own or operate a leaf composting facility located on agricultural or horticultural land, or on lands owned or operated by a recognized academic institution, unless that person shall have obt…

13:1E-99.21b. Requirements for licensing for owner, operator of leaf composting facility a. Every person proposing to own or operate a leaf composting facility located on agricultural or horticultural land, or on lands owned or operated by a recognized academic institution, shall…

13:1E-99.21c. Leaf composting demonstration projects a. The department may authorize the development of leaf composting demonstration projects for educational purposes on lands owned or operated by a recognized academic institution. b. A recognized academic institution proposing …

13:1E-99.21d. Vehicles for transporting leaves to facility, registration not required Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) or any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, vehicles used exclusively for the transportation of leaves to a leaf co…

13:1E-99.21e. Jurisdiction over charges, rates; revenue not included in tariff computation Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-1 et seq.) or any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the Board of Public Utilities shall not have jurisdiction over ch…

13:1E-99.21f Rules, regulations. 13. The Department of Environmental Protection shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement sections 5 through 11 of P.L.1989, c.151 (C.13:1E-99.21a through C.13:1E-99.21e and C.4:24-22.…

13:1E-99.22. Municipal leaf collection a. No later than April 20, 1989, each municipality in this State shall, by a duly adopted ordinance of its governing body, provide for a collection system for leaves generated from residential premises, prohibit the placement of leaves for c…

13:1E-99.23. Preference to materials paid with public funds All State and local agencies responsible for the maintenance of public lands in this State shall, to the maximum extent practicable and feasible, give due consideration and preference to the use of compost materials in a…

13:1E-99.24. Purchase of recycled paper, products; review of bid specs 16. a. The provisions of P.L.1971, c.257 (C.52:34-21 et seq.) or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto to the contrary notwithstanding, the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property in the…

13:1E-99.25. Contracts for recycled paper, products 17. a. In purchasing any paper or paper products for use by the various agencies and departments of the State government or for any county, municipality or school district pursuant to P.L.1969, c.104 (C.52:25-16.1 et al.), the D…

13:1E-99.26. Cooperative purchase, marketing 18. a. The Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs shall, pursuant to the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.), permit counties, municipalities and auth…

13:1E-99.27. Increasing percentage of recycled paper 19. a. (1) On or after December 1, 1992, not less than 55% of the total dollar amount of paper or paper products purchased by the State shall be made from recycled paper or recycled paper products having a total weight consisti…

13:1E-99.27a. Contracts for purchase of recycled nonpaper products 5. In purchasing any nonpaper finished products or supplies for use by the various agencies and departments of the State government or for any county, municipality or school district pursuant to P.L.1969, c.104 (C…

13:1E-99.28. Recyclable paving materials The provisions of R.S. 27:2-1 et seq. or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto to the contrary notwithstanding, the Commissioner of Transportation shall, upon consultation with the department, review and modify all bid and pav…

13:1E-99.28a Use of recycled asphalt pavement. 1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, a person may use recycled asphalt pavement, subject to the limitations in this section as follows: (1) unbound in b…

13:1E-99.28b Steel slag use, aggregate; definitions. 1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, or rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, beginning 90 days after the effective date of this section, a person, including a licensed site remediation profe…

13:1E-99.29. Fuel from waste oil The provisions of R.S. 27:2-1 et seq. or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto to the contrary notwithstanding, the Commissioner of Transportation shall, upon consultation with the department, review and modify if necessary all bid sp…

13:1E-99.3 Penalties for littering 8. a. A person who throws, drops, discards or otherwise places any litter of any nature upon public or private property other than in a litter receptacle commits a petty disorderly persons offense, and notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:…

13:1E-99.30. Compliance with district recycling plan a. The provisions of P.L. 1970, c. 39 (C. 13:1E-1 et seq.) or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto to the contrary notwithstanding, on or after July 1, 1987, the department shall not issue a registration statement…

13:1E-99.31. Resource recovery facility to comply with district recycling plan a. The provisions of section 6 of P.L. 1970, c. 40 (C. 48:13A-5) to the contrary notwithstanding, on or after July 1, 1987 the Board of Public Utilities shall not award a franchise to any person or par…

13:1E-99.32. Short title Sections 1 through 24 inclusive of this 1987 amendatory and supplementary act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Statewide Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act." L. 1987, c. 102, s. 24.

13:1E-99.33. Recycling activities outside BPU jurisdiction 40. a. Any person engaged in the business of solid waste collection or solid waste disposal in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.), P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-1 et seq.), P.L.1991, c.381 (C.…

13:1E-99.34 Recycling centers. 41. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) or any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, no recycling center as defined in section 2 of P.L.1987, c.102 (C.13:1E-99.12) shall be required by the department to o…

13:1E-99.34a Mobile electronic waste destruction units, operation without DEP permit. 1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection b. of section 41 of P.L.1987, c.102 (C.13:1E-99.34) or any other law, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, the …

13:1E-99.35. Sale of motor oil; rules, regulations. 43. a. On or after July 1, 1987, no person shall sell, or offer for sale, at retail or at wholesale for direct retail sale in this State any motor oil in containers for use off the premises unless: (1) Every container of lubrica…

13:1E-99.36. Sign posted "used oil collection center" defined; rules, regulations 44. a. On or after July 1, 1987, every owner or operator of a used oil collection center shall post and maintain a durable and legible sign, not less than 11 inches by 15 inches in size, in a promin…

13:1E-99.37. Statewide Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Program Fund a. The "Statewide Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Program Fund" is established as a special account in the Department of the Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the State Treasurer and…

13:1E-99.38. Marketing studies a. Of the moneys appropriated from the General Fund to the "Statewide Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Program Fund" pursuant to section 52 of this amendatory and supplementary act, there is allocated the sum of $200,000.00 which shall be d…

13:1E-99.39. Report to Legislature The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall prepare a report to the Legislature concerning the implementation of this amendatory and supplementary act, including a recommendation that the continuation of the tax imposed pursuant to sectio…

13:1E-99.4. Banned containers No beverage shall be sold within the State in a metal container designed and constructed so that the container is opened by detaching a metal ring or tab, except if the tab is made of tape, foil, or other soft material; or in metal beverage container…

13:1E-99.40. Definitions As used in this act: "Beverage" means milk, alcoholic beverages, including beer or other malt beverages, liquor, wine, vermouth and sparkling wine, and nonalcoholic beverages, including fruit juice, mineral water and soda water and similar nonalcoholic ca…

13:1E-99.41. Material code labels on bottles, containers; required a. On or after January 1, 1991, no person shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute any plastic bottle or plastic container in this State unless the bottle or container is labeled with a material code indicating t…

13:1E-99.42. Violations, penalties a. Any person convicted of a violation of this act shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $500.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for each offense, to be collected in a civil action by a summary proceeding under "the penalty enforcement law," (N…

13:1E-99.43. Rules, regulations The commissioner shall adopt, within one year of the effective date of this act and pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to implement this act. L.1989, c.268, s.4.

13:1E-99.44. Short title 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Toxic Packaging Reduction Act." L.1991,c.520,s.1.

13:1E-99.45. Findings, declarations, determinations 2. The Legislature finds that discarded packaging constitutes the largest single category of solid waste within New Jersey's waste stream and is, therefore, a necessary focus of any effort to reduce the flow of solid waste to co…