New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 26A - RECYCLING RULES
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 7:26A-1.1 - Scope and authority
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Unless otherwise provided by rule or statute, this chapter shall constitute the rules of the Department governing the operation of recycling centers and the conduct of recyclable materials generators and transporters, and of governing municipalities and counties that have jurisdiction over recyclable materials pursuant to the Solid Waste Management Act, 13:1E-1 et seq., particularly the New Jersey Statewide Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.1 1 et seq. This chapter also includes the Department's electronic waste recycling program rules regarding the recycling of a used covered electronic device, pursuant to the Electronic Waste Management Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.9 4 et seq.
(b) This chapter shall not apply to hazardous waste, except for universal waste exempted from hazardous waste regulation as provided at N.J.A.C. 7:26A-7.
(c) The use or reuse of material that would otherwise become solid waste pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26 as fill material, aggregate substitute, fuel substitute, or landfill cover which in some cases may be recycling, are reviewed and approved in accordance with 7:26-1.7(g).
(d) Unprocessed recyclable materials, post-consumer materials, and used or abandoned materials that are or will be deposited on or in the lands of the State for any period exceeding six months, including by stockpiling, staging or storing, are solid waste that shall be managed in accordance with the Solid Waste rules, N.J.A.C. 7:26, unless:
(e) This chapter shall not apply to the composting and on-site use of farm feedstocks where the feedstocks are composted as follows: