So long as the City collects or pays a contractor to collect
rubbish in the City, no rubbish shall be collected by the City or
by such a contractor from any residence, commercial establishment,
municipal building, school or any other location unless such rubbish
material is first sorted and placed for collection in separate containers
according to such categories as the Director of Engineering, Commissioner
of Public Services, Public Works shall determine is necessary to enable
those rubbish materials which are recyclable under the then current
state of technology, as such technology may from time to time change,
to be recycled for reclamation without further sorting and separation
of such rubbish materials.
Rubbish materials so sorted and separated for recycling shall,
following their collection, be recycled for reclamation.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
RUBBISH and RUBBISH MATERIALS
All nonputrescible solid wastes (excluding ashes) consisting
of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as but not limited
to paper, newsprint, cardboard, glass, metal, wood and rags.
The Director of Engineering, Commissioner of Public Services,
Public Works may from time to time make, amend and rescind such rules
and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this
article.
The Director of Engineering, Commissioner of Public Services,
Public Works may, subject to the approval of the Mayor and the City
Council, establish such fees as the Director deems necessary to implement
the provisions of this article.