As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
COMMERCIAL WASTE GENERATOR
Any business, governmental agency, municipality or other
nonresidential generator of solid waste requiring off-site disposal.
COUNTY
Livingston County, New York, or any authorized county agency.
DROPOFF CENTER
A private or publicly operated facility to which recyclables
can be delivered.
MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY
A private or public facility for receiving source-separated
recyclable materials and processing them into marketable commodities.
RECYCLABLES
Any material designated as such by the county, provided that
such material is not hazardous and can be reasonably separated from
the solid waste stream and held for material recycling or reuse value.
RECYCLING RULES AND REGULATIONS
County rules and regulations adopted by the county pertaining
to the separation, collection, transportation and disposal of recyclables,
as may be amended from time to time by the county.
SOLID WASTE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste, including,
but not limited to, materials or substances discarded or rejected
as being spent, useless, worthless or in excess to owners at the time
of such discard or rejection, or as being accumulated, stored or physically,
chemically or biologically treated prior to being discarded or rejected,
having served their intended use, or as industrial, commercial and
agricultural waste, sludges from air or water pollution control facilities
or water supply treatment facilities, rubbish, ashes, contained gaseous
material, incinerator residue, demolition and construction debris
and offal, but not including sewage and other highly diluted water-carried
materials or substances and those in gaseous form, special nuclear
or by-product material within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended, or waste which appears on the list or satisfies
the characteristics of hazardous waste promulgated by the Commissioner
of the Department of Environmental Conservation.
SOURCE SEPARATION
The segregation of recyclables from the solid waste stream
at the point of generation for separate collection, sale or other
disposition.
WASTE GENERATOR
A commercial waste generator or a residential waste generator.
WASTE HAULER
All persons engaged in the commercial collection, transportation
and/or disposal of solid waste and/or recyclables generated, originated
or brought within the county.
This chapter shall be primarily administered by the Town of
Mount Morris. The county shall be primarily responsible for the development
and implementation of the recycling rules and regulations.