[Ord. No. 11-011 §1, 3-7-2011]
As used in this Chapter, and unless the context clearly requires
a different meaning, references to one gender include references to
the other gender, singular references include the plural and plural
references include the singular, statements including the word "shall"
are mandatory and not directory. The following specific definitions
apply to this Chapter.
The St. Charles County Department of Community Health and
the Environment.
Meeting the definition of household hazardous waste in 10
Code of State Regulations 25-3.260(3)(H)6, as currently promulgated
or as amended hereafter.
A segregated area within one (1) or both recycling centers
used as a store to resell or give away items brought into the recycling
centers for disposal that will be economically more feasible for resale
than disposal to the operation and sustainability of the centers.
Household appliances and devices such as, but not limited
to, refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers, hot water heaters and air
conditioners not capable of being directly disposed of in a sanitary
landfill.
[Ord. No. 01-058 §1, 5-30-2001; Ord. No. 03-179 §1, 11-26-2003; Ord. No. 07-079 §1, 5-31-2007; Ord. No. 11-011 §1, 3-7-2011; Ord. No. 15-034 §21, 3-30-2015; Ord.
No. 19-022, 4-8-2019]
A.Â
The Department shall charge fees, based upon the Department's
actual net expenses, not to exceed the fee schedule herein set out,
for the Department's recycling facilities. Annually, the Department
shall recalculate the fees it charges pursuant to this Section, basing
those fees on the actual costs of operation, and shall post its current
fee schedule at its recycling centers.
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White goods
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$20.00
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Exceptions:
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Surcharge for appliances or devices with more than one (1) compressor
Special rate for microwave ovens
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$20.00
$10.00
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Electronic devices as follows:
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CPU Tower
Computer monitors/CRTs
Computer printers
Copiers (desk-top)
Copiers (oversized)
Flat screen televisions/monitors (any size)
Televisions
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$10.00
$35.00
$10.00
$10.00
$1.00 per pound
$35.00
$65.00
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Fluorescent bulbs as follows:
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Straight fluorescent
Utube/circular/compact per unit
HID/mercury/halide/sodium per unit
Shatter-shield/power groove per unit
Incandescent/quartz/halogen per unit
Ultraviolet/arc lamps per unit
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$1.00 per foot
$1.00
$1.50
$1.50
$1.00
$3.00
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Total cost will be rounded up to the next full dollar amount.
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Fluorescent bulbs presented for recycling may be refused at
the discretion of the facility.
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Household hazardous waste as follows:
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Small Load (≤ = 50 pounds)
Large Load (each pound > 50 pounds)
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$50.00
additional $1.00/pound
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5.
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Other items not listed above may be accepted at the discretion
of the facility at the following rate:
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$1.00 per pound
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B.Â
Non-County residents using recycling centers shall pay a non-resident
user fee of up to twenty dollars ($20.00) per visit.
[Ord. No. 11-011 §1, 3-7-2011]
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The
Department should divert whenever possible and when economically advantageous
to the sustainability of the recycling centers those items that are
dropped off at the recycling centers to a REUSE MERCANTILE set-up
at one (1) or both of the recycling centers. Annually, the Department
shall recalculate the price it charges for items sold or items given
away at the REUSE MERCANTILE, basing those fees on the actual costs
of processing and handling the collected items listed that are sold.
[Ord. No. 15-034 §22, 3-30-2015]
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The Department may offer incentive coupons that will exempt full or partial fees found in Section 243.020 above to participants in educational programs offered by the Division of Environmental Health and Protection. The Department shall not extend fee exemptions for more than a total of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) in calendar year.
