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House Study Bill 191

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  455D.22  WHITE GOODS.
  1  2    1.  For purposes of this section, "white goods" means a
  1  3 major household appliance including a refrigerator, stove,
  1  4 oven, freezer, dishwasher, clothes washer, clothes dryer, and
  1  5 microwave oven.
  1  6    2.  Land disposal of white goods is prohibited.
  1  7    3.  White goods shall be recycled or reused.  The
  1  8 department shall ensure that recycling services are available
  1  9 in all counties for white goods.  Recycling services shall
  1 10 include all of the following:
  1 11    a.  The removal of capacitors from white goods that may
  1 12 contain polychlorinated biphenyls.
  1 13    b.  The removal of ballasts from white goods that may
  1 14 contain polychlorinated biphenyls.
  1 15    c.  The removal of chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant gas from
  1 16 white goods.
  1 17    d.  The recycling or reuse of the metals, including
  1 18 mercury, of white goods.  
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill prohibits land disposal of white goods and
  1 21 requires the recycling or reuse of white goods.  The bill
  1 22 provides that "white goods" means a major household appliance
  1 23 including a refrigerator, stove, oven, freezer, dishwasher,
  1 24 clothes washer, clothes dryer, and microwave oven.  The bill
  1 25 provides that the department shall ensure that recycling
  1 26 services are available in all counties for white goods.  The
  1 27 bill provides that recycling services shall include the
  1 28 removal of capacitors from white goods that may contain
  1 29 polychlorinated biphenyls, the removal of ballasts from white
  1 30 goods that may contain polychlorinated biphenyls, the removal
  1 31 of chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant gas from white goods, and
  1 32 the recycling or reuse of the metals, including mercury, of
  1 33 white goods.  
  1 34 LSB 3142YC 79
  1 35 tm/gg/8
     

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