PRINTER'S NO. 2097
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1610
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY RABB, HILL-EVANS, MADDEN, SCHLOSSBERG, FREEMAN,
FRANKEL, SAPPEY, READSHAW, NEILSON, McNEILL, WARREN,
D. MILLER, DALEY, BULLOCK, OTTEN, SCHWEYER AND McCLINTON,
JUNE 11, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
JUNE 11, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 28, 1988 (P.L.556, No.101), entitled
"An act providing for planning for the processing and
disposal of municipal waste; requiring counties to submit
plans for municipal waste management systems within their
boundaries; authorizing grants to counties and municipalities
for planning, resource recovery and recycling; imposing and
collecting fees; establishing certain rights for host
municipalities; requiring municipalities to implement
recycling programs; requiring Commonwealth agencies to
procure recycled materials; imposing duties; granting powers
to counties and municipalities; authorizing the Environmental
Quality Board to adopt regulations; authorizing the
Department of Environmental Resources to implement this act;
providing remedies; prescribing penalties; establishing a
fund; and making repeals," in recycling and waste reduction,
further providing for Commonwealth recycling and waste
reduction.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1503 of the act of July 28, 1988
(P.L.556, No.101), known as the Municipal Waste Planning,
Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
Section 1503. Commonwealth recycling and waste reduction.
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(d) Prohibited containers.--Within six months after the
effective date of this subsection, each Commonwealth agency, in
coordination with the Department of General Services, shall
establish rules prohibiting the sale of food or beverages in
nonrecyclable or noncompostable food or beverage containers in
any State-owned building.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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