[Adopted 9-14-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
COMMERCIAL WASTE GENERATOR
Any business, governmental agency, municipality or other
nonresidential generator of solid waste requiring off-site disposal.
COUNTY
Livingston County, New York, or any authorized county agency.
DROPOFF CENTER
A private or publicly operated facility to which recyclables
can be delivered.
MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY
A private or public facility for receiving source-separated
recyclable materials and processing them into marketable commodities.
RECYCLABLES
Any materials designated as such by the county, provided
that such materials are not hazardous and can be reasonably separated
from the solid waste stream and held for material recycling or reuse
value.
RECYCLING RULES AND REGULATIONS
County rules and regulations adopted by the county pertaining
to the separation, collection, transportation and disposal of recyclables,
as may be amended from time to time by the county.
SOLID WASTE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste, including
but not limited to materials or substances discarded or rejected as
being spent, useless, worthless or in excess to owners at the time
of such discard or rejection or which are being accumulated, stored
or physically, chemically or biologically treated prior to being discarded
or rejected, having served their intended use, or as industrial, commercial
and agricultural waste, sludges from air or water pollution control
facilities or water supply treatment facilities, rubbish, ashes, contained
gaseous material, incinerator residue, demolition and construction
debris and offal, but not including sewage and other highly diluted
water-carried materials or substances and those in gaseous form, special
nuclear or by-product material within the meaning of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954, as amended, or waste which appears on the list or satisfies
the characteristics of hazardous waste promulgated by the Commissioner
of the Department of Environmental Conservation.
SOURCE SEPARATION
The segregation of recyclables from the solid waste stream
at the point of generation for separate collection, sale or other
disposition.
VILLAGE
The Village of Geneseo, New York.
WASTE GENERATOR
A commercial waste generator or a residential waste generator.
WASTE HAULER
All persons engaged in the commercial collection, transportation
and/or disposal of solid waste and/or recyclables generated, originated
or brought within the county.
This Village Source Separation Law shall be
primarily administered by the Village. The county shall be primarily
responsible for the development and implementation of the recycling
rules and regulations.