This chapter shall be known as the "Solid Waste Management Law
of the Town of Riverhead."
The purpose of this chapter is to protect and promote the health,
safety and welfare of the residents of the Town of Riverhead by controlling
the storage and disposal of solid waste generated within the Town
in the most economical and environmentally acceptable manner; provide
for the orderly collection of solid waste; implement the Town of Riverhead
Solid Waste Management Plan; comply with the requirements and further
the purposes of the New York State Solid Waste Management Act; and
to protect the drinking water supply in the Town of Riverhead. In
addition, the Town Board finds that increased efforts to recover and
reuse recyclable materials will protect and enhance the Town's physical
environment and promote the health and safety of persons and property
within the Town. The provisions set forth herein seek not only to
facilitate the implementation and operation of an environmentally
sound solid waste management program and conservation of natural resources
but to promote the recovery of materials from the Town's solid waste
stream for the purpose of recycling such materials by source separation.
Accordingly, the Town Board finds it is necessary to expand the Town's
recycling program to provide opportunities for nonresidential, commercial,
industrial and institutional establishments to recycle. Nothing herein
is intended or should be construed to modify or amend any terms or
conditions of any contracts for solid waste services to which the
Town of Riverhead is a party in effect on the effective date of this
chapter.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
A person, individual, partnership or corporation or employer
or agent thereof authorized by contract or license with the municipality
to collect solid waste from residential, commercial, industrial and
institutional properties as herein defined under the terms and conditions
of this chapter. In the event of municipal collection, this definition
shall include the governing body and employees thereof.
Large items such as sofas, upholstered chairs, mattresses
and box springs, but excluding white goods such as refrigerators,
stoves, dishwashers, washers, dryers, etc., which are considered recyclable.
The person, firm, agency or public body or employee or agent
thereof who is engaged in the collection of and/or transportation
of solid waste.
All properties used for industrial or commercial purposes,
including but not limited to retail and wholesale establishments,
apartments with more than three units, condominiums, trailer parks,
offices, garages, gas stations, manufacturing and repair establishments,
banks, motels, restaurants and other similar and related facilities.
A can, bin, box, bag or other unit used for storage of solid
waste or recyclable materials.
Any solid waste management facility employed beyond the initial
solid waste collection process which is to be used, occupied or employed
for or is incidental to the receiving, transporting, storage or processing
or disposal of solid waste or the recovery by any means of any material
or energy product or resource therefrom, including recycling centers,
transfer stations, processing systems, resource recovery facilities,
sanitary landfills, plants and facilities for composting or land spreading
of solid wastes, secure land burial facilities, reprocessing and recycling
facilities, surface impoundments and waste oil storage, incinerators
and other solid waste disposal, reduction or conversion facilities.
That portion of municipal solid waste consisting of putrescible
materials and shall include animal, vegetable, fruit and table scraps.
It shall exclude yard waste.
Solid waste that is especially harmful or potentially harmful to the public health. This shall include but not be limited to explosives, toxic or infectious materials and medical waste, flammable liquids, flammable solids, corrosive liquids, radioactive materials, oxidizing materials, potentially explosive chemicals, highly toxic materials and poisonous gases, as defined in § 231-7 of the Town Code. In addition, this article shall include all materials listed in both Parts 112 and 261 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations. For purposes of this chapter, hazardous waste does not include small quantities of such waste as generated by a resident or homeowner (e.g., aerosol cans, pesticides, fertilizers, etc.).
[Amended 2-6-2024 by L.L. No. 7-2024
An organization or establishment devoted to the promotion
of a particular object or cause, including schools, nursing homes
and retirement homes, health facilities, governmental facilities,
libraries, fire halls, etc.
All putrescible and nonputrescible materials, including garbage,
refuse, bulk items, white goods and other discarded solid materials,
including but not limited to solid waste materials resulting from
residential, industrial, commercial and agricultural operations and
from community activities. It shall not include solids or dissolved
material in domestic sewage or other significant pollutants in water
resources such as silt, dissolved or suspended solids in industrial
wastewater effluents, dissolved materials in irrigation return flows
or other common water pollutants. In addition, it shall not include
hazardous waste.
Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation
or other entity.
An enclosed, portable, metal container with a capacity of
one cubic yard or greater used for the temporary storage of solid
waste or recyclable materials and which is emptied by mechanical means
into a collection truck.
An individual, firm, corporation or legal entity providing
for the collection of MSW and/or recyclable materials. To operate
in the Town of Riverhead, a private collector shall be required to
obtain a license from the Town and shall be subject to the rules and
regulations of the Town (see definition of "authorized collector").
The collection of MSW and recyclable materials where the
resident contracts directly with the private collector of the subscriber's
choice.
Those materials specified by the municipality for separate
collection in accordance with recycling regulations. Such materials
may include, but are not limited to:
METAL CONTAINERSContainers fabricated primarily of aluminum, steel or tin or bimetal cans of steel, tin and/or aluminum.
GLASS FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONTAINERSNew and used glass food and beverage containers which have been rinsed and are free of food contamination, including clear (flint), green and brown (amber) colored glass bottles and jars. Glass shall not include ceramics, plate glass, auto glass, Pyrex, leaded glass, mirrored glass or flat glass.
PLASTIC FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONTAINERSIncludes high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET), designated respectively as No. 2 and No. 1 on the recycling code located on the containers.
PAPERAll high-grade office paper, fine paper, bond paper, office paper, xerographic paper, mimeo paper, duplication paper, magazines, paperback books, school paper, catalogs, junk mail, computer paper, telephone books, newspaper, newspaper supplements, newspaper advertisements, corrugated cardboard, and similar cellulose material, but shall not mean wax paper, plastic or foil-coated paper, Styrofoam, wax-coated food and beverage containers, carbon paper, blueprint paper, food-contaminated paper, soiled paper, and wax-coated or soiled cardboard.
WHITE GOODSStoves, refrigerators, dishwashers, dryers, washing machines, water heaters and other large appliances and scrap metal, but excluding air conditioners, microwaves and televisions.
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The above materials will be reviewed quarterly and will be modified
as the need arises by the Town Board.
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Any process by which materials, which otherwise become solid
waste, are collected, separated and/or processed, treated, reclaimed,
used or reused to produce a raw material or products.
That portion of municipal solid waste consisting of nonputrescible
materials. It shall exclude bulk items and white goods.
Any person residing within the Town on a temporary or permanent
basis, but excluding persons residing in hotels or motels.
Properties used as dwellings, including buildings having
up to and including three dwelling units in one building. Multiple-dwelling
residential buildings containing more than four dwelling units, for
purposes of this chapter, shall be treated as commercial properties.
The purposeful, systematic control of the storage, collection,
transportation, processing and disposal of solid waste.
To separate the recyclable materials from the MSW stream
at the point of waste generation.
Organic yard and garden waste, leaves, wood chips, grass
clippings and brush, including sod and rocks not more than four inches
in diameter; and biodegradable waste approved for the yard waste composting
program by the Town Board or the Sanitation Superintendent. "Yard
waste" shall not include food waste; plastics and synthetic fibers;
lumber; wood waste or tree limbs which exceed four inches in diameter
or four feet in length; or soil contaminated by hazardous waste or
household hazardous waste products.
