Pursuant to General Municipal Law § 120-aa, the New
York State Legislature has directed that each municipality in the
State of New York adopt local legislation requiring that solid waste
which has been left for collection or which is delivered by the generator
of such solid waste to a solid waste management facility shall be
separated into recyclable, reusable or other components for which
economic markets for alternate uses exist. It is the intention of
the Village of Hewlett Bay Park to conform to that requirement by
the enactment of this chapter.