Emergency Exemptions from Indiana's Yard Waste Ban
Posted on Apr. 1, 2024 / Organics, Landfills / Subscribe 0
Recently, parts of Indiana were blasted by mother nature, with multiple tornadoes hitting different parts of the state. Storms like this can have lasting impacts on the lives of everyone in the affected communities, but especially on those whose lives were turned upside down and then scattered across the countryside. Hoosiers are nothing if not resilient, so as soon as the storms subside, clean up begins, but one of the challenges with cleaning up a mess like this is trying to follow the spirit of Indiana's Yard Waste Ban (IC 13-20-9) and separate the jumble of debris and yard waste prior to disposal. Fortunately, the ban itself includes language which allows the County Executive to enact a resolution or order waiving the prohibition on landfill disposal of vegetative matter for up to ninety days, allowing the clean-up efforts to keep moving forward so that rebuilding can begin as quickly as possible. Because all of this was enacted around 30 years ago, there may be some who could benefit from this but are simply not aware that it is available. Way back in 1997, IDEM published this nonrule policy document (https://www.in.gov/idem/files/nrpd_waste-0019.pdf) to help understand the meaning and intent of the ban, but unfortunately it appears that the contact numbers listed in the document are mostly obsolete.
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