2011 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 260 Environmental Control
Section 260.255. Newspapers, duty to recycle, requirements--statement to be filed with department, penalty.

260.255. 1. After January 1, 1994, each newspaper publisher in this state with an average daily distribution on days published of more than fifteen thousand copies shall file a statement with the department of natural resources certifying the total number of tons of newsprint used during the past calendar year, and the average recycled content of such newsprint. The statement shall declare whether the following target percentages have been met for the past year, and if not met, shall contain a statement explaining why the newspaper publisher failed to meet the target percentages.

2. The target recycled content usage for each newspaper publisher for each year shall be:

(1) 1993, ten percent;

(2) 1994, twenty percent;

(3) 1995, thirty percent;

(4) 1996, forty percent;

(5) 2000, and subsequent years, fifty percent.

3. Any newspaper publisher who fails to file a statement with or seek a waiver from the department, or who files a statement containing misleading or deceptive information, shall be a violation of this section, punishable by a civil fine of not more than one hundred dollars per day for each day the violation continues. Penalties imposed under this section shall be deposited into the solid waste management fund and shall be used to further the purposes of sections 260.200 to 260.345.

(L. 1990 S.B. 530)

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