[Adopted 9-1-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
COUNTY
Livingston County, New York, or any authorized county agency.
COMMERCIAL WASTE GENERATOR
Any business, governmental agency, municipality or other
nonresidential generator of solid waste requiring off-site disposal.
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 material designated as such by the county, provided that
such material is not hazardous and can be reasonably separated from
the solid waste stream and held for material recycling or reuse value.
RECYCLING RULES AND REGULATIONS
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 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.
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.
The county shall be primarily responsible for
the development and implementation of the Recycling Rules and Regulations.