Commercial, municipal and institutional establishments within a mandated municipality are required to recycle aluminum, high-grade office paper and corrugated in addition to other materials chosen by the municipality. The Act makes it illegal to discard automotive and other lead acid batteries. In both retail and wholesale outlets, customers must be able to recycle at least the some number of used batteries as the number of new ones purchased. Manufacturers are encouraged to design their products with recycling in mind and assess their processes to minimize discards. The Act requires counties to develop formal plans for managing municipal wastes.
Plans are subject to municipal ratification and DER approval.
Each county must ensure 10 years of available disposal capacity and establish a post-closure care trust fund for landfills. They must require that municipal waste generated within their boundaries be processed or disposed of at facilities designated in approved county plans. Fulton,.Huntington, Juanita, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin. Elk, Erie, Forest.