Agenda - Council Work Session - 03/26/2024

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DocuSign Envelope ID: E1227292-CABD-4035-9075-56C5CB154254 (1) determine the potential liability to the public entity and its taxpayers for managing the waste in this manner; (2) develop and implement a plan for managing the potential liability; and (3) submit the information from clauses (1) and(2)to the agency. (b)For the purpose of this subdivision, "public entity" means the state; an office, agency, or institution of the state; the Metropolitan Council; a metropolitan agency; the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District; the legislature; the courts; a county; a statutory or home rule charter city; a town; a school district; another special taxing district; or any other general or special purpose unit of government in the state. History: 1995 c 247 art 1 s 9 Minn Stat. §115A.551 RECYCLING. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, "recycling" means, in addition to the meaning given in section 115A.03, subdivision 25b,yard waste and source-separated compostable materials composting and recycling that occurs through mechanical or hand separation of materials that are then delivered for use in manufacturing processes that do not cause the destruction of recyclable materials in a manner that precludes further use. (b)For the purposes of this section, "total solid waste generation" means the total by weight of: (1)materials separated for recycling; (2)materials separated for yard waste and source-separated compostable materials composting; (3)mixed municipal solid waste plus motor and vehicle fluids and filters,tires, lead acid batteries, and major appliances; and (4)residential waste materials that would be mixed municipal solid waste but for the fact that they are not collected as such. Subd. 2 [Repealed, 2014 c 312 art 13 s 48] Subd. 2a. County recycling goals. (a) By December 31,2030, each county will have as a goal to recycle the following amounts: (1) for a county outside of the metropolitan area, 35 percent by weight of total solid waste generation; and (2) for a metropolitan county, 75 percent by weight of total solid waste generation. (b) Each county will develop and implement or require political subdivisions within the county to develop and implement programs,practices, or methods designed to meet its recycling goal. Nothing in this section or in any other law may be construed to prohibit a county from establishing a higher recycling goal. (c)Any quantified recyclable materials that meet the definition in subdivision 1,paragraph(a), or section 115A.03, subdivision 25a, are eligible to be counted toward a county's recycling goal under this subdivision.