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Neil Seldman
Oct 28, 2021, 9:53:24 PM10/28/21
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Dear All,
I am listening to too many webinars. On one last week, I heard someone say that her county has banned the incineration of plastic.
If anyone is familiar with this county, or other jurisdictions with a similar law please let me know.
Thanks, Neil
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Neil Seldman
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Nancy Poh
Oct 29, 2021, 1:02:06 AM10/29/21
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Should be Minnesota:
Laws prohibiting backyard burning of garbage
Extracted:
"In Minnesota, 32 counties have formally banned garbage burning at the local level, passing a county board resolution stating garbage service is reasonably available to all residents and making onsite disposal illegal for county residents.
State statutes
State statutes regulate open burning and on-site disposal of municipal solid waste in Minnesota.
Binary Data Open Burning Prohibitions (Minn. Stat. 88.171) addresses prohibited materials that cannot be burned, including industrial waste, garbage, and hazardous wastes.
No person shall conduct, cause, or permit open burning of rubber, plastics, chemically treated materials, or other materials which produce excessive or noxious smoke including, but not limited to, tires, railroad ties, chemically treated lumber, composite shingles, tar paper, insulation, composition board, sheetrock, wiring, paint, or paint filters.
Binary Data Farm Disposal of Solid Waste (Minn. Stat. 17.135) covers the specifics relating to farming operations and open burning or burying of municipal solid waste. This exemption does not apply to the prohibited materials listed in Minn. Stat. § 88.171 — materials found in most household garbage.
(a) A permit is not required from a state agency, except under sections 88.16, 88.17, and 88.22 for a person who owns or operates land used for farming that buries, or burns and buries, solid waste generated from the person's household or as part of the person's farming operation if the burying is done in a nuisance free, pollution free, and aesthetic manner on the land used for farming. This exception does not apply if regularly scheduled pickup of solid waste is reasonably available at the person's farm, as determined by resolution of the county board of the county where the person's farm is located."
State statutes regulate open burning and on-site disposal of municipal solid waste in Minnesota.
Binary Data Open Burning Prohibitions (Minn. Stat. 88.171) addresses prohibited materials that cannot be burned, including industrial waste, garbage, and hazardous wastes.
No person shall conduct, cause, or permit open burning of rubber, plastics, chemically treated materials, or other materials which produce excessive or noxious smoke including, but not limited to, tires, railroad ties, chemically treated lumber, composite shingles, tar paper, insulation, composition board, sheetrock, wiring, paint, or paint filters.
Binary Data Farm Disposal of Solid Waste (Minn. Stat. 17.135) covers the specifics relating to farming operations and open burning or burying of municipal solid waste. This exemption does not apply to the prohibited materials listed in Minn. Stat. § 88.171 — materials found in most household garbage.
(a) A permit is not required from a state agency, except under sections 88.16, 88.17, and 88.22 for a person who owns or operates land used for farming that buries, or burns and buries, solid waste generated from the person's household or as part of the person's farming operation if the burying is done in a nuisance free, pollution free, and aesthetic manner on the land used for farming. This exception does not apply if regularly scheduled pickup of solid waste is reasonably available at the person's farm, as determined by resolution of the county board of the county where the person's farm is located."
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Neil Seldman
Oct 29, 2021, 4:32:59 AM10/29/21
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Thanks Nancy. Neil
Alan Muller
Oct 29, 2021, 9:08:56 AM10/29/21
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This is confused. In Minnesota, backyard burn barrels are
discouraged, at least in theory. This is not considered to be
incineration.
But "incineration," meaning industrial-scale garbage burners, is actively promoted by state agencies and some counties.
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But "incineration," meaning industrial-scale garbage burners, is actively promoted by state agencies and some counties.
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At 04:32 AM 10/29/2021 -0400, Neil Seldman wrote:
Thanks Nancy. Neil
On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 1:02 AM Nancy Poh < greenbe...@gmail.com> wrote:
- Should be Minnesota:
- Laws prohibiting backyard burning of garbage
- "In Minnesota, 32 counties have formally banned garbage burning at the local level, passing a county board resolution stating garbage service is reasonably available to all residents and making onsite disposal illegal for county residents.
- State statutes
- State statutes regulate open burning and on-site disposal of municipal solid waste in Minnesota.
- Binary Data Open Burning Prohibitions (Minn. Stat. 88.171) addresses prohibited materials that cannot be burned, including industrial waste, garbage, and hazardous wastes.
- No person shall conduct, cause, or permit open burning of rubber, plastics, chemically treated materials, or other materials which produce excessive or noxious smoke including, but not limited to, tires, railroad ties, chemically treated lumber, composite shingles, tar paper, insulation, composition board, sheetrock, wiring, paint, or paint filters.
- Binary Data Farm Disposal of Solid Waste (Minn. Stat. 17.135) covers the specifics relating to farming operations and open burning or burying of municipal solid waste. This exemption does not apply to the prohibited materials listed in Minn. Stat. § 88.171 — materials ffound in most household garbage.
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Neil Seldman
Oct 29, 2021, 9:20:50 AM10/29/21
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Alan,
You are correct in that the comment I heard on the webinar was from a county which banned plastic incin in order to stop an incinerator. Nancy's comments are helpful in that they remind me that barrel burning still is practiced.
Be well, Neil
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