House Bill 2101 includes such a ban. The Honorable David Levdansky and my own local representative, The Honorable David Steil, plus the many members of the Pennsylvania House who have co-sponsored the bill. Only through a disposal ban can we be assured that yard waste will be composted and not end up in an incinerator or landfill. Only through a disposal ban on yard waste can Pennsylvania prevent other states from disposing of their yard waste in Pennsylvania. Today, that figure is closer to 1.5 million tons of yard waste that could be diverted.
Many programs are already in place to collect and compost yard waste.
Act 101 requires more than 400 communities to collect yard waste for composting. More than 80 municipal leaf composting facilities are in operation in Pennsylvania. DEP spokespeople have claimed that PA already has a Yard Waste Disposal Ban in place, but unfortunately we do not. The regulation does not prohibit the disposal of leaf or yard waste. I would also like to add that HB 2101 does not address a couple of other issues that it probably should.