2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 11, Chapters 431 - 470
ORS Chapter 459
459.420 Permitted lead-acid battery disposal; disposal by retailers.


OR Rev Stat § 459.420 (through Leg Sess 2011) What's This?

(1) No person may place a used lead-acid battery in mixed municipal solid waste, discard or otherwise dispose of a lead-acid battery in this state except by delivery to a lead-acid battery retailer or wholesaler, to a collection or recycling facility authorized under ORS 459.005 to 459.437 or to a secondary lead smelter permitted by a state or the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

(2) No lead-acid battery retailer shall dispose of a used lead-acid battery in this state except by delivery to the agent of a battery wholesaler, to a battery manufacturer for delivery to a secondary lead smelter permitted by a state or the United States Environmental Protection Agency, to a collection or recycling facility authorized under ORS 459.005 to 459.437 or to a secondary lead smelter permitted by a state or the United States Environmental Protection Agency. [1989 c.290 2; 1993 c.560 56]

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