Prohibitions against removing or mixing recyclable material; rules.

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(1) Without the permission of the owner or generator of recyclable material, take recyclable material set out to be collected by a person authorized by a city or county to provide collection service for that recyclable material.

(2) Remove any recyclable material from a container, box, collection vehicle, recycling depot or other receptacle for the accumulation or storage of recyclable material without permission of the owner of the receptacle.

(3)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, mix source separated recyclable material with solid waste in any landfill or vehicle, box, container or receptacle used in solid waste collection or disposal.

(b) The Environmental Quality Commission may establish by rule exemptions from the prohibition against mixing source separated recyclable materials contained in paragraph (a) of this subsection. [Formerly 459.195; 2021 c.681 §54]


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