This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "City of
Auburn Solid Waste Ordinance."
As used in this chapter, unless the context or subject matter
otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A plastic or metal container. Recyclable containers should
be clearly marked with a large letter "R" to define them as containers
that hold only the contents defined as recyclables.
A plastic or metal container not weighing more than 50 pounds
when full. Cardboard boxes are not approved containers.
Includes all refuse from animal or vegetable matter, or both,
intended for human food but rejected for such use; all ordinary kitchen
refuse, except dirt, ashes, cans, bottles and glass containers; and
all refuse of food supplies not used for human food, all offal, and
decayed fruit.
Grass clippings, leaves, and cuttings from shrubs, hedges
and trees and garden debris. "Green waste" shall not be construed
to include garbage, recyclable materials, construction debris and
major appliances.
Any person engaged in the collection and/or transportation
of solid waste for compensation.
Encompasses the following terms and items:
CARDBOARD and CORRUGATED CARDBOARDRespectively, single-ply cardboard and triple-ply corrugated cardboard where the middle ply is a wavy flute of reinforcing material. This definition does not include plastic liners, wood, plastic, string and/or straps which may be attached to the cardboard, nor does it include wax or plastic boxes associated with "wet foods" (i.e., ice cream, frozen food, take-out food containers, etc.). Cardboard items are to be kept dry.
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL GARBAGEIncludes all nonhazardous and nontoxic wastes which are not recyclable commercial and industrial by products or green wastes.
COMMODITY GRADE PLASTICOnly high-density polyethylene (HDPE) cloudy white milk and water jugs plus mixed colors. Commodity grade plastics are graded as follows: polyethylene terephthalate (PETE) No. 1; high-density polyethylene (HDPE) No. 2; polyvinyl chloride (PVC) No. 3; low-density polyethylene (LDPE) No. 4; Polypropylene (PP) No. 5; polystyrene (PS) No. 6.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRISWaste resulting from construction, remodeling, repair and demolition of structures, road building, and land clearing. Such wastes include but are not limited to bricks, concrete and other masonry materials, soil, rock, lumber, road spoils, paving material, and stumps of trees.
FARM HAZARDOUS WASTEAll containers containing pesticides and/or pesticide residue and which can no longer be utilized for farm purposes.
GLASSAny empty and clean glass food jars and beverage bottles without any lids and caps. Auto glass, light bulbs, mirrors, fluorescent tubes, Pyrex, window glass, ceramics or table china is not acceptable.
HAZARDOUS WASTESHazardous wastes are exempt from state and federal regulations. For the purpose of this article, "household hazardous waste" shall include pesticides, used motor oil, automobile batteries, swimming pool chemicals, flammable materials, flammable liquids, paints, special metals, explosives and any other "red label" substance. Special disposal times for these substances will be established. The substances that are generated by commercial or industrial establishments cannot be collected per federal law.
HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGSAll large and/or bulky articles actually used in the home and which equip it for living (such as chairs, sofas, tables, beds, carpets, etc.).
INFECTIOUS WASTEAs defined in 6 NYCRR 360, as amended. Infectious and medical waste must be incinerated.
MAJOR APPLIANCESA large and/or bulky household mechanism (which shall include, without limitation, items such as refrigerators, washers, dryers, stoves, air conditioners, microwaves, televisions etc.) ordinarily operated by gas or electric current.
METALSAny empty metal food containers, including aluminum, bimetal and steel cans (tin cans).
PAPER A-GRADENewspapers without a glossy or waxy coated surface. Paper is to be kept dry. Newspapers used for reasonable secondary household uses, such as for animal droppings, shall not be required to be recycled.
PAPER B-GRADE (PUBLIC, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL)Typical office correspondence paper. Paper is to be kept dry.
VEHICULAR TIRESTires from cars, trucks, lawnmowers, etc., and their casings.
Any individual, head of household, tenant, landlord, chief
executive officer, owner or manager of a commercial or industrial
establishment.
Includes all materials which are a byproduct of production
utilized in production or sale after sale by a commercial enterprise
or industrial enterprise.
Any material designated, from time to time, by the City Council,
either upon the Council's own initiative or upon the recommendation
of the City Manager, which under any applicable law or regulation
is not hazardous and which is separated from the waste stream and
held for its material recycling or reuse value.
Those persons who deal with recyclable material as collectors,
separators and marketers. This definition shall include not-for-profit
corporations and charitable organizations which collect recyclables
for fundraising purposes.
Solid waste abandoned on unauthorized sites. Littering is
unlawful. The Department of Environmental Conservation has a hotline
called 1-800-TIPP-DEC (1-800-847-7332). The "TIPP" stands for "Turn
in a Poacher or Polluter."
All crockery, bottles, refuse, glass, tin cans and other
metal and noncombustible substances in whatever form they may be and
no longer intended or suitable for reuse.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, which include
but shall not be limited to all:
Garbage waste (useless);
Green waste (usable for composting);
Miscellaneous waste (usable and useless);
Recycling items (reusable items from households and agricultural,
public, commercial and industrial sites);
All materials or substances discarded or rejected as being spent,
useless, worthless, or in excess to the owners at the time of such
discard or rejection;
All materials or substances which, are being accumulated, stored,
or physically, chemically or biologically treated prior to being discarded
or rejected, having served their intended use, or as a manufacturing
byproduct, garbage, refuse, industrial, commercial and agricultural
waste, sludge from air or water pollution control facilities or water
supply treatment facilities, rubbish, ashes, contained gaseous material,
incinerator residue, demolition and construction debris;
Solid waste shall not include sewage and other highly diluted
water-carried materials or substances and those in gaseous form, special
nuclear or byproduct materials 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 Environmental Conservation.
The segregation of recyclable materials from the solid waste
stream at the point of generation for separate collection, sale or
other disposition.
Encompasses the City of Auburn and the towns and villages
within Cayuga County and the Central New York region which have entered
into intermunicipal agreements with the City of Auburn for the disposal
of solid waste at the Auburn Transfer Station facility.
All solid wastes; yard waste; recycling materials; garbage
and rubbish; green waste; miscellaneous wastes; commercial and industrial
garbage and recyclables; residential, commercial, and industrial construction
and demolition debris; major appliances, large household furnishings
and trees; household hazardous wastes and farm hazardous wastes; and
chlorofluorocarbons as the foregoing terms are defined and used in
this chapter.
