Source: https://www.isd624.org/about/district-policies/800-buildings-sites/805
Timestamp: 2019-08-17 20:33:53
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805 - Waste Reduction and Recycling - WBLAS - District Site
School Board Policy 805 -
The purpose of this policy is to establish a resource recovery program to promote the reduction of waste, the separation and recovery of recyclable and reusable commodities, the procurement of recyclable commodities and commodities containing recycled materials, the disposition of waste materials and the establishment of a program of education to develop an awareness of environmentally sound waste management. (Minn. Stat. § 115A.15, Subd. 1)
B. “Mixed municipal solid waste” means garbage, refuse, and other solid waste but does not include auto hulks, street sweepings, ash, construction debris, sludges, tree and agricultural wastes, tires, lead acid batteries, motor and vehicle fluids and filters and other materials collected, processed, and disposed of as separate waste streams. (Minn. Stat. § 115A.03, Subd. 21)
D. “Post consumer materials” means a finished material that would normally be discarded as a solid waste having completed its life cycle as a consumer item. (Minn. Stat. § 115A.03, Subd. 24b)
F. “Recyclable commodities” means materials, pieces of equipment, and parts that are not reusable but which contain recoverable resources. (Minn. Stat. § 115A.15, Subd. 1a(a))
J. “Reusable commodities” means materials, pieces of equipment, parts, and used supplies that can be reused for their original purpose in their existing condition. (Minn. Stat. § 115A.15, Subd. 1a(b))
4. are delivered to a facility to undergo controlled microbial degradation to yield a humus-like product meeting the PCA’s class I or class II, or equivalent, compost standards and where process rejects do not exceed 15 percent by weight of the total material delivered to the facility; and (Minn. Stat. § 115A.03, Subd. 32(c))
5. may be delivered to a transfer station, mixed municipal solid waste processing facility or recycling facility only for the purposes of composting or transfer to a composting facility unless the Commissioner determines that no other person is willing to accept the materials. (Minn. Stat. § 115A.03, Subd. 32a)
4. changing procurement, consumption, or waste generation habits to result in smaller quantities or lower toxicity of waste generated. (Minn. Stat. § 115A.03, Subd.b)
B. Each school district facility shall also collect at least three recyclable materials such as, but not limited to, the following: paper, glass, plastic and metal. (Minn. Stat. § 115A.151)
3. submit the information in (1) and (2) above to the Pollution Control Agency (PCA).
If the contract is inconsistent with the county plan or if the school district’s waste management activities are inconsistent with the county plan, the school district should obtain the consent of the counties prior to entering into a binding contract or developing or implementing inconsistent solid waste management activities. (Minn. Stat. §115A.46, Subd. 5; Minn. Stat. § 115A.471; Minn. Stat. § 458D.07, Subd. 4)
E. The school district may not knowingly place motor oil, brake fluid, power steering fluid, transmission fluid, motor oil filters, or motor vehicle antifreeze, other than small amounts of antifreeze contained in water used to flush the cooling system of a vehicle after the antifreeze has been drained and does not include deicer that has been used on the exterior of a vehicle, in or on:
1. solid waste or solid waste management facility other than a recycling facility or household hazardous waste collection facility;
3. the waters of the state, an individual sewage treatment system, or in a storm water or wastewater collection or treatment system unless:
c. the school district keeps records of the amount of waste antifreeze generated, maintains these records on site and makes the records available for inspection for a minimum of three years following generated of the waste antifreeze.
(Minn. Stat. § 115A.Intermediate School District No. 916)
F. The school district may not place mercury or a thermostat, thermometer, electric switch, appliance, gauge, medical or scientific instrument, fluorescent or high- intensity discharge lamp, electric relay, or other electrical device from which the mercury has not been removed for reuse or recycling:
(Minn.Stat. § 115A.932, Subd. 1 (a))
(Minn. Stat. § 115A.932, Subd. 1 (b))
I. The school district may not place a lead acid battery in mixed municipal solid waste or dispose of a lead acid battery. The school district also may not place in mixed municipal solid waste a dry cell battery containing mercuric oxide electrode, silver oxide electrode, nickel-cadmium, or sealed lead-acid. The school district also may not place in mixed municipal solid waste a rechargeable battery, a rechargeable battery pack, a product with a nonremovable rechargeable battery, or a product powered by rechargeable batteries or rechargeable battery pack, from which all batteries or battery packs have not been removed. (Minn. Stat. § 115A.915; Minn. Stat. § 115A.9155, Subd. 1; Minn. Stat. § 115A.9157, Subd. 2)
3. in a resource recovery facility, except for the purposes of reuse, compositing, or cocomposting; or
(Minn. Stat. § 115A.9321)
2. dispose of major appliances in or on the land or in a solid waste processing or disposal facility. (Minn. Stat. § 115A.9561)
M. The school district may not place in mixed municipal solid waste an electronic Product containing a cathode-ray tube. (Minn. Stat. § 115A. 9565)
A. When practicable and when the price of recycled materials does not exceed the price of nonrecycled materials by more than ten percent, the school district may purchase recycled materials. In order to maximize the quantity and quality of recycled materials purchased, the school district may also use other appropriate procedures to acquire recycled materials at the most economical cost to the school district. (Minn. Stat. § 16C.073, Subd.3(a))
B. When purchasing commodities and services, the school district will apply and promote waste management practices with special emphasis on the reduction of the quantity and toxicity of materials in waste. (Minn. Stat. § 16C.073, Subd. 3 (b))
1. purchase uncoated copy paper, office paper and printing paper unless the coated paper is made with at least 50 percent postconsumer material;
1. purchase recycled content copy paper with at least 30 percent postconsumer material by weight and purchase office and printing paper with at least 10 percent postconsumer material by weight; (Minn. Stat. § 16B.122 16C.073, Subd. 2)
4. purchase recycled content copy, office and printing paper that is manufactured using little or no chlorine bleach or chlorine derivatives;
7. purchase printer or duplication cartridges that:
a. have 10 percent post-consumer material; or
b. are purchased as remanufactured; or
c. are backed by a vendor-offered program that will take back the printer cartridges after their useful life, ensure that the cartridges are recycled, and comply with the definition of recycling in Minn. Stat. § 115A.03, Subd. 25b;
10. purchase paper which has been made on a paper machine located in Minnesota.
The policy of the school district to actively advocate, where appropriate, for resource conservation practices to be adopted at the local, regional and state levels.
Minn. Stat. § 16C.073 (Purchase and Use of Paper Stock; Printing)
Minn. Stat. § 115A. 151 (State and Local Facilities)
Minn. Stat. § 115A. 916 (Motor Vehicle Fluids and Filters; Prohibitions)
Minn. Stat. § 115A. 932 (Mercury Prohibition)
Minn. Stat. § 115A. 951 (Telephone Directories)
Minn. Stat § 115A.961, Subd. 3 (Household Batteries, Collection, Processing, and Disposal)
Minn. Stat § 115A.9651 (Listed Metals in Specified Products, Enforcement)
Minn. Stat § 458D.07 (Sewage Collection and Disposal)