[Amended 4-17-2019 by Order No. FY 19-125]
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 City transfer station or be placed for collection in accordance with this article.
[Amended 4-17-2019 by Order No. FY 19-125]
A. 
All glass, tin/aluminum, plastics and aerosol cans must be placed in a standard fourteen-gallon recycling bin, which can be purchased from the City for $4. Bins cannot contain loose plastic bags. Items in the bin do not need to be separated. Containers need to be rinsed but not washed, and labels need not be removed.
B. 
All paper products, including cardboard, must be placed in a paper bag or tied and left on the side of the bin or preferably in a separate fourteen-gallon recycling bin. Do not place paper in bin with glass, tin and plastic.
Containers shall not exceed 30 gallons in capacity nor 30 pounds in weight when full. No round trash barrels may be used for recyclables.
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.
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.
[Amended 4-17-2019 by Order No. FY 19-125]
All recyclables placed in the City transfer station or on the curbside shall be the property of the City. 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.