HMC-FMF-PJ
09-24-2009, 18:46
Actually this is a North Carolina law, but everyone going to Camp Lejeune needs to be aware of it since it is rather unique....
Beginning Oct. 1, 2009 it is ILLEGAL to dispose of plastic bottles in the trash.
NC passed HB1465, known as the "water bottle ban", in 2005 that becomes effective next week (Oct 1). The law forbids plastic bottles from being thrown away as garbage and dumped in landfills so the plastic can be recycled instead. In theory, that ban will help more than 288 million pounds annually of plastic soda containers, sports drinks, milk jugs and detergent bottles from needlessly filling/polluting landfills, littering highways, and help boost the state's economy.
According to the state's "Banned Material" website:
http://www.p2pays.org/BannedMaterials/PlasticBottles/
"During the 2005 legislative session, the N.C. General Assembly passed House Bill 1465, banning plastic bottles from disposal effective October 1, 2009. The law does not apply to containers that are intended for use in the sale and distribution of motor oil or plastic pesticide bottles."
The state will emphasize education and information over enforcement. State inspectors will periodically spot check for banned materials and work off tips. Although fines are in the offing for flagrant violators, “most people want to do the right thing, it’s more of an information problem” said Paul Crissman, chief of DENR’s solid-waste section. Trash haulers and landfills have been sending notices to their customers about the bottle ban and may refuse to accept a customer's garbage if it contains banned materials.
Trashing plastic bottles illegal in North Carolina
http://www.camplejeuneglobe.com/articles/2009/09/09/news/mainside/main04.txt
By LCpl Lia Gamero, MCB Camp Lejeune
“The ban is because plastic bottles are not garbage, they're a commodity,” said Scott Mouw, a section chief at the Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance. “They are being needed more by manufacturers in order to create their product.”
It has been illegal to put aluminum cans in NC landfills since 1991.
Beginning Oct. 1, 2009 it is ILLEGAL to dispose of plastic bottles in the trash.
NC passed HB1465, known as the "water bottle ban", in 2005 that becomes effective next week (Oct 1). The law forbids plastic bottles from being thrown away as garbage and dumped in landfills so the plastic can be recycled instead. In theory, that ban will help more than 288 million pounds annually of plastic soda containers, sports drinks, milk jugs and detergent bottles from needlessly filling/polluting landfills, littering highways, and help boost the state's economy.
According to the state's "Banned Material" website:
http://www.p2pays.org/BannedMaterials/PlasticBottles/
"During the 2005 legislative session, the N.C. General Assembly passed House Bill 1465, banning plastic bottles from disposal effective October 1, 2009. The law does not apply to containers that are intended for use in the sale and distribution of motor oil or plastic pesticide bottles."
The state will emphasize education and information over enforcement. State inspectors will periodically spot check for banned materials and work off tips. Although fines are in the offing for flagrant violators, “most people want to do the right thing, it’s more of an information problem” said Paul Crissman, chief of DENR’s solid-waste section. Trash haulers and landfills have been sending notices to their customers about the bottle ban and may refuse to accept a customer's garbage if it contains banned materials.
Trashing plastic bottles illegal in North Carolina
http://www.camplejeuneglobe.com/articles/2009/09/09/news/mainside/main04.txt
By LCpl Lia Gamero, MCB Camp Lejeune
“The ban is because plastic bottles are not garbage, they're a commodity,” said Scott Mouw, a section chief at the Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance. “They are being needed more by manufacturers in order to create their product.”
It has been illegal to put aluminum cans in NC landfills since 1991.