A. 
Every owner or occupier of any building, premises or place of business within the Town of Riverhead shall provide or cause to be provided at all times suitable and sufficient containers for garbage and refuse that may accumulate upon said premises.
B. 
All garbage and refuse containers shall be watertight, with proper, tight covers and handles of adequate strength or disposable plastic bags, securely tied or fastened.
C. 
All garbage and refuse containers shall be designed for such purposes, either of metal, plastic or other durable material, securely tied, fastened, closed or sealed. Such containers shall be emptied or replaced whenever full and at least once each week if containing garbage. Such containers shall be maintained in a manner so as to prevent dispersal of the contents about the premises.
D. 
The portable transfer containers used for outdoor storage of refuse on premises occupied for commercial, industrial, or institutional uses are permitted subject to such other provisions of the Town Code and/or conditions, restrictions or covenants related to a site plan. Such containers shall be emptied or replaced whenever full and at least once each week if containing garbage. Such containers shall be maintained in a manner so as to prevent dispersal of the contents about the premises.
E. 
All private, industrial, institutional or commercial establishments shall provide suitable recycling containers dependent on their specific needs, which containers must prevent dispersal of the contents about the premises and shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent of the Sanitation Department of the Town of Riverhead.
A. 
Owners and occupiers of all properties within the Town of Riverhead shall be required to source-separate recyclable materials and such other solid waste as set forth in Subsection B from municipal solid waste. It shall be unlawful for any person to place out for collection any solid waste mixed with any of the materials listed in Subsection B or to comingle solid waste collected, transported or stored following collection.
B. 
All owners and occupiers shall separate the following materials from all other solid waste placed out for collection or transport to a solid waste facility:
(1) 
Hazardous wastes.
(2) 
Recyclables as defined in § 273-3 or as may be designated by the Town Board.
(3) 
Yard waste.
(4) 
Construction and demolition debris.
(5) 
Bulk wastes.
(6) 
Tires.
C. 
Collectors collecting commercial and/or institutional MSW generated within the Town of Riverhead shall refuse to collect MSW from any person or party who has clearly failed to source-separate the recyclable materials and/or who has not properly prepared the recyclable materials to the specifications of the collector. A written explanation shall be provided to the person or party of the reason for the refusal for collection of the materials by the collector, and a copy shall be provided to the Sanitation Superintendent.
D. 
The Town of Riverhead shall from time to time determine by resolution which items must be source-separated as recyclables. The list of recyclables shall be posted on the Town sign board and published in a local newspaper. Enforcement of items newly included on said list shall not take place until 30 days following adoption. Any authorized collector shall have the right to request the Town Board to remove any item from such list. Upon receipt of satisfactory information indicating that such item would not be required to be recycled in accordance with federal or state law or regulations and that a market in such item is not readily available, the Town Board may, in its reasonable discretion, delete said item from the list of recyclables.