[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Nantucket as indicated in article histories. This chapter was formerly included in the Code as Ch. 91, but was renumbered 4-15-2003 ATM by Art. 26, approved 8-27-2003. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Solid waste enterprise — See Ch. 42.
[Adopted 4-10-1989 ATM by Art. 49, approved 7-24-1989]
[Amended 6-25-2020 ATM by Art. 70, approved 10-27-2020]
The Select Board is hereby empowered to establish the necessary rules, regulations and fees for handling, processing and disposal of the Town's solid waste. Such fees are to be credited to the general fund of the Town of Nantucket and held and expended in accordance with the General Laws of the commonwealth.
[Amended 4-8-1996 ATM by Art. 49, approved 7-24-1996; amended 6-25-2020 ATM by Art. 70, approved 10-27-2020]
The Select Board, acting as the Board of Public Works, is hereby required to instruct the department responsible for solid waste disposal to establish, promulgate and enforce regulations to the extent permitted by the General Laws of the commonwealth concerning the following matters:
A. 
The Department shall establish, promulgate and enforce regulations for recycling. The program shall include but not be limited to, newspapers, cardboard, other paper articles and magazines; clear, green and brown glass; aluminum and tin, including cans; all numbered plastics and styrofoam; grass cuttings, leaves, brush and limbs; metal appliances; tires; recyclable construction debris; and all materials listed as hazardous waste by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. The rules and regulations shall provide penalties and fines.
B. 
Restrictions upon the sale or distribution of certain materials deemed to be detrimental to the Nantucket Municipal Landfill, composting facility or the island's environment in general.
[Added 4-6-2015 ATM by Art. 80, approved 8-5-2015; amended 4-2-2016 ATM by Art. 62, approved 7-12-2016]
No person shall sell, use or distribute any type of balloon (including, and not limited to, plastic, latex or Mylar balloons) inflated with any type of lighter-than-air gas (including, and not limited to, helium gas). No person shall dispose of any balloon in any manner, including by release into the air, other than being contained in a plastic trash bag and transported to the Landfill. Any person violating this bylaw shall be fined pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1, Article II, by noncriminal disposition at $50 per offense. This bylaw may be enforced by any police officer of the Town of Nantucket.
[Amended 12-12-1989 STM by Art. 2, approved 3-14-1990]
All packaging added to or supplied by vendors or commercial establishments within the Town of Nantucket for merchandise of any type being removed from the establishment shall comply with such rules and regulations requiring the use of biodegradable packaging to the maximum extent reasonably practicable as might be established by the Board of Public Works after a public hearing; provided, however, that this section shall take effect April 15, 1990. "Biodegradable packaging" means any packaging other than plastic or styrofoam.
All loads of solid waste that are undergoing transport to the Town's solid waste disposal site for disposal shall be fully covered in such a manner as to prevent strewing litter along the road during transportation. The disposal materials must be in a tied bag, covered container or otherwise fully covered, such as by a properly secured tarpaulin.
All persons entering the Town of Nantucket solid waste disposal facility for the purpose of disposal of solid waste shall be responsible for the segregation of such solid waste into separate categories for separate disposal or recycling, as follows: glass, rigid plastics, aluminum cans and ferrous metal cans or additional categories as may be more fully defined from time to time by regulations of the Board of Public Works or its designee.
[Adopted 5-5-1992 ATM by Art. 70, approved 8-3-1992]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of household or commercial garbage or refuse by placing it in or causing it to be placed in a trash barrel or other container which has been set upon a public street, sidewalk or bicycle path or upon other public property by the Town for the convenience of the traveling public.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of household or commercial garbage or refuse by placing it in or causing it to be placed in a trash barrel or other container which has been lawfully set upon private property by any owner or occupant of the property for the exclusive use of said owner or occupant or his or her visitors or patrons, without the authorization of said owner or occupant.
A. 
Any police officer of the Town, the Superintendent of Public Works or his designee may utilize the noncriminal disposition specified in MGL c. 40, § 21D.
B. 
A violation of this article shall be punishable by a fine of $200.