287.07 Prohibitions on land disposal and incineration. (1m) BATTERIES, MAJOR APPLIANCES AND OIL. No person may: (a) Dispose of a lead acid battery or a major appliance in a solid waste disposal facility in this state, except that a person may dispose of a microwave oven in a solid waste disposal facility in this state if the capacitor has been removed and disposed of in accordance with s. 299.45 (7), if applicable. (am) Burn a lead acid battery or a major appliance in a solid waste treatment facility in this state. (b) Dispose of waste oil in a solid waste disposal facility or burn waste oil without energy recovery in a solid waste treatment facility in this state. (2) YARD WASTE. Beginning on January 3, 1993, no person may dispose of yard waste in a solid waste disposal facility, except in a land spreading facility approved in accordance with ch. 289, or burn yard waste without energy recovery in a solid waste facility in this state. (3) WASTE TIRES. Beginning on January 1, 1995, no person
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may dispose of a waste tire, as defined in s. 289.55 (1) (c), in a solid waste disposal facility or burn a waste tire without energy recovery in a solid waste treatment facility in this state. (4) GENERAL DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS. Beginning on January 1, 1995, no person may dispose of in a solid waste disposal facility, convert into fuel, or burn at a solid waste treatment facility in this state any of the following: (a) An aluminum container. (b) Corrugated paper or other container board. (c) Foam polystyrene packaging. (d) A glass container. (f) A magazine or other material printed on similar paper. (g) A newspaper or other material printed on newsprint. (h) Office paper. (i) A plastic container. (j) A steel container. (k) A container for carbonated or malt beverages that is primarily made of a combination of steel and aluminum. (4e) GENERAL RESTRICTIONS ON PLACING IN CONTAINER. (a) Beginning on July 1, 2011, no person may place in a container the contents of which will be disposed of in a solid waste disposal facility, converted into fuel, or burned at a solid waste treatment facility any of the items identified in sub. (4) (a) to (k). (b) Beginning on July 1, 2011, no person may place a waste tire in a container the contents of which will be disposed of in a solid waste disposal facility or burned without energy recovery in a solid waste treatment facility. (4m) OIL FILTERS AND OIL ABSORBENT MATERIALS. (a) In this subsection: 1. “Automotive engine oil” has the meaning given in s.