In 1979, the Legislature established a sales tax exemption on the purchase of resource recovery equipment that is owned by or operated on behalf of a unit of local government. Resource recovery equipment is equipment that is integrally and exclusively used in the actual process of recovering material or energy resources from solid waste and specifically includes recycling equipment.
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The Florida Waste Tire Management Program includes a regulatory program that addresses how waste tires can be transported, stored, processed, disposed of or beneficially used, and an abatement program that assists in cleaning up illegal waste tire piles. The program also includes a grant that distributes funding to small counties with a population less than 100,000 to assist with local waste tire management efforts. In addition, Florida publishes a State of the State Report that summarizes the program’s progress.
A pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances to prevent, destroy, repel or mitigate any pest. Pests can be insects, mice and other animals, weeds, fungi, or microorganisms like bacteria and viruses. Pesticides include herbicides, fungicides and various other substances used to control pests. EPA has a pesticide website, https://www.epa.gov/pesticides, that defines pesticides in more detail.
The Facilities Subsection provides technical assistance to the district offices concerning permitting, compliance and enforcement activities associated with landfills, construction & demolition debris facilities, transfer stations and other solid waste management facilities. Included in these duties are rule making, policy development and data management efforts to maintain current inventories of solid waste management facilities.
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