A.
Recyclable material may be deposited at the transfer station by residents subject to the charges set forth in Chapter 118, Fees, Article II, Transfer Station Fees, as that article may from time to time be amended. Deposited material must be separated according to type, must be clean, and must be placed in the designated area.
B.
Recyclable material may be deposited at the transfer station by refuse collectors subject to the charges set forth Chapter 118, Fees, Article II, Transfer Station Fees, as that article may from time to time be amended. Deposited material must be separated according to type, must be clean, and must be placed in the designated area.
A.
Duties of refuse collectors. Refuse collectors are required
to collect separated recyclables in the manner specified by this chapter.
Refuse collectors are required to notify the Director of any customers who
do not separate recyclables and must assist the Director by identifying those
parties responsible for mixing recyclables with solid waste that has been
placed in the waste stream. Refuse collectors shall provide warnings to residential
violators upon request of the Director.
B.
Separation of materials; collection. Recyclable materials
shall be separated from solid waste and placed at the curb or other designated
location on the day(s) designated by the refuse collector. Refuse collectors
shall provide public notice of their schedule for collecting recyclables.
C.
Separation at dumpster. Owners of nonresidential property
and multifamily properties that do not use curbside service shall make provisions
for separating recyclables. Property owners are required to draft a plan indicating
the type, location, number, and method of identifying containers for each
recyclable, which plan shall be submitted to the Director for approval. Property
owners must provide an additional container for each recyclable material in
accordance with said plan. Failure to have an approved plan shall be deemed
a violation of this chapter.
D.
Recyclables shall be separated and prepared for pickup
or disposal at the transfer station in the following manner, as may be amended
from time to time by the Director's regulations.
(1)
Clean and unsoiled paper shall be separated into the
categories defined in the designation of recyclable materials and tightly
packed in standard grocery shopping bags, placed in corrugated boxes or securely
tied in flat bundles, none of which shall weigh more than 50 pounds. Empty
corrugated cardboard must be collapsed and tied in bundles not weighing more
than 50 pounds.
(2)
Unbroken glass bottles, all types of metal food and beverage
cans and aluminum products, including used aluminum food trays and foil, must
be emptied of their contents and separated from other solid waste and combined
in rigid and upright containers used only for this category of recyclables
and containing no paper, plastic or other refuse. These materials need not
be flattened or processed in any way. Labels, corks and neck rings need not
be removed.
(3)
All solid waste entering the waste stream is subject
to inspection to insure compliance with the terms of this chapter.
(4)
Refuse collectors must separate recyclables during transportation
from the source to the disposal site, either by transporting in a separate
vehicle or in a separate compartment within a truck. Such compartment must
have a separate floor, walls and lid.
(5)
Refuse collectors must deliver recyclable bottles and
cans to such site as may be designated by the Director.
