All residential structures, including single- and multiple-family dwellings, apartment buildings and all condominiums with curbside collection and all community facilities shall be required to make provisions for the segregation of newspapers, corrugated cardboard, glass, metal and plastic from other solid waste for separate collection by a Town licensed carter.
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PAPER RECYCLABLES
A. 
Shall include the following:
(1) 
Clean and unsoiled paper, including newsprint, newspapers, newspaper advertisements, supplements, comics and enclosures.
(2) 
Computer paper, noncarbonized and untreated.
(3) 
Magazines.
(4) 
Corrugated boxes, cardboard cartons, pasteboard and similar corrugated and kraft paper materials.
(5) 
Wrapping paper of all kinds.
B. 
"Paper recyclables" shall not include those paper products that contain a high glossy finish and shall not include telephone books.
A. 
Recyclables shall be separated from all other solid waste.
B. 
Paper recyclables shall be tied in bundles not to exceed 40 pounds prior to collection. Newspaper shall be bundled separately from magazines and cardboard.
C. 
Glass, plastic and metal recyclables shall be clean and all contents shall be removed therefrom prior to the collection. All caps and labels shall be removed from all recyclable material prior to collection.
D. 
All recyclables, except cardboard and brown paper bags, shall be placed in a designated recycling container for collection. Recyclables, with the exception of plastic recyclables, shall not be placed in plastic bags for collection.
E. 
Bulk metal may be brought to the recycling facility by the homeowner or left out to be removed by the Highway Department on Town-designated pickup days.
F. 
Recyclables shall not be placed in the same garbage can or container or otherwise mixed with other forms of solid waste for collection.
G. 
Ownership of all recyclables shall vest irrevocably upon the Town of Smithtown the moment the recyclables are placed or located at the curb or street line or within any easement owned by the Town of Smithtown which parallels any street, road or highway.
[Amended 12-21-1993 by L.L. No. 11-1993]
H. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to collect or remove or dispose of any solid waste or recyclable material which is the property of the Town of Smithtown without first having obtained a license pursuant to the requirements of this chapter.
I. 
A person who collects or removes solid waste or recyclables which belong to the Town of Smithtown shall deliver and dispose of the same at such locations and in such manner as designated by the Town of Smithtown for such purposes. Each and every collection or disposal in violation of this section from one or more residents shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
J. 
It shall be unlawful for a person to collect, remove or dispose of solid waste which consists of recyclables combined with other form of solid waste.
K. 
Any resident may donate or sell recyclable material to any person whether operating for profit or not-for-profit, provided that no person may under any circumstances collect any solid waste or recyclable material from the curbside or street line or within any easement held by the Town of Smithtown parallel to any street, road or highway in the Town of Smithtown.
L. 
The Town Board is empowered to designate a day of the week on which recyclables shall be collected from a particular area. Recyclables shall not be collected from an area on any day of the week other than that designated by the Town Board. Residential solid waste which does not contain recyclable material shall not be collected from residences or disposed of at any Town facility on the day designated for collection and disposal of recyclables.
M. 
No person having custody or control of any property or premises in the Town of Smithtown shall permit or cause any solid waste, including recyclables, within his or her control to become a hazard to potential hazard to public travel, health or safety or to become a nuisance of any sort.
N. 
No person shall place or locate any garbage, receptacle or container on any street, road or highway at any time, except as provided by the provisions of this chapter.
O. 
The Town Board or the Sanitation Department of the Town of Smithtown shall be authorized from time to time to promulgate such other rules or regulations as may be deemed necessary.
A. 
All commercial and industrial facilities that generate corrugated cardboard waste and or recyclables shall be required to source separate any and all corrugated cardboard materials and/or recyclables from other solid wastes for separate collection by Town-licensed carters at a time and place mutually convenient to both the business and the carter.
[Amended 12-21-1993 by L.L. No. 11-1993]
B. 
All corrugated cardboard and/or recyclables delivered to the Smithtown Recycling Facility located at the Municipal Services Facility shall be delivered Monday through Friday, except holidays, during regular hours of operation.
[Amended 12-21-1993 by L.L. No. 11-1993]
C. 
Upon the arrival at the Municipal Services Facility, commercial collection vehicles shall identify their load as containing corrugated cardboard materials and/or recyclables at the scale house. The vehicles will then be directed to proceed to a designated location and unload.
[Amended 12-21-1993 by L.L. No. 11-1993]
D. 
No contaminated corrugated cardboard material shall be brought in or deposited at the Municipal Services Facility. If the corrugated cardboard is contaminated as designated by the Town's recycling contractor and/or Town Sanitation Department personnel, the carter will be required to remove, at the carter's own cost and expense, the contaminated material and be subject to the fines as set forth herein.
Commercial and industrial establishments subject to the requirements of § 177-61 shall include all facilities, buildings, structures and establishments other than community facilities or residential structures.