Non-hazardous Solid Waste and Recycling - Missouri

Missouri incorporates by reference the federal regulations for Non-Hazardous Solid Waste and Recycling; however, the state adds further requirements.

A summary of the additional requirements includes the following:

• Any infectious waste transferred from the premises of the generator shall be taken to an infectious waste processing facility that holds a valid permit issued by the department, or a hospital as defined in section 197.020. No infectious waste shall be placed into a solid waste disposal area except as otherwise provided for in sections 260.200 to 260.245 unless it has been treated or rendered innocuous by a permitted infectious waste processing facility as provided in sections 260.200 to 260.245, or by a hospital as defined in section 197.020, by autoclaving, incineration, chemical disinfection, or other methods of treatment approved by the department.
• Beginning January 1, 1991, no person may sell or offer for sale in this state containers connected to each other by a separate holding device constructed of plastic rings or other plastic holding device, unless such device decomposes by photodegradation, chemical degradation or biodegradation within a two-year period of time upon exposure to the elements. the term "container" means any glass, metal or plastic bottle, can, jar or other receptacle for holding liquid, powder or other material, which has been sealed by a manufacturer and which, at the time of sale, contains less than one gallon of such liquid, powder or other material.
• Clean fill material is uncontaminated soil, rock, sand, gravel, concrete, asphaltic concrete, cinderblocks, brick, minimal amounts of wood and metal, and inert (non-reactive) solids approved by rule or the department for fill, reclamation or other beneficial use. Minimal amounts of wood and metal means the smallest amount possible.
• Regulated nonhazardous construction, renovation and demolition wastes are those that do not meet the definition of clean fill and, for whatever reason, are not able to be recovered for reuse or recycling. Some examples of these wastes are insulation, drywall, wooden paneling, carpet padding, carpeting, linoleum, etc. These construction and demolition wastes must be disposed at a permitted solid waste landfill or processing facility.
  • In most cases, it is not legal to burn these wastes. Only untreated wood waste may be burned, and this is allowed as long as you apply for and obtain an open burning permit prior to burning the waste.

Related Information 

• Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
• Laws, Rules and Regulations
• Environmental Control
• Managing Construction and Demolition Waste

Citation

• 260.280
• 260.203