Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of
Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management
Chapter 10 - RECYCLING AND PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE MGMT, FACILITIES
Section 10-7 - Solid Waste Recovery Standards

(a) Recovery of materials; amounts: Each facility shall recover, at the facility, useful components of the solid waste stream as specified by the Chapter 6 permit. In issuing any Chapter 6 permit the department shall establish minimum acceptable recovery amounts, expressed as pounds of component per ton of wastes received, for useful components of the solid waste stream, as required by this section.

(b) Recovery rates: For facilities receiving unprocessed household refuse, or mixed household and industrial refuse, excluding sludges and incinerator ash, each facility shall recover useful components of the solid waste stream in amounts at least equal to those specified by this paragraph:

(c) Calculation of recovery amounts: Recovery amounts shall be calculated as follows:

(RECOVERwt / UPwt) x 100, where

UPwt = total weight of material (e.g. aluminum) in a repwt resentative ton of unprocessed wastes; and

RECOVERwt = weight of material (e.g. aluminum) recovered at the facility from a ton of unprocessed wastes by processing and recovery equipment or practices.

(d) Modification of recovery amounts: Recovery amounts shall be initially established by the department after review of the test demonstration data required by Section 4 of this chapter. Recovery amounts may be modified by the department for any operating facility where the composition of wastes received at the facility has changed, as demonstrated by the monthly sampling and analysis required in Section 3(a) of this chapter.

(e) Sludge or incinerator ash: For facilities receiving sludges or incinerator ash, each facility shall recover useful components of the sludge or incinerator ash in amounts determined by the department as a part of the Chapter 6 permit for the facility. The department shall establish recovery amounts based on analysis of the chemical composition of the wastes and assessment of the feasibility of recovering useful components from such wastes.

(f) Treatment of organic residues: The department shall require any facility to treat remaining organic residues following recovery of useful components of the waste stream. Such treatment may be required to:

(g) Disposal ban: Useful components recovered from solid wastes delivered to a facility, as required in paragraph (b) or (f)(ii) of this section, shall not be disposed in the state. Such useful components shall be stored prior to shipment from any facility in compliance with storage requirements established by the facility's Chapter 6 permit.