Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 6605k
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 6605k
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- Person: means any individual; partnership; company; corporation; association; unincorporated association; joint venture; trust; municipality; the State of Vermont or any agency, department, or subdivision of the State; federal agency; or any other legal or commercial entity. See
- Solid waste: means any discarded garbage; refuse; septage; sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply plant, or pollution control facility; and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, or agricultural operations and from community activities but does not include animal manure and absorbent bedding used for soil enrichment; high carbon bulking agents used in composting; or solid or dissolved materials in industrial discharges that are point sources subject to permits under the Water Pollution Control Act, chapter 47 of this title. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
- Waste: means a material that is discarded or is being accumulated, stored, or physically, chemically, or biologically treated prior to being discarded or has served its original intended use and is normally discarded or is a manufacturing or mining by-product and is normally discarded. See
§ 6605k. Food residuals; management hierarchy
(a) It is the policy of the State that food residuals collected under the requirements of this chapter shall be managed according to the following order of priority uses:
(1) reduction of the amount generated at the source;
(2) diversion for food consumption by humans;
(3) diversion for agricultural use, including consumption by animals;
(4) composting, land application, and digestion; and
(5) energy recovery.
(b) A person who produces more than an amount identified under subsection (c) of this section in food residuals shall:
(1) separate food residuals from other solid waste, provided that a de minimis amount of food residuals may be disposed of in solid waste when a person has established a program to separate food residuals and the program includes a component for the education of program users regarding the need to separate food residuals; and
(2) arrange for the transfer of food residuals to a location that manages food residuals in a manner consistent with the priority uses established under subdivisions (a)(2)-(5) of this section or shall manage food residuals on site.
(c) The following persons shall be subject to the requirements of subsection (b) of this section:
(1) beginning July 1, 2014, a person whose acts or processes produce more than 104 tons per year of food residuals;
(2) beginning July 1, 2015, a person whose acts or processes produce more than 52 tons per year of food residuals;
(3) beginning July 1, 2016, a person whose acts or processes produce more than 26 tons per year of food residuals;
(4) beginning July 1, 2017, a person whose acts or processes produce more than 18 tons per year of food residuals; and
(5) beginning July 1, 2020, any person who generates any amount of food residuals. (Added 2011, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; amended 2017, No. 208 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. July 1, 2020.)