{"id":21691,"date":"2024-08-22T15:14:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T19:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/?post_type=article&p=21691"},"modified":"2024-08-26T16:44:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T20:44:40","slug":"arizona-waste-disposal-surcharge","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/arizona-waste-disposal-surcharge","title":{"rendered":"Arizona: recargo por eliminaci\u00f3n de residuos"},"template":"","class_list":["post-21691","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-state-policy","initiatives-composting-for-community","topics-infrastructure","topics-zero-waste","impact_areas-climate-and-environmental-justice","authors-sophia-jones"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":"","background_color":"tan","article_type":[36],"initiative":15,"display_event_fields":false,"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"start_time":null,"end_time":null,"time_zone":"America\/New_York","virtual_event":false,"location":"","topics":[89,121],"impact_areas":[16],"abstract":"The Arizona Solid Waste Recycling Act of 1990 established Arizona\u2019s disposal fee of $0.25\/ton to fund the ADEQ Recycling Grant Program. The Recycling Grant Program was paused in 2013 and revived in 2023 after a decade-long hiatus.","authors_tax":[629]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Arizona\u2019s disposal fee of $0.25\/ton was established through the Arizona Solid Waste Recycling Act of 1990 (See <\/span>Laws 1990<\/span><\/a> Chapter 378) and adopted in 1991. The fee only applies to disposal of solid waste in landfills, not at transfer stations or incinerators. The Solid Waste Recycling Act of 1990 also established the ADEQ Recycling Program, funded by revenue from the disposal fee that is deposited into the Recycling Fund. In FY2024, revenue from the fee amounted to $2,644,957.[footnote]<\/span>\r\n
Personal Communication. Terry Baer. Senior Scientist for Waste Programs Division, Arizona DEQ. Email. August 5, 2024.<\/h6>\r\n[\/footnote]<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>The law is presently coded in the<\/span> Arizona Revised Statutes (<\/span>49-836<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>49-837<\/span><\/a>)<\/span>.<\/span>\r\n
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\u201cA disposal fee of twenty-five cents for each six cubic yards of uncompacted solid waste, twenty-five cents for each three cubic yards of compacted solid waste or twenty-five cents per ton of solid waste received at landfills regulated by the department.\u00a0 From and after June 30, 2004, for each twenty-five cents collected in disposal fees, twelve and one-half cents shall be deposited in the recycling fund and twelve and one-half cents shall be deposited in the solid waste fee fund.\u00a0 From and after June 30, 2005, all twenty-five cents collected in disposal fees shall be deposited in the recycling fund.\u201d<\/strong><\/h6>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n
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\u201cMonies from the recycling fund shall be used for the following purposes:<\/h6>\r\n
1. Grants to or contracts with political subdivisions, nonprofit organizations or private enterprise for research, demonstration projects, new technologies, market development and source reduction studies and implementation of the recommendations or reports prepared pursuant to this article.<\/h6>\r\n
2. Public information, public education and technical assistance programs concerning litter control, recycling and source reduction.<\/strong><\/h6>\r\n
3. The collection and administration of monies in the fund.<\/strong><\/h6>\r\n
4. The administration of this article.<\/strong><\/h6>\r\n
5. The administration of the Arizona commerce authority's recycled market development program.\u00a0 At the end of each fiscal year, any funds not spent by the authority for this purpose shall be returned to the fund.<\/strong><\/h6>\r\n
6. The department's solid waste control program activities prescribed in this chapter and in title 44.\u201d<\/strong><\/h6>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nThe Recycling Fund is administered by the ADEQ Director, advised by the <\/span>Arizona Recycling Advisory Committee<\/span><\/a>, which reviews recycling grant applications and helps monitor the progress of awarded projects.<\/span>\r\n

Recycling Grant Program<\/h2>\r\nThe <\/span>ADEQ Recycling Grant Program<\/span><\/a> was not operational between 2009-2023, when Recycling Fund monies were being redirected into the general fund to be used for other purposes. The grant program was <\/span>revived for FY 2024<\/span><\/a>, enabling one round of grants, due, in part, to requests from recycling businesses that the funding be used for grants, as was originally intended.[footnote]Personal Communication. J.B. Shaw. Recycling Coordinator, Arizona DEQ. Email. August 23, 2024.<\/span>[\/footnote]<\/span> The following grants were awarded in 2023-2024 under the program:<\/span>\r\n