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REFERENCE TITLE: municipalities; counties; recycling; prohibition

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1439

Introduced by

Senator
Hoffman

AN
ACT

amending sections
9-500.07 and 11-269, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 49,
chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 49-707;
relating to recycling.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 9-500.07, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE9-500.07. Recycling and waste reduction; definition

a. A city or town shall
provide its residents with an opportunity to engage in recycling and waste
reduction.

B. Notwithstanding subsection A of
this section, as of the effective date of this amendment to this section, a
city or town may not recommend or require that a resident of the city or town
place any product in a recycling bin that is not being actively recycled at present time.

C. For the purposes of this section,
"actively recycled" means a product that is reprocessed into a new
product. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Section 11-269, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE11-269. Recycling and waste reduction; definition

a. A county shall provide its
residents with an opportunity to engage in recycling and waste reduction.

B. Notwithstanding subsection A of
this section, as of the effective date of this amendment to this section, a
county may not recommend or require that a resident of the county place any
product in a recycling bin that is not being actively recycled at present time.

C. For the purposes of this section,
"actively recycled" means a product that is reprocessed into a new
product. END_STATUTE

Sec. 3. Title 49, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 49-707, to read:

START_STATUTE49-707. Recycling; new recycling materials; prohibition; definition

A. Notwithstanding any other law, as
of the effective date of this section, a municipality, county or other
political subdivision of this state may not recommend or require that a
resident place any product in a recycling bin that is not being actively
recycled at present time.

B. For the purposes of this section,
"actively recycled" means a product that is reprocessed into a new
product. END_STATUTE
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