LAW
Writer®
Ohio Laws and Rules
As used in this chapter:
(A) “Litter” means garbage, trash, waste, rubbish, ashes, cans, bottles, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, automobile parts, furniture, glass, or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature thrown, dropped, discarded, placed, or deposited by a person on public property, on private property not owned by the person, or in or on waters of the state unless one of the following applies:
(1) The person has been directed to do so by a public official as part of a litter collection drive.
(2) The person has thrown, dropped, discarded, placed, or deposited the material in a receptacle in a manner that prevented its being carried away by the elements.
(3) The person has been issued a permit or license covering the material pursuant to Chapter 3734. or 6111. of the Revised Code.
(B) “Recycling” means the process of collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating, and reconstituting waste or other discarded materials for the purpose of recovering and reusing the materials.
(C) “Agency of the state” includes, but is not limited to, an “agency” subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and a “state university or college” as defined in section 3345.12 of the Revised Code.
(D) ” Source reduction” means activities that decrease the initial production of waste materials at their point of origin.
(E) “Enterprise” means a business with its principal place of business in this state and that proposes to engage in research and development or recycling in this state.
(F) “Research and development” means inquiry, experimentation, or demonstration to advance basic scientific or technical knowledge or the application, adaptation, or use of existing or newly discovered scientific or technical knowledge regarding recycling, source reduction, or litter prevention.
(G) “Recyclables” means waste materials that are collected, separated, or processed and used as raw materials or products.
(H) “Recycling market development” means activities that stimulate the demand for recycled products, provide for a consistent supply of recyclables to meet the needs of recycling industries, or both.
(I) “Solid waste management districts” means solid waste management districts established under Chapter 343. of the Revised Code.
(J) “Synthetic rubber” means produced or extended rubber and products made from a synthetic rubber base material originating from petrochemical feedstocks, including scrap tires, tire molds, automobile engine belts, brake pads and hoses, weather stripping, fittings, electrical insulation, and other molded objects and parts.
Effective Date: 03-18-1999; 04-06-2007
(A) There is hereby created in the department of natural resources the division of recycling and litter prevention to be headed by the chief of recycling and litter prevention.
(B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the recycling and litter prevention fund, consisting of moneys distributed to it from fees, including the fee levied under division (A)(2) of section 3714.073 of the Revised Code, gifts, donations, grants, reimbursements, and other sources, including investment earnings.
(C) The chief of recycling and litter prevention shall do all of the following:
(1) Use moneys credited to the fund exclusively for the purposes set forth in sections 1502.03, 1502.04, and 1502.05 of the Revised Code, with particular emphasis on programs relating to recycling;
(2) Expend for administration of the division not more than ten per cent of any fiscal year’s appropriation to the division, excluding the amount assessed to the division for direct and indirect central support charges;
(3) Require recipients of grants under section 1502.05 of the Revised Code, as a condition of receiving and retaining them, to do all of the following:
(a) Create a separate account for the grants and any cash donations received that qualify for the donor credit allowed by section 5733.064 of the Revised Code;
(b) Make expenditures from the account exclusively for the purposes for which the grants were received;
(c) Use any auditing and accounting practices the chief considers necessary regarding the account;
(d) Report to the chief information regarding the amount and donor of cash donations received as described by section 5733.064 of the Revised Code;
(e) Use grants received to supplement and not to replace any existing funding for such purposes.
(4) Report to the tax commissioner information the chief receives pursuant to division (C)(3)(d) of this section.
Effective Date: 07-20-1994; 06-30-2005
(A) The chief of the division of recycling and litter prevention shall establish and implement statewide source reduction, recycling, recycling market development, and litter prevention programs that include all of the following:
(1) The assessment of waste generation within the state and implementation of source reduction practices;
(2) The implementation of recycling and recycling market development activities and projects, including all of the following:
(a) Collection of recyclables;
(b) Separation of recyclables;
(c) Processing of recyclables;
(d) Facilitation and encouragement of the use of recyclables and products made with recyclables;
(e) Education and training concerning recycling and products manufactured with recyclables;
(f) Public awareness campaigns to promote recycling;
(g) Other activities and projects that promote recycling and recycling market development.
(3) Litter prevention assistance to enforce antilitter laws, educate the public, and stimulate collection and containment of litter;
(4) Research and development regarding source reduction, recycling, and litter prevention, including, without limitation, research and development regarding materials or products manufactured with recyclables.
(B) The chief, with the approval of the director of natural resources, may enter into contracts or other agreements and may execute any instruments necessary or incidental to the discharge of the chief’s responsibilities under this chapter.
Effective Date: 03-18-1999; 04-06-2007
There is hereby created within the division of recycling and litter prevention the recycling and litter prevention advisory council consisting of thirteen members. The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint one member of the house of representatives to the council, and the president of the senate shall appoint one member of the senate to the council. If the president of the senate belongs to the same political party as the speaker of the house of representatives, the president shall appoint a member of the senate who belongs to a different political party as recommended by the minority leader of the senate. The speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall make their initial appointments to the council within sixty days after July 20, 1994. Each member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives or the president of the senate shall serve for a term of office of three years. The appropriate appointing authority may fill any vacancy occurring during the term of any member whom the appointing authority has appointed to the advisory council.
The remaining eleven members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and shall be persons with knowledge of or experience in recycling or litter prevention programs. The council shall have broad based representation of interests including agriculture, labor, the environment, manufacturing, wholesale and retail industry, and the public. One of the business members shall be from the commercial recycling industry, and another shall be from an industry required to pay taxes under section 5733.065 of the Revised Code. The director of natural resources shall not be a member of the council. The governor shall make initial appointments to the council within thirty days after October 20, 1987. Of the governor’s initial appointments to the council, five shall be for a term of one year, and six shall be for a term of two years. Thereafter, terms of office shall be for three years. Each member appointed by the governor shall hold office from the date of the member’s appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. In the event of death, removal, resignation, or incapacity of a member of the council appointed by the governor, the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a successor who shall hold office for the remainder of the term for which the successor’s predecessor was appointed. A member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member’s term until the member’s successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. The governor at any time may remove any of the governor’s appointees from the council for misfeasance, nonfeasance, or malfeasance in office.
Members of the council may be reappointed.
The council shall hold at least four regular quarterly meetings each year. Special meetings may be held at the behest of the chairperson or a majority of the members. The council annually shall select from among its members a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and a secretary to keep a record of its proceedings.
A majority vote of the members of the council is necessary to take action in any matter.
A member of the council shall serve without compensation for attending council meetings, but shall be reimbursed for all traveling, hotel, and other ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the member’s work as a member of the council.
Membership on the council does not constitute holding a public office or position of employment under the laws of this state and does not constitute grounds for removal of public officers or employees from their offices or positions of employment.
The council shall do all of the following:
(A) In conjunction with the chief of recycling and litter prevention and with the approval of the director of natural resources, establish criteria by which to certify, and certify, agencies of the state, municipal corporations with a population of more than fifty thousand, counties, and solid waste management districts as eligible to receive grants under section 1502.05 of the Revised Code;
(B) In conjunction with the chief and with the approval of the director, establish criteria by which to certify, and certify, political subdivisions for receipt of special grants for activities or projects that are intended to accomplish the purposes of any of the programs established under section 1502.03 of the Revised Code;
(C) Advise the chief in carrying out the chief’s duties under this chapter.
Effective Date: 03-18-1999; 12-30-2004; 06-27-2005
(A) The chief of recycling and litter prevention, pursuant to division (A) of section 1502.04 of the Revised Code and with the approval of the director of natural resources, may make grants from the recycling and litter prevention fund created in section 1502.02 of the Revised Code to accomplish the purposes of the programs established under section 1502.03 of the Revised Code.
(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the chief, with the approval of the director, may require any eligible applicant certified by the recycling and litter prevention advisory council under division (A) of section 1502.04 of the Revised Code that applies for a grant for an activity or project that is intended to further the purposes of any program established under division (A)(1), (2), or (4) of section 1502.03 of the Revised Code to provide a matching contribution of not more than fifty per cent of the grant.
(C) Notwithstanding division (B) of this section, any grant awarded under division (A) of this section to foster cooperative research and development regarding recycling or the cooperative establishment or expansion of private recycling facilities or programs shall be made in conjunction with a contribution to the project by a cooperating enterprise that maintains or proposes to maintain a relevant research and development or recycling facility or program in this state or by an agency of the state, provided that funding provided by a state agency shall not be provided from general revenue funds appropriated by the general assembly. No grant made under division (A) of this section for the purposes described in this division shall exceed the contribution made by the cooperating enterprise or state agency. The chief may consider cooperating contributions in the form of state of the art new equipment or in other forms if the chief determines that the contribution is essential to the successful implementation of the project.
Grants made under division (A) of this section for the purposes described in this division shall be made in such form and conditioned on such terms as the chief considers to be appropriate.
(D)(1) The chief, with the approval of the director, may require any eligible applicant certified by the recycling and litter prevention advisory council under division (A) of section 1502.04 of the Revised Code that applies for a grant that is intended to further the purposes of the program established under division (A)(3) of section 1502.03 of the Revised Code, except any eligible applicant that is or is located in a county that has a per capita income equal to or below ninety per cent of the median county per capita income of the state as determined by the chief using the most recently available figures from the United States census bureau, to provide a matching contribution as follows:
(a) Up to ten per cent of the grant from any eligible applicant that is or is located in a county that has a per capita income above ninety per cent of the median county per capita income of the state, but equal to or below one hundred per cent of the median county per capita income of the state;
(b) Up to twenty per cent of the grant from any eligible applicant that is or is located in a county that has a per capita income above the median county per capita income of the state.
(2) If the eligible applicant is a joint solid waste management district or is filing a joint application on behalf of two or more counties, the matching contribution required under division (D)(1) of this section shall be the average of the matching contributions of all of the counties covered by the application as determined in accordance with that division. The matching contribution of a county that has a per capita income equal to or below ninety per cent of the median county per capita income of the state shall be included as zero in calculating the average matching contribution.
(E) After receiving notice from the director of environmental protection that each county within the state is subject to the solid waste management plan of a solid waste management district, the chief shall ensure that not less than fifty per cent of the moneys distributed as grants under this section shall be expended for the purposes of recycling and recycling market development.
Effective Date: 03-18-1999; 12-30-2004; 06-27-2005
(A) Agencies of the state certified pursuant to section 1502.04 of the Revised Code as eligible to receive a grant shall designate an employee as the liaison with the chief of recycling and litter prevention to cooperate with him in carrying out his duties under this chapter.
(B) The executive and legislative authorities of municipal corporations, counties, and townships and the boards of park commissioners of township park districts created under section 511.18 of the Revised Code, boards of park commissioners of park districts created under section 1545.04 of the Revised Code, and boards of education of city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school districts may participate in the programs established under section 1502.03 of the Revised Code.
Effective Date: 07-20-1994
No person, agency of the state, municipal corporation, county, or township shall sell or offer for sale any beer or mixed beverages as defined in section 4301.01 of the Revised Code, or any soft drink as defined in section 913.22 of the Revised Code, in a metal container that is so designed that it may be opened by removing from the container a part of the container without using a separate opener. However, nothing in this section prohibits the sale or offering for sale of a container the only detachable part of which is a piece of tape or other similar adhesive material.
Effective Date: 10-11-2002
Effective Date: 07-26-1991
Effective Date: 12-30-2004
Effective Date: 10-20-1994; 12-30-2004; 06-27-2005; 04-06-2007
(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the scrap tire grant fund, consisting of moneys transferred to the fund under section 3734.82 of the Revised Code. The chief of the division of recycling and litter prevention, with the approval of the director of natural resources, may make grants from the fund for the purpose of supporting market development activities for scrap tires and synthetic rubber from tire manufacturing processes and tire recycling processes. The grants may be awarded to individuals, businesses, and entities certified under division (A) of section 1502.04 of the Revised Code.
(B) Projects and activities that are eligible for grants under this section shall be evaluated for funding using, at a minimum, the following criteria:
(1) The degree to which a proposed project contributes to the increased use of scrap tires generated in this state;
(2) The degree of local financial support for a proposed project;
(3) The technical merit and quality of a proposed project.
Effective Date: 06-06-2001; 12-30-2004; 06-27-2005; 04-06-2007
Whoever violates section 1502.07 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.
Effective Date: 03-18-1999