[Adopted 11-14-1990 by Ord. No. 60]
A mandatory recycling program is hereby implemented in the Town
of West Greenwich pursuant to Chapters 23-18.8, 23-18.9, and 23-19
of the Rhode Island General Laws and the Rhode Island Department of
Environmental Management (DEM) Municipal Recycling Regulations, as
amended.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Recyclable materials that are required to be removed from
municipal solid waste at the source and delivered directly to the
Town recycling facility or placed in or on top of the set-out container
provided by the Solid Waste Management Corporation for collection
by a privately contracted hauler.
Materials separated from municipal solid waste for processing
for reuse as specified by the Director of DEM and listed in Section
4 of the Municipal Recycling Regulations and within this article.
The materials to be included may change from time to time depending
upon new technologies, economic conditions, waste stream characteristics,
environmental effects, or mutual agreement between the state and municipalities.
Anyone residing in the Town of West Greenwich for any period
of time who generates solid waste for which the Town accepts disposal
responsibility.
Garbage, refuse and other discarded solid materials generated
by residential, institutional, commercial, industrial, and agricultural
sources, but not including solids or dissolved material in domestic
sewage or septage nor hazardous waste as defined in the Hazardous
Waste Management Act, Chapter 23-19.1 of the Rhode Island General
Laws.
The removal by the generator of recyclable materials, including
mixed recyclables, from all other solid waste generated by the household,
and conveyance of the recyclable materials to the Town recycling facility
or to the curbside for collection by a private contractor.
A.
All residents are required to separate recyclable materials from
residential solid waste and to deliver those materials directly to
the Town recycling facility or to have them delivered to a Town or
state recycling facility by a private hauler. This article does not,
however, bar any residents from giving recyclable materials to private
and nonprofit collectors.
B.
The following materials are required to be separated from residential
solid waste and delivered to a Town or state recycling facility: newspapers,
aluminum, steel/tin cans, glass containers, PET plastic soda bottles,
HDPE plastic dairy jugs, and any other materials determined by the
Department of Environmental Management to be recyclable in its Municipal
Recycling Regulations, Section 4-1.
C.
All separated materials are to be delivered to a Town or state recycling
facility in a processable condition, i.e., at a minimum, all glass,
plastic, steel/tin, and aluminum containers shall be emptied and rinsed,
aluminum foil shall be clean, webbing shall be removed from aluminum
furniture, no non-container glass shall be mixed with recyclables,
newspapers shall be placed in a brown paper bag or tied in bundles
with string, and any other requirements listed in DEM's Municipal
Recycling Regulations, Appendix A.
A.
All qualified persons engaged in the business of collecting and hauling
refuse and operating transfer stations for refuse generated within
the boundaries of the Town shall be licensed by the Town, pursuant
to R.I.G.L. § 23-18.9-1(B)(1).
B.
Licensed haulers shall collect only that residential solid waste
that is source-separated by the resident into the recyclable and nonrecyclable
components.
C.
Licensed haulers shall keep recyclable materials separate from nonrecyclable
residential solid waste.
D.
Licensed haulers shall maintain any separated recyclable materials
that are delivered to either a Town or a state recycling facility
in processable condition.
E.
Licensed haulers shall keep residential recyclable materials separate
from recyclables collected from commercial accounts.
F.
Licensed haulers who deliver recyclables to a Town or state recycling
facility shall deliver to said facility only recyclables generated
by residents of the Town of West Greenwich.
G.
License haulers shall deliver all recyclables designated to go to
a Town or state recycling facility to said facility.
The separation of recyclables from solid waste shall be a condition
of licensing or authorization of any public event, the conduct of
which generates solid waste for which the Town accepts disposal responsibility.
No persons shall collect any recyclable materials as defined
in this article within the Town of West Greenwich for personal gain
except as specifically authorized by the Town. The Town may issue
permits to charitable organizations to collect recyclable materials
on the condition that a report is filed by said organization detailing
the weights of each material collected in compliance with the Rhode
Island Department of Environmental Management reporting requirements,
and provided that the Town determines that said collection does not
conflict with the Town's recycling program.
A.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police for the Town of West
Greenwich to enforce the provisions of this article.
