Topic - Solid Waste
Does your facility generate any of these solid wastes listed below that are banned from Wisconsin landfills?

Wisconsin's Recycling Law and local ordinances require all businesses and building owners to recycle the items listed in the following list.

• Aluminum cans, steel (tin) cans, aerosol cans, & major appliances: Metal
• Glass bottles & jars: Glass
• Office paper, newspaper, magazines, corrugated cardboard, aluminum cans, steel (tin) cans, plastic containers (#1&2), glass bottles & jars, major appliances, waste tires, used motor oil & filters, & yard wastes: Waste Reducation and Recycling: A Guide for the Workplace [PDF 211KB]
• Office paper, newspaper, magazines, & corrugated cardboard: Paper
• Plastic containers (#1 & 2): Plastics
• Tires, motor oil & filters: Motor Vehicle Items
• Used motor oil filters: Recycle Used Motor Oil Filters: A Fact Sheet for Businesses & Institutions [PDF 167KB]
• Used motor oil: Used Oil Management [PDF 208KB]
• Yard materials: grass clippings, leaves, & brush: Yard Care, Do Your Share [PDF 173KB]
• Yard waste: Organic Materials

For each of these wastes that you generate, fill in the following information on the Waste Inventory Sheet [PDF 132KB]:

• Under "waste type" check "solid", because these wastes are regulated as non-hazardous solid wastes.
• Under "comment" write "do not landfill", because all of these materials can be recycled and are banned from disposal in solid waste landfills in Wisconsin.



Small Business Assistance - Permit Primer
Last Revised: Tuesday October 21 2008