Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 500-599 - Environmental Protection - Solid Waste Management
Chapter NR 506 - Landfill Operational Criteria
Section NR 506.095 - Prohibited items

Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง NR 506.095

Current through August 26, 2024

No person may dispose of the following in a landfill:

(1) Lead acid batteries.

(2) Major appliances.

(3) Waste oil or materials containing waste oil, except as provided in s. NR 506.105 and par. (a).

(a) Material containing, or otherwise contaminated with, minimal amounts of oil from which the oil has been removed to the extent possible such that no visible signs of free flowing oil remain in or on the material, may be disposed of in a solid waste landfill, provided the material is not listed or identified as a hazardous waste.

Note: The department encourages the recycling of used oil including oil-soaked rags and similar materials, by use of laundering services, burning for energy recovery and other recycling methods.

Note: Disposal of petroleum contaminated soil and materials into solid waste disposal facilities shall be done in accordance with the applicable provisions of chs. NR 419 and 722.

(b) Oil drained or removed from materials containing or otherwise contaminated with oil is subject to regulation as used oil.

Note: The department encourages that solid waste material from which oil is removed, such as used oil filters that have been drained in accordance with s. NR 661.0004(2) (m), be recycled. If the material cannot be recycled, it should be properly characterized and disposed of in accordance with the requirements of chs. NR 500 to 538 and 660 to 679.

(c) No person may mix oil with other material for the purpose of avoiding the prohibition of s. 287.07(1m) (b), Stats.

(4) Yard waste.

(5) Solid waste that contains any material identified in s. 287.07(3), Stats., that is generated in a region, as defined in s. 287.01(8), Stats., that does not have an effective recycling program as determined under s. 287.11, Stats., and ch. NR 544, unless the material is subject to an exemption, waiver or beneficial use approval under s. 287.11(2p), Stats. This subsection does not apply to any material identified in s. 287.07(3), Stats., that contains infectious waste or that is from a treatment area and is mixed with infectious waste generated in the treatment area, if the container, package or material has been treated pursuant to standards established under ch. NR 526 to render the infectious waste noninfectious.

(6) A material identified in s. 287.07(3), Stats., that is separated for recycling as part of an effective recycling program under s. 287.11, Stats., and ch. NR 544, unless the department has granted a variance under s. 287.11(2m), Stats.

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