[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Town of Orange 5-5-1999,
effective 6-1-1999. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Acting under the authority of MGL c.111, § 31, and the State
Sanitary and Environmental Codes, the Orange Board of Health has established
the following mandatory recycling regulations.
In order to implement a program of integrated waste management, all
generators of solid waste within the Town, including all residents of single-family,
multifamily, or apartment units, and all municipal government units, businesses,
and institutions located within the Town, shall separate the following waste
materials from their trash before it is collected or brought to the transfer
station:
A.
All glass containers and all metal and aluminum cans.
B.
Paper products, including newspaper, magazines, corrugated
cardboard, boxboard, phone books, "junk mail," and non-window envelopes.
C.
Plastic bottles and containers labeled No. 1 through
7.
D.
Leaves and yard waste.
E.
Tires.
F.
Scrap metal, including white goods and appliances.
G.
Automotive products including motor oil, antifreeze,
oil filters and car batteries.
H.
Oil-based paints and thinners.
I.
Fluorescent bulbs and ballasts.
J.
Cathode-ray tubes (TVs and computer monitors).
K.
Rechargeable and button batteries.
L.
Hazardous materials.
M.
Other materials as defined by the Board of Health.
All waste haulers providing waste and/or recycling services within the
Town shall register with the Board of Health and obtain the necessary permit(s).
All such haulers shall be responsible for the implementation of § 275-2
above. No waste hauler may collect or remove from any premises in the Town
any materials that are not properly sorted according to § 275-2
above.
Solid waste disposal of large unrecyclable items, such as furniture
or appliances, shall not be permitted unless prior authorization has been
obtained from the Board of Health, or such disposal is part of specific Town-sponsored
collection of such waste materials.
Upon collection by the Town, all recyclable and waste materials shall
become the property of the Town. It shall be a violation of this regulation
for any unauthorized person to collect or remove, or cause to be removed,
any recyclable or waste materials once they have been either set out for collection
or deposited at the Town collection center, unless such person or persons
are expressly authorized by the Board of Health for this purpose. Any and
each unauthorized collection or pickup in violation hereof shall be considered
a separate and distinct offense punishable as hereinafter provided.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who violates
the provisions of this chapter may be penalized by noncriminal disposition
as provided in MGL c.40, § 21D, or shall be punished by a fine not
to exceed $300 per incident.
This chapter may be amended by the Board of Health at its discretion.
