[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Geneseo as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-14-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
A.Â
The Village finds that:
(1)Â
The removal of certain materials from the solid waste
stream will decrease the amount of solid waste disposed of in landfills
and aid in the conservation of valuable resources.
(2)Â
The New York Solid Waste Management Act of 1988 requires
all municipalities to adopt a local law or ordinance by September
1, 1992, requiring separation of recyclable and reusable material
from solid waste.
(3)Â
In order to protect the health, safety and welfare
of the people of the Village, it is necessary for the Village to enact
this article in order to encourage and facilitate the maximum recycling
practicable on the part of every household, business and institution
within the Village.
B.Â
The Village declares that the purpose of this article
is to establish and implement recycling-related practices and procedures
to be applicable to all waste generators within the Village.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
Any business, governmental agency, municipality or other
nonresidential generator of solid waste requiring off-site disposal.
Livingston County, New York, or any authorized county agency.
A private or publicly operated facility to which recyclables
can be delivered.
A private or public facility for receiving source-separated
recyclable materials and processing them into marketable commodities.
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.
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.
Any person or household which produces solid waste requiring
off-site disposal.
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.
The segregation of recyclables from the solid waste stream
at the point of generation for separate collection, sale or other
disposition.
This article (Local Law No. 2-1992).
The Village of Geneseo, New York.
A commercial waste generator or a residential waste generator.
All persons engaged in the commercial collection, transportation
and/or disposal of solid waste and/or recyclables generated, originated
or brought within the county.
A.Â
Each commercial and residential waste generator in
the Village shall source-separate recyclables from solid waste.
B.Â
Each waste generator in the Village shall provide
for the removal of recyclables from the property on which they are
generated either through a service provided by the municipality, a
private hauler or by direct haul by the individual waste generator
to a disposal location permitted by law.
C.Â
Nothing in this article is intended to prevent any
waste generator from making arrangements for the reuse, private collection,
sale or donation of recyclables.
D.Â
Each waste generator shall provide for the source
separation of recyclables in conformance with the recycling rules
and regulations.
A.Â
All waste haulers doing business in the Village shall
offer or cause to be offered to their customers collection, transportation
and disposal services for recyclables as any such waste hauler offers
collection, transportation and disposal services for solid waste.
Unless otherwise provided in the recycling rules and regulations,
such services shall be provided on the same day(s) as solid waste
pickup, transportation or disposal services are provided.
B.Â
All waste haulers shall offer a per-bag fee system
to promote reduction of solid waste.
C.Â
Waste haulers are required to take recyclables to
a materials recovery facility where such materials are recycled.
D.Â
Waste haulers are required to follow the requirements
of the recycling rules and regulations.
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.
