CHAPTER 287
SOLID WASTE REDUCTION, RECOVERY AND RECYCLING
SUBCHAPTER I
GENERAL
287.03 Departmental duties and powers.
287.05 State solid waste reduction, reuse, recycling, composting and resource recovery policy.
SUBCHAPTER II
SOLID WASTE REDUCTION, RECOVERY
AND RECYCLING
287.07 Prohibitions on land disposal and incineration.
287.09 Municipal and county duties and powers.
287.093 Lien of recycling fees.
287.095 Responsible unit liability.
287.10 Limit on local regulation.
287.11 Effective recycling programs.
287.13 Municipal waste flow control; required use of recycling or resource recovery facility.
287.15 Waste oil collection and recycling.
287.17 Electronic waste recycling.
287.18 Lead acid battery collection.
287.185 Disposal of mercuric oxide batteries.
287.19 Statewide technical assistance.
287.21 Statewide education program.
287.215 Yard waste publicity.
287.22 Council on recycling.
287.23 Financial assistance for responsible units.
287.24 Recycling consolidation grants.
287.27 Materials recovered for reuse or recycling.
287.29 Iron and steel slag recovery.
SUBCHAPTER IV
LITTERING
SUBCHAPTER V
ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES
287.91 Enforcement; duty of department of justice; expenses.
287.95 Penalties concerning land disposal and incineration; citations.
Ch. 287 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also chs.
NR 185 and
540, Wis. adm. code.
GENERAL
287.01
287.01
Definitions. Except as otherwise provided, in this chapter:
287.01(1)
(1) “Department" means the department of natural resources.
287.01(2)
(2) “Foam polystyrene packaging" means packaging made primarily from foam polystyrene that satisfies one of the following criteria:
287.01(2)(b)
(b) Consists of loose particles intended to fill space and cushion the packaged article in a shipping container.
287.01(2)(c)
(c) Consists of rigid materials shaped to hold and cushion the packaged article in a shipping container.
287.01(2m)
(2m) “Land spreading facility" means a solid waste disposal facility in which solid waste is placed in thin layers onto the surface of the land or incorporated into the surface layers of the soil.
287.01(3)
(3) “Major appliance" means a residential or commercial air conditioner, clothes dryer, clothes washer, dishwasher, freezer, microwave oven, oven, refrigerator, furnace, boiler, dehumidifier, water heater or stove.
287.01(4)
(4) “Municipality" means a city, village or town.
287.01(5m)
(5m) “Person" includes any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, local governmental unit, as defined in s.
66.0131 (1) (a), state agency or authority or federal agency.
287.01(7)
(7) “Postconsumer waste" means solid waste other than solid waste generated in the production of goods, hazardous waste, as defined in s.
291.01 (7), waste from construction and demolition of structures, scrap automobiles, or high-volume industrial waste, as defined in s.
289.01 (17).
287.01(8)
(8) “Region" means the area within the boundaries of a responsible unit.
287.01(8m)
(8m) “Resource recovery" means the conversion of solid waste into fuel or energy.
287.01(9)
(9) “Responsible unit" means a municipality, county, another unit of government, including a federally recognized Indian tribe or band in this state, or solid waste management system under s.
59.70 (2), that is designated under s.
287.09 (1).
287.01(13)
(13) “Solid waste management" means planning, organizing, financing, and implementing programs to effect the storage, collection, transporting, processing, recycling or final disposal of solid wastes in a sanitary, nuisance-free manner.
287.01(14)
(14) “Solid waste management plan" means a plan prepared to provide for solid waste management.
287.01(17)
(17) “Yard waste" means leaves, grass clippings, yard and garden debris and brush, including clean woody vegetative material no greater than 6 inches in diameter. This term does not include stumps, roots or shrubs with intact root balls.
287.01 Annotation
Under sub. (10), “solid waste" means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility and other discarded or salvageable materials . . ." Cigarette butts manifestly constitute “other discarded . . . materials." State v. Iverson,
2015 WI 101,
365 Wis. 2d 302,
871 N.W.2d 661,
14-0515.
287.03
287.03
Departmental duties and powers. 287.03(1)(1)
Duties. The department shall do all of the following:
287.03(1)(a)
(a) Promulgate rules necessary to implement this chapter.
287.03(1)(am)
(am) Promulgate rules concerning the imposition, under s.
285.54, of fees by municipalities on operators of medical waste incinerators.
287.03(1)(c)
(c) Coordinate research, technical assistance and education programs under this chapter with related activities of the University of Wisconsin System.
287.03(2)
(2)
Powers. The department may do any of the following:
