A. After July 1, 1990, no person may knowingly and intentionally place, discard, or otherwise knowingly and intentionally dispose of white goods except in a collection or recycling facility in accordance with the rules and regulations of the department. However, any person engaged in the collection, transportation, and/or disposal of white goods pursuant to a contract with a parish or municipality on the effective date of this Chapter may continue to dispose of said white goods collected, transported, or presented for disposal during the term of said contract and any extension authorized under such contracts.
B. The department shall establish by rule a procedure to require that all persons engaged in the retail sale of products that will meet the definition of white goods once the product becomes inoperable or discarded post written notice at the point of sale informing the purchaser of the options and preferred methods for disposal of the used items.
C. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the collection, transportation, or disposal of white goods mixed or commingled with solid waste by any person engaged in the collection, transportation, and/or disposal of solid waste, unless it can be demonstrated that such person knew that such white goods had been mixed or commingled with the solid waste collected, transported, and/or disposed and unless it can be demonstrated that it is economically and environmentally feasible to remove and recover such white goods from the solid waste collected, transported, and/or disposed.