Allan Gerlat, News Editor

March 8, 2012

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South Carolina House Passes Anti-Waste Flow Control Bill

South Carolina’s House has passed its anti-waste flow control bill and sent it to the Senate.

House Bill 4721 passed the House in the South Carolina legislature by a 73-29 vote, according to the legislature’s Web site. The state’s Senate is considering a similar piece of legislation, Senate Bill 514. Both laws would prohibit waste flow control in the state.

Each bill would cancel out previous ordinances that restrict or prohibit waste disposal at any permitted solid waste management facility. It also applies to any recycling program impediments. The senate bill specifies county flow control restrictions that affect disposal or recycling outside the county.

The proposed “Business Freedom to Choose Act” would overturn a Horry County flow control ordinance that directs all waste collected inside the county to the county landfill in Conway, said Lisa Bourcier, public information director for the county, in an e-mail. Both the county and the city of North Myrtle Beach, which resides in Horry County, oppose the bills.

About the Author(s)

Allan Gerlat

News Editor, Waste360

Allan Gerlat joined the Waste360 staff in September 2011 as news editor. He was the editor of Waste & Recycling News for the first 16 years of its history, and under his guidance the publication won 27 national and regional awards.

Before Waste & Recycling News, Allan worked at another Crain Communications publication, Rubber & Plastics News, which covers rubber product manufacturing. He began with the publication as associate editor and eventually became managing editor, a position he held for nine years.

Allan is a graduate of Ohio University, where he earned a BS in journalism. He is based in Sagamore Hills, in northeast Ohio.

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