This article prescribes the methods of payment
for disposal of solid waste through private and municipal solid waste
haulers and encourages the recycling of solid waste.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
CONTAINER PROGRAM SOLID WASTE
Any solid waste generated or originated on residential property
and any solid waste generated or originated on commercial property
that is placed at curbside for collection. Container program solid
waste shall not include hazardous waste under any applicable law or
regulation, or construction or demolition debris.
DISPOSAL FEE
The cost per pound for the disposal of solid waste at the
facility or facilities specified by the Tompkins County Legislature
pursuant to L.L. No. 3-1992. The disposal fee shall not include any fees charged by
solid waste haulers for the collection, hauling or handling of solid
waste.
SOLID WASTE
All putrescible and nonputrescible 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, including
but not limited to garbage, refuse, industrial, commercial, and agricultural
waste, sludges from air or water pollution control facilities or water
supply treatment facilities, rubbish, tires, 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 Environmental Conservation pursuant to § 27-0903 of the
Environmental Conservation Law. Solid waste shall not include any
scrap or other material of value separated from the waste stream and
held for purposes of materials recycling.
SOLID WASTE HAULER
Any person, corporation or partnership in the business of
collecting, transporting or handling solid waste generated or originated
within the county. For purposes of this article, "solid waste hauler"
includes municipalities providing hauling services.
The Commissioner of Public Works or his designee,
in consultation with the County Attorney, shall enforce the provisions
of this article and all rules, regulations and designations made pursuant
thereto. Such enforcement shall include but not be limited to legal
or equitable proceedings, including without limitation an action for
specific performance brought in the name of the county.