[Adopted 8-13-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
A.
The Town of Caledonia finds that the removal of certain
materials from the solid waste stream will decrease the amount of solid waste
disposed of in landfills and aid in the conservation of valuable resources.
C.
The Town of Caledonia finds than in order to protect
the health, safety and welfare of the people of the Town of Caledonia, it
is necessary for the Town of Caledonia to enact this article in order to encourage
and facilitate the maximum recycling practicable on the part of every household,
business and institution within the Town of Caledonia.
D.
The Town of Caledonia declares that the purpose of this
article is to establish and implement recycling related practices and procedures
to be applicable to all waste generators within the Town of Caledonia.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
Any business, governmental agency, municipality or other nonresidential
generator of solid waste requiring off-site disposal.
Livingston County, New York, or any authorized county agency.
A private or publicly operated facility to which recyclables can
be delivered.
A private or public facility for receiving source-separated recyclable
materials and processing them into marketable commodities.
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.
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.
Any person or household which produces solid waste requiring off-site
disposal.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste, including but not
limited to materials or substances discarded or rejected by owners as being
spent, useless, worthless or in excess at the time of such discard or rejection,
or are 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.
The segregation of recyclables from the solid waste stream at the
point of generation for separate collection, sale or other disposition.
This article.
Caledonia, New York.
A commercial waste generator or a residential waste generator.
All persons engaged in the commercial collection, transportation
and/or disposal of solid waste and/or recyclables generated or originated
within or brought into the county.
A.
Each commercial and residential waste generator in the
Town of Caledonia shall source separate recyclables from solid waste.
B.
Each waste generator in the Town of Caledonia shall provide
for the removal of recyclables from the property on which they are generated
through a service provided by the municipality, a private hauler or by direct
haul by the individual waste generator to a disposal location permitted by
law.
C.
Nothing in this article is intended to prevent any waste
generator from making arrangements for the reuse, private collection, sale
or donation of recyclables.
D.
Each waste generator shall provide for the source separation
of recyclables in conformance with the Recycling Rules and Regulations.
A.
All waste haulers doing business in the Town of Caledonia
shall offer or cause to be offered to their customers collection, transportation
and disposal services for recyclables as any such waste hauler offers collection,
transportation and disposal services for solid waste. Unless otherwise provided
in the Recycling Rules and Regulations, such services shall be provided on
the same day(s) as solid waste pickup, transportation or disposal services
are provided.
B.
All waste haulers shall offer a per-bag fee system to
promote reduction of solid waste.
C.
Waste haulers are required to take recyclables to a materials
recovery facility where such materials are recycled.
D.
Waste haulers are required to follow the requirements
of the Recycling Rules and Regulations.
This article shall be primarily administered by the Town of Caledonia.
The county shall be primarily responsible for the development and implementation
of the Recycling Rules and Regulations.
