Materials Prohibited from Landfill Disposal

The best source of information to learn how and where to recycle or dispose of the following materials is the MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Web site, found at http://www.michigan.gov/deq

Once at the site, click on "Waste" for information and links to desired information.

Medical waste, unless taht medical waste has been decontaminated or is not required to be decontaminated but is packaged in teh manner required under part 138 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.13801 to 333.13831.

Beverage containers -Applies to all containers that require a 10 cent deposit.

Whole motor vehicle tires.

Yard clippings - Leaves, grass clippings, garden debris, and shrubbery, brush and tree trimmings less than 4 feet in length and 2 inches in diameter, unless they are diseased or infested.

Used oil - as defined in section 16701.

Lead acid batteries - (primarily truck and car batteries) as defined in section 17101.

Low-level radioactive waste - as defined in section 2 of the low-level radioactive waste authority act, 1987 PA 204, MCL 333.26202.

Regulated hazardous waste - as defined in R 299.4104 of the Michigan administrative code.

Liquid waste - as prohibited by R 299.4432(2)(c) of the Michigan administrative code.

Sewage

PCBs - as defined in 40 CFR section 761.3.

Asbestos waste - unless the landfill complies with 40 CFR section 61.154.

Empty drums - Drums must be either full of solid waste or be crushed in order to be disposed of in a solid waste landfill.

The information shown above has been provided as required by Michigan state law.