All household owners receiving municipal refuse collection shall
separate all recyclables from their other refuse. Recyclables must
either be transported by the household owner to the Town transfer
station or be placed for collection in accordance with this article.
Containers shall not exceed 30 gallons in capacity nor 30 pounds
in weight when full. No round trash barrels may be used for recyclables.
Containers shall be placed on the grass belt next to the roadway
edge before 7:00 a.m. on the day of recyclables collection.
Recyclables materials and collection schedules shall be periodically
defined by the Mayor. Recyclable materials may include the following:
A. Newspapers, junk mail, magazines, paperbacks, boxboard, clean pizza
boxes, wrapping paper and shredded paper sealed in a paper bag; cardboard
and corrugated cardboard that is flattened.
B. Glass bottles and jars rinsed of residuals. Labels need not be removed.
No window glass, mirrors, light bulbs, Pyrex® or ceramics.
C. Tin cans and aluminum cans, lids, foil and dishes. Containers should
be rinsed and free of residuals. Labels need not be removed. No paint
cans, pressured cans or cans with residual materials remaining.
All applicable Town regulations for refuse collection shall
apply to recyclables collection.
Any household owner who fails to separate all recyclable materials
designated by the Mayor or otherwise violates any of the provisions
of these recyclables collection regulations may be punished by a fine
of $50 for each day that the offense occurs and may be excluded from
any future collections of refuse from that same household.
All recyclables placed in the Town transfer station or on the
curbside shall be the property of the Town. Any other party collecting
recyclables placed under the provisions of this regulation shall be
in violation of this regulation and may be punished by a fine of $50
for each location and for each incident that the offense occurs.