State Funding Mechanisms for Solid
Waste Disposal and Recycling Programs
Illinois • Indiana • Michigan • Minnesota • Ohio • Wisconsin
June 2014
Unilai
Publication No. 905Q14001
States regularly evaluate and modify funding
mechanisms to find ways to more effectively and
efficiently support their solid waste disposal and
recycling programs. U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, in implementing the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, plays a key role
in providing technical assistance to state materials
management programs. To help states share this
important information, this document presents a
concise summary of the funding information
provided by each of the EPA Region 5 states.
Each state has several ways in which to fund solid
waste and materials management programs. Most
states give these mechanisms specific names, but
for ease of comparing state by state, they have
been categorized as follows:
Disposal surcharges: Commonly known as
tipping fees, these are charges levied on waste
disposal. They are based on the quantity (weight
or volume) of waste disposed.
Facility fees: Fees paid by the owner/operator of
a landfill, compost or recycling facility associated
with the facility's licensing, permitting,
registration or operation.
General fund: Primary cache of funds holding
state appropriations and providing the resources
necessary to sustain day-to-day administrative and
operating expenses of the governing body.
Tax: A fee levied on materials or services
associated with the collection, transfer, storage or
disposal of solid waste or other materials.
Scrap tire fees: Special funding mechanisms to
support scrap tire programs.
E-waste program fees: Fees paid by
manufacturers of new electronics, typically as an
annual registration fee.
Local fees: Fees that provide money to the local
regulatory body for solid waste activities.
See Table I1 for a summary of the funding
mechanisms used in each of the six EPA Region 5
states.
Illinois
Illinois' solid waste and recycling program is
funded by a combination of surcharges and
specific funding mechanisms to support
traditional waste disposal and recycling, food
scrap composting, recycling expansion and
modernization, scrap tire, and e-waste programs.
Two Illinois agencies are responsible for carrying
out the majority of the state's solid waste and
recycling program. Illinois EPA is primarily
responsible for regulatory and statewide planning
activities. The Department of Commerce and
Economic Opportunity has responsibility for
grants that advance recycling and composting.
See Table 2 for more information.
Disposal Surcharges
State Tipping Fee Surcharge
Illinois2 charges a state tipping fee surcharge of
$2.00 per ton and/or $.095 per cubic yard. Smaller
landfills pay a set annual fee regardless of tonnage
or volume. See Table 3 for these fees.
The surcharge generates approximately $20
million annually. State law requires that $2
million per year goes to the state's Hazardous
Waste Fund. The remaining funds, which go into
Illinois Solid Waste Management Fund, are
shared by Illinois EPA and DCEO to support their
program activities.
Subtitle D Fee
In addition to the state tipping fee surcharge,
Illinois3 collects an additional fee of $0.101 per
cubic yard and/or $0.22 per ton on material
landfilled in Illinois. As with the state tipping
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Table 1: State Solid Waste Program Activity by Funding Mechanism
Program Activity Surcharge Facility Jax General
Landfills
(licensing, registration, permitting, inspections)
Compost Facilities
(licensing, registration, permitting, inspections)
Recycling Facilities
(licensing, permitting, registration, inspections)
Recycling Measurement
Market Development
Local Grants
Education and Outreach
IL, IN, MI,
OH,WI
IL,WI
IL,WI
OH5, WI
IL, IN
IL, IN,
OH,WI
IL,WI
IN, MI,
MI4
WI
WI
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN,
IN
MN
IN,WI
IN,WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
Scrap Tire Fees
Scrap Tire Cleanup
Scrap Tire Market Development
IN, MI, OH, IL
MI, IN
E-Waste Fees
E-Waste Management
IL, IN, MI, MN, WI
Table 2: Illinois State Program Activity by State Agency
Program Activity IL EPA DCEO
Landfills (licensing, registration, permitting, inspections)
Compost Facilities (licensing, registration, permitting, inspections)
Recycling Facilities (i.e., inspections as needed)
Market Development
Local Grants
Education and Outreach
Scrap Tire Management
E-waste Management
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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Table 3: Surcharges on Illinois Landfills
Cubic Yards Received _ ...... . ,_ „ ..... „ ,_ -.-.,.
._. . . Solid Waste Fee Subtitle D Fee Total Annual Fee
in a Year (Thousands)
>150
100-150
50-100
10-50
<10
$2.00/ton or
$.095/cy
$52,630/yr
$23,790/yr
$7,260/yr
$l,050/yr
$0.22/ton or
$0.101/cy
$7,020/yr
$3,120/yr
$975/yr
$210/yr
$2.22/tonsor$0.196cy
$59,650
$26,910
$8,235
$1,260
fee surcharge, smaller landfills pay a set annual
fee regardless of tonnage or volume. In fiscal
years 2012 and 2013 this fee generated
approximately $2.2 million a year for the
Subtitle D Management Fund.
Scrap Tire Fees
Illinois6 imposes a fee of $2.50 per tire on retail
customers purchasing new or used tires sold and
delivered in the state. A $2.00 per tire fee is
deposited into the Used Tire Management Fund,
less a collection allowance of $0.10 per tire to be
retained by the retail seller and a collection
allowance of $0.10 per tire to be retained by the
Department of Revenue and paid into the
General Revenue Fund. The remaining $0.50
per tire is deposited into the Emergency Public
Health Fund.
In fiscal years 2012 and 2013 the fee generated
$13 million and $12.7 million respectively, of
which Illinois EPA received $5.5 million and $6
million for used tire management activities.
E-waste Program Fees
Electronic device collectors, recyclers,
refurbishers and manufacturers pay annual fees.7
For manufacturers, the 2013 registration fee is
$5,107 unless during 2012 they sold 250 units or
less, then the fee is $1,277. For collectors,
recyclers, and refurbishers the 2013 registration
fee is $2,085; however, if annual throughput of
materials is less than 1,000 tons, the fee is $516.
Combined, these fees generate approximately
$475,000 annually with all monies used by
Illinois EPA to administer its electronic
recycling activities.
Local Fees
Surcharges, tipping and/or tonnage fees
Under authority of the Illinois EPA Act,8 "a unit
of local government in which a solid waste
disposal facility is located... may establish a fee,
tax, or surcharge with regard to the permanent
disposal of solid waste. All fees, taxes, and
surcharges collected under this subsection shall
be utilized for solid waste management
purposes, including long-term monitoring and
maintenance of landfills, planning,
implementation, inspection, enforcement and
other activities consistent with the Solid Waste
Management Act and the Local Solid Waste
Disposal Act, or for any other environment-
related purpose, including but not limited to an
environment-related public works project, but
not for the construction of a new pollution
control facility other than a household hazardous
waste facility. However, the total fee, tax or
surcharge imposed by all units of local
government under this subsection (j) upon the
solid waste disposal facility shall not exceed
$0.60 cents per cubic yard and/or $1.27 a ton."
In fiscal year 2012 this fee generated more than
$4 million for local governments.
Community Hosting Fees
In lieu of imposing a local tipping fee surcharge,
some local governments have negotiated "host
fee agreements" for pollution control facilities
(e.g., landfills, transfer stations). The terms of
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these agreements and the spending of any
revenues or in-kind value are not required to be
reported to the state. Some revenue generated
may be used by local governments to address the
program activities noted above.
Indiana
Indiana's solid waste program is funded by a
combination of surcharges, facility fees and
money from the general fund. Specifically, the
state's solid waste disposal fee, and licensing
and permitting fees cover 63 percent of program
costs and general fund money covers the
remaining 37 percent. Other funding
mechanisms also are available to support
recycling, scrap tire and e-waste programs.
Disposal Surcharges
Solid Waste Management Fee
A solid waste management fee of $0.50 per ton
is collected on solid waste disposal. This
generates about $5.3 million a year based on
current disposal volumes. The revenues are
evenly distributed to the Solid Waste
Management Fund9 and the Recycling
Promotion and Assistance Fund,10 which support
community recycling programs (suspended) and
Recycling Market Development Program,
respectively.
Solid Waste Disposal Fee
Indiana also collects a solid waste disposal fee11
on material disposed in a landfill or incinerator.
A $0.10 per ton charge is collected for solid
waste landfill disposal and a $0.05 per ton fee is
charged for solid waste incineration. The
funding supports solid waste program
administration such as permitting, licensing and
inspecting solid waste disposal facilities.
Facility Fees
Indiana has established solid waste fees12 on
solid waste landfill or processing facilities to
defray the costs of administering the solid waste
program. These fees apply to new permit
applications as well as major and minor
modification, renewal and annual operating
permits. See Table 4 for a breakdown of fees by
facility type.
Table 4: Indiana Annual Operation Fees
for Disposal Facilities
FGG
Fee Category AmQunt
Sanitary Landfills (tons/day)
<100
100-200
250-499
>500
Construction/Demolition Site
$2,000
$7,000
$15,000
$35,000
$1,500
Restricted Waste Sites
Type I
Type II
Type III
$35,000
$25,000
$10,000
Processing Facilities
Transfer Station
Other
$2,000
$2,000
Incinerators (tons/day)
<100
100-249
250-499
>500
$2,000
$7,000
$15,000
$35,000
Other
Infectious Waste Incinerator
Waste Tire Storage
Waste Tire Registration
$5,000
$500
$25
General Fund
Indiana's solid waste program receives general
fund money from taxes collected in the state.
The general fund money covers approximately
37 percent of annual program costs,
approximately $1.6 million.
Scrap Tire Fees
A fee of $0.25 per tire is collected on each tire
sold in the state. This generates about $1.4
million per year. The revenues are distributed to
the Waste Tire Management Fund,13 which
supports tire cleanup activities, and the Waste
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Tire Management Program for scrap tire market
development activities (suspended). The state
also collects an annual registration fee of $500
from waste tire storage facilities and $25 from
waste tire transporters.
E-waste Program Fees
Manufacturers of video display devices (e.g.,
televisions, monitors, laptops, tablets) subject to
the requirements of the Indiana E-Waste
Statute14 are required to register with the Indiana
Department of Environmental Management
annually. Registration is $5,000 for the initial
year and $2,500 for each year thereafter. The
fees apply to program administration including
registration, reporting and compliance. During
2012, 65 manufacturers were registered.
Local Fees
Indiana's 70 solid waste management districts15
obtain funding for operating expenses as
follows:
• District fees16 up to $2.50 per ton on the
final disposal of solid waste within the
district.
• Tax levies within the district to pay costs of
operation in connection with solid waste
management.
• Gifts, grants, loans of money, other
property, or services from any source, public
or private
Funds are used for outreach and education on
recycling, yard waste, and household hazardous
waste and supporting services including grants
and loans. Seven of the districts serve multiple
counties and 63 are single-county district.
Marion County is served by the City of
Indianapolis.
Michigan
Michigan's solid waste program is funded by a
combination of surcharges and facility fees, as
well as specific funding mechanisms to support
scrap tire, e-waste and composting programs.
Disposal Surcharges
Michigan collects a $0.12 per cubic yard ($0.36
per ton) surcharge17 on solid waste landfilled
which generates about $5.3 million per year
based on current disposal volumes. These funds
can only be used to support solid waste program
administration such as permitting, licensing and
inspecting solid waste disposal facilities.
Facility Fees
Solid waste processing plants, transfer stations
and landfills also pay construction permit fees18
which generate an average of $10,500 per year
for the solid waste program. Licensing fees are
also collected, but they do not support the
administration of the solid waste program
directly. Instead they are deposited into an
account in the event an owner has insufficient
financial assurance.
Composting facilities pay a registration fee of
$600 per three years which generates just
enough revenue to manage the registration
portion of the composting program but does not
fund inspections, market development or other
composting related activities.
Scrap Tire Fees
Michigan's scrap tire program19 is funded by a
$1.50 title transfer fee which generates about
$4.3 million per year. These funds are used to
administer the scrap tire hauler and collection
site requirements, provide cleanup grants, and
scrap tire market development.
E-waste Program Fees
Electronic device recyclers and manufacturers
pay $2,000 and $3,000 annually. The $265
thousand generated is used to administer the
e-waste take back program.20
Local Fees
Municipal, township and county governments in
Michigan have a variety of mechanisms to fund
solid waste and recycling activities at the local
level. Local governments hosting a landfill may
charge $0.10/cubic yard or any other agreed
upon amount as an impact fee. Counties
frequently enter into contracts with disposal
areas through host community agreements.
Other funding mechanisms are described in
"Funding Options for Michigan Recycling
Programs"21 updated in September 2010.
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Minnesota
Minnesota's solid waste and recycling program
is funded primarily by a tax on household,
commercial, industrial generators, as well as
generators of construction and demolition debris
as described below.
Revenues are deposited in the Environmental
Fund22 which also receives money from other
environmental fees, loan repayments and
legislative appropriations. The Environmental
Fund is a pooled fund that supports other
program activities in addition to solid waste. The
funding for specific activities is determined
through biennial appropriations from the
legislature.
Minnesota also relies on annual fees by
electronics manufacturers to support its e-waste
program.
Tax
The bulk of solid waste funding is authorized
under the Solid Waste Management Tax.23 For
mixed municipal solid waste, the tax is imposed
on waste management service charges paid by
businesses and households of 9.75 percent of the
total bill for households and 17 percent for
commercial generators regardless of whether the
waste is disposed of in a landfill or waste-to-
energy facility. The different rates were set, in
part, to reflect each waste stream's potential for
environmental risk.
For non-mixed municipal solid waste, the tax is
applied at a rate of $0.60 per cubic yard of
capacity sent for disposal. If the delivery to a
landfill is charged at the gate by weight, the tax
rate is $2 per ton for demolition debris and
$0.462 per ton for industrial waste.
The tax generates about $67 million per year.
Thirty percent24 of tax revenue is deposited in
the state's General Fund and the remaining 70
percent goes into the Environmental Fund.
Scrap Tires Fees
Minnesota does not assess a fee on scrap tires.
E-waste Program Fees
Manufacturers of video display devices (e.g.,
televisions, monitors, laptops, tablets) pay an
annual registration fee25 based on the number of
units sold annually to Minnesota households
($2,500 for 100 or more units; $1,250 for fewer
than 100 units). In addition, they may also pay a
fee if they did not meet their annual recycling
obligation. The shortfall fees range from $0.30 -
$0.50 per pound depending on how close they
came to their obligation. The $146,000 from the
registration fees is used to help implement the e-
waste program in Minnesota.
Local Fees
Surcharges, tipping and/or tonnage fees
A fee of $ 1.50 per cubic yard for waste
abatement purposes is levied on waste disposed
into the two metropolitan municipal solid waste
landfills in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.26
Revenue per year is about $2.4 million, which is
allocated among the seven counties in the
metropolitan area for their recycling, reuse and
reduction activities.
Ohio
Ohio's solid waste program is funded primarily
by surcharges and facility fees. It relies on
various funding mechanisms to support its scrap
tire and e-waste programs.
Disposal Surcharges
Solid Waste Fee
Ohio collects $4.75 per ton of solid waste
delivered to either a transfer or landfill facility.
27 The fee is collected at the first facility
accepting the waste. One dollar per ton goes to
the Solid Waste Fund which is used to
administer, among others, solid waste disposal
and composting facility permitting, licensing,
and inspections, and staff time for recycling
measurement.
Construction and Demolition Debris (CDD)fee
$1.60 per ton ($0.80 per cubic yard) is assessed
on the disposal of construction and demolition
debris, whether the material is disposed of at a
municipal waste facility or a CDD facility.28 A
portion of this fee is used by Ohio EPA to
implement the CDD program and a portion is
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retained to fund recycling and litter prevention
grants. In Ohio, either Ohio EPA or local health
departments can act as the licensing authority for
a CDD facility. Ohio EPA retains $0.46 - $0.60
of the fee to implement the CDD program if it is
the licensing authority; if not it gets $0.06 for
this purpose. In addition, $0.75 goes to the Ohio
EPA recycling and litter prevention fund
(regardless of who is the licensing authority) to
support recycling market development programs
including grants, loans, research studies, or other
efforts, and grants for local level recycling or
waste management efforts. These grants, loans,
etc., are focused on both CDD and solid waste
activities.
In addition to the above, an additional $0.10 per
ton is assessed if the construction and demolition
debris is disposed of at a CDD landfill. Ohio
EPA retains $0.08 - $0.10 of this amount.
Facility Fees
Licensing
As previously indicated, the licensing authority
can be the local health district if approved by
Ohio EPA to administer the solid waste
program. Otherwise, Ohio EPA is the licensing
authority.29 An annual license fee is charged to
licensed facilities, but none of it is retained by
Ohio EPA. See Table 5 for a breakdown of fees.
A small portion is retained by the health
department if it acts as the licensing authority.
The board of health retains $2,500 of each
license fee or the entire amount of any such fee
that is less than $2,500. The money is used to
administer and enforce the solid waste program.
The remainder of each license fee is remitted to
Ohio EPA and is then transferred to the state's
general revenue fund.
Permitting
Ohio issues permits to landfills, transfer stations,
incinerators and compost facilities. However,
none of the permit fees are retained by Ohio
EPA or used to fund the solid waste program.
All permit fees are transferred to the state
general revenue fund.30 See Table 6.
Table 5: Ohio Licensing Fees - Landfills,
Transfer Stations, Composting and
Incineration Facilities
-r * r- -,-x Annual License
Type of Facility
rcc
Solid Waste Facilities, by authorized
maximum daily waste receipt (tons)
100 or less
101 -200
201 -500
500 or greater
Transfer Facility
$5,000
$12,500
$30,000
$60,000
$750
Compost Facility (Class 1 and Class II)
by authorized maximum daily waste
receipt (tons)
12 or less
13 to 25
26 to 50
26 to 50
76 to 100
101 to 150
151 to 200
201 to 250
251 to 300
301 to 400
401 to 500
501 or more
$300
$600
$1,200
$1,800
$2,500
$3,750
$5,000
$6,250
$7,500
$10,000
$12,500
$30,000
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Table 6: Ohio Permitting31 Fees -
Landfills, Transfer Stations, Composting
and Incineration Facilities
-r * r- -,-x r, -x r- Maximum
Type of Facility Permit Fee
rcc
Landfill - new or
modification with
increase in
disposal capacity
Landfill -
Modification for
Existing - no
increase in
capacity
Transfer Station -
New or
Modification
Incinerator or
Composting - New
or Modification
The greater
of $10 per
lOOOcuyd
or $1,000
$1,000
$2,500
$1,000
$80,000
NA
NA
NA
Ohio does not license or permit recycling
facilities (such as clean materials recycling
facilities, recycling centers, or other legitimate
recycling operations.)
Scrap Tire Fees
Ohio relies primarily on licensing and permitting
of scrap-tire-related facilities to support state
scrap tire management.
The state charges wholesalers of scrap tires a fee
of $1.00 per tire.32 Fifty cents goes to the state's
Scrap Tire Management Fund which is used to:
• Implement, administer, and enforce the
scrap tire program at Ohio EPA.
• Abate scrap tire accumulations
• Provide $1.5 million per year in grants:
o $ 1 million per year devoted to
market development activities for
scrap tires and synthetic rubber from
tire manufacturing and tire recycling
processes.
o 0.5 million per year devoted to scrap
tire amnesty and cleanup events.
• Provide loans to promote the recycling or
recovery of energy from scrap tires.
• Offset administrative costs of managing the
scrap tire fund.
• Investigate nuisances associated with scrap
tires.
The local health department retains $15,000 of
each licensing fee for a scrap tire monofill or
monocell. The remainder is remitted to Ohio
EPA and credited to the scrap tire fund. The
board of health retains the entire amount of all
other scrap tire licensing fees. The money is
used to administer and enforce the scrap tire
program. All registration and permit fees are
remitted to Ohio EPA and credited to the scrap
tire management fund. Table 7 provides a
breakdown of licensing and permitting fees
Local Fees
Surcharges, tipping and/or tonnage fees
A solid waste management disposal fee33 can be
collected from landfills if levied by the solid
waste management district. The tiered fee is as
follows:
• $ 1.00 to $2.00 per ton for waste generated
and disposed within the solid waste
management district.
• $2.00 to $4.00 per ton for waste generated
within another Ohio solid waste
management district and disposed in a
landfill located within the levying solid
waste management district.
• $ 1.00 to $2.00 per ton for waste generated
outside of Ohio and disposed at a landfill
location within the levying solid waste
management district.
Ohio law limits how solid waste management
districts can spend disposal fee revenue to 10
"allowable' uses. A solid waste management
district uses the revenue from the disposal fee to
implement its approved solid waste management
plan.
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Table 7: Ohio Licensing and Permitting Fees - Scrap Tire Facilities
Type of Facility Annual License Fee
Scrap Tire Recovery Facility, based on daily design input capacity (tons)
1 or less
2 to 25
26 to 50
101 to 200
201 to 500
501 or more
$100
$500
$1,000
$2,500
$3,500
$5,500
Scrap Tire Monocell or Monocell Facility, based on authorized maximum annual daily
waste receipt (tons)
100 or less
101 to 200
201 to 500
501 to more
Scrap tire storage facility
Scrap tire collection facility
$5000
$12,500
$30,000
$60,000
$1000 x # acres; max. $3000; if owned by motor vehicle salvage
dealer, $100
$200; if owned by motor vehicle salvage dealer, $50
Type of Facility Permit Fee
Scrap tire collection facility
New scrap tire storage facility
Scrap tire storage facility
Scrap tire monocell or facility
Scrap tire recovery facility
Scrap tire recovery facility
$200; if owned or operated by a motor vehicle salvage
under Chapter 4738 of Revised Code, $25
$300; if owned or operated by a motor vehicle salvage
Chapter 4738, $25
$1000; if owned or operated by motor vehicle salvage
Greater of $10/1000 cu yd disposal capacity or $1,000
$80,000
dealer licensed
dealer under
dealer, $50
Maximum fee
$100
$1,000
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That could include programs (offered locally,
not statewide) related to the following:
• Recycling market development programs,
including grants, loans, research studies, or
other efforts.
• Grants to support local-level recycling or
waste management efforts.
• Education and outreach.
• Scrap tire management.
• E-waste management.
Other programs that can be funded include:
• Providing or paying for recycling
opportunities (curbside and drop-off).
• Owning/operating a facility.
• Supporting health departments.
• Supporting local law enforcement.
• Household hazardous waste management.
• Yard waste management.
• Compensating counties for hosting a landfill
(paying for emergency services, road repair,
etc.).
• Recognition programs.
• Waste audits.
Solid Waste Management District
Generation Fee
A solid waste management district generation
fee34 is collected on each ton of solid waste
generated, if levied by the solid waste
management district. The fee is collected at the
landfill or transfer facility (located in Ohio) that
accepts the waste first. The owner/operator of
the facility then remits the fee to the levying
solid waste management district. There are no
limits on the amount of a generation fee.
However, a solid waste management district
wanting to levy a generation fee of more than
$5.00 must get the approval of more of its
communities than a solid waste management
district levying a fee of less than $5.00.
Generation fee revenues are used the same way
as solid waste management district disposal fee
revenue.
Community Hosting Fee
Finally, a community hosting fee35 can be levied
by a municipality or township that hosts a
landfill facility. The ceiling for the fee is $0.25
per ton of solid waste disposed at the landfill
located within the levying municipality or
township. Revenue from the fee is used to offset
the added costs to the municipal corporation or
township of hosting the landfill. Revenue can be
used to:
• Maintain roads and other public facilities.
• Provide emergency and other public
services.
• Compensate for reductions in property tax
revenues due to reductions in real property
valuations.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin's solid waste and recycling program
is funded by surcharges, facility fees, and the
general fund. E-waste activities are funded by
an e-waste program fee.
Disposal Surcharges
A tipping fee of $ 13.00 per ton36 is collected by
licensed Wisconsin landfills for municipal solid
waste, construction and demolition waste, and a
variety of other solid waste types. Waste
categorized as high-volume industrial and that
approved for use as daily cover are charged a
lower fee and/or are exempt entirely. The
tipping fee is deposited into the Solid and
Hazardous Waste Program Revenue37 and
Environmental Management Accounts,38 a
portion of which fund the state's waste and
materials management program:
• $0.15 per ton landfill license fee surcharge
generates between $965,000 - $1,000,000
annually for the Solid and Hazardous Waste
Program Revenue Account.
• $12.85 per ton goes into the Environmental
Management Account delineated as follows:
o $0.14 per ton groundwater and well
compensation fees generates an
estimated $975,000 annually.
o $5.70 per ton Environmental Repair
Fund fee generates about $34.2
million.
o $0.007 per ton solid waste facility
siting board fee generates
approximately $49,000 annually.
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o $7.00 per ton recycling fee; in fiscal
year 2012 $36.3 million was
collected.
Facility Fees39
Wisconsin levies various license fees on solid
waste disposal, processing, storage and
transportation facilities. These fees generate
around $1.6 million annually. These fees fund
licensing, inspection, and plan review of solid
waste facilities.
General Fund
Wisconsin's solid waste program receives an
annual allotment based on Full Time
Equivalents funded from this account. These
funds can be used for any activities related to
administering the state solid waste program.
Scrap Tire Fees
No funding is provided for the collection of
scrap tires or market development.
E-waste Program Fees40
The electronic recycling program, E-Cycle
Wisconsin, is funded through an annual
registration fee applied to manufacturers selling
covered electronics in the state. The amount of
revenue generated annually depends on the
number of manufacturers that register, but has
generally been between $275,000 and $300,000.
All funds go into a segregated electronics
recycling account, and the Department of
Natural Resources receives annual allotments
from this account for activities related to the
electronics recycling program including staff,
outreach, field inspection, and other compliance
assurance.
Local Fees
Local units of government - approved by
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources as
"responsible units" for the purposes of recycling
- are eligible for state recycling grant awards.41
Approximately $19 million is awarded to 1,000
responsible units each year. On average, about
17 percent of a responsible unit's recycling
program cost is covered by the grant.
In addition, a $ 1 million supplemental program
- Recycling Consolidation Grants42 ~ provides
awards to responsible units each year that meet
eligibility requirements (the responsible unit is a
county, has a population of more than 25,000
people, or has entered in to an intergovernmental
agreement with another responsible unit for
eligible recycling related activities).
The major sources of local funding for recycling
programs are tax levies, user fees (including
"pay-as-you-throw" fees where the cost to a user
is based on the amount thrown away) and
municipal budgets. Wisconsin does not restrict
sources of local funding, except that no
responsible unit may impose a tax or fee on the
sale or distribution of packaging.
Contacts
EPA- Region 5
Susan Mooney
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5
312-886-3585
mooney. susan(gjepa. gov
Illinois
David E. Smith
Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity
Illinois Energy and Recycling Office
217-785-2006
david. e. smithigjillinois. gov
David Walters
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Division of Land Pollution Control
217-782-9261
david.Walters@illiois.gov
Indiana
Tom Leas
Department of Environmental Management
Office of Compliance Support, Planning and
Assessment
317-234-4051
tleas@idem.in.gov
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Michigan
Matt Flechter
Department of Environmental Quality
Office of Waste Management and Radiological
Protection
517-284-6584
flechterm@michigan.gov
Minnesota
Wayne Gjerde
Pollution Control Agency
Resource Management and Assistance Division
651-757-2392
wavne .gj erde@state .mn.us
Peder Sandhei
Pollution Control Agency
Resource Management and Assistance Division
651-757-2688
peder.sandhei@state.mn.us
Ohio
Ernie Stall
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Division of Materials and Waste Management
614-728-5356
ernest.stall@epa.state.oh.us
Wisconsin
Cynthia Moore
Department of Natural Resources
Bureau of Waste and Materials Management
608-267-7550
cvnthia.moore@wisconsin.gov
1 Note: The tables in this document are for general
information purposes only. Facilities or others
needing information for licensing, permitting, etc.
should consult the appropriate state for specific
information.
2 Illinois Compiled Statutes, 415 ILCS 5/22.15
3 Illinois Compiled Statutes, 415 ILCS 5/22.44
4 Fee only covers cost of administering registration
5 Staff time
6 Illinois Compiled Statutes, 415 ILCS 5/55.6
7 Illinois Compiled Statutes, 415 ILCS 150/85
8 Illinois Compiled Statutes, 415 ILCSS 5/22.15(1)
9 Indiana Code, 1C 13-20-22
10 Indiana Code, IC4-23-5.5-14
11 Indiana Code, 1C 13-20-21-6
12 Indiana Code, 1C 13-20-21
13 Indiana Code, IC13-20-13-8
14 Indiana Code, 1C 13-20.5-2-1
15 Indiana Code, 1C 13-21-3
16 Indiana Code, 1C 13-21-13
17 Michigan Compiled Law, MCL 324.11525a
18 Michigan Compiled Law, MCL 324.11509
19 Michigan Scrap tire program
20 Michigan E-Waste program
21 Funding Options for Michigan Recycling Programs
22 Minnesota Statute, MN Stat §16A.531
23 Minnesota Statute, MN Stat § 297H
24 Minnesota Statute, MN Stat § 297H.13(2)
25 Minnesota's Electronic Recycling Act
26 Minnesota Statute, MN Stat § 473.843
27 Ohio Administrative Code, Section 3734.57
division (A)
28 Ohio Administrative Code, Section 3714
29 Ohio Administrative Code, Section 3734.06
30 Ohio Administrative Code, Section 3745.11
31 Permits are subject to applications and late fees.
32 Ohio Administrative Code, Section 3734.901
33 Ohio Administrative Code, Section 3734.57
34 Ohio Administrative Code, Section 3734.573
35 Ohio Administrative Code, Section 3734.57
36 Wisconsin Statutes, WI Stat 289.62-289.67
37 Wisconsin Administrative Code, Ch. NR
520.04d)(d)3
38 Wisconsin Administrative Code, WI Stat 289.63
39 Wisconsin Administrative Code, Ch. NR520.14.
Tables 2. 3. 4
40 Wisconsin Statutes, WI Stat 287.17
41 Wisconsin Administrative Code, Ch. NR 542
42 Wisconsin Statutes, WI Stat 287.24
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