5. a. Commencing three years after the effective date of this act, no person shall dispose of a propulsion battery, or any battery module or battery cell thereof, as solid waste, unless authorized to do so by the department.
b. Commencing three years after the effective date of this act, no solid waste collector registered pursuant to sections 4 and 5 of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-4 and C.13:1E-5) and holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to sections 7 and 10 of P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-6 and C.48:13A-9) shall knowingly collect a propulsion battery, or any module or cell thereof, placed for collection and disposal as solid waste, unless authorized to do so by the department. A solid waste collector may refuse to collect a solid waste container containing a propulsion battery, or any module or cell thereof.
c. Commencing three years after the effective date of this act, no solid waste facility in this State shall knowingly accept for disposal a propulsion battery, or any module or cell thereof, or a truckload or roll-off container of solid waste containing a propulsion battery, or any module or cell thereof, unless authorized to do so by the department. The owner or operator of a solid waste facility may refuse to accept for disposal a propulsion battery, or any module or cell thereof, or any truckload or roll-off container of solid waste containing a propulsion battery, or any module or cell thereof.