[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Glocester 9-16-1993,
effective 10-13-1993 (Ch. II, § 5, 2-05-02, of the 1991 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A mandatory recycling program is hereby implemented in the Town of Glocester
pursuant to Chapters 23-18.8, 23-18.9, and 23-19 of the Rhode Island General
Laws and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Municipal
Recycling Regulations, as amended.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Those materials required to be removed from the municipal solid waste
at the source and delivered directly to the Town recycling facility or placed
in or on top of the set-out container provided for collection by a privately
contracted hauler.
Those separated from municipal solid waste for processing for reuse
as specified by the Director of DEM and listed in Section 4 of the Municipal
Recycling Regulations and within this chapter. The materials to be included
may change from time to time depending upon new technologies, economic conditions,
waste stream characteristics, environmental effects or mutual agreement between
the state and municipalities.
Anyone residing in the Town of Glocester for any period of time who
generates solid waste for which the Town accepts disposal responsibility.
Garbage, refuse and other discarded solid materials generated by
residential sources.
The removal by the generator of recyclable materials, including mixed
recyclables from all other solid waste generated by the household and conveyance
of the recyclable materials to the Town recycling facilities or for collection
by a private hauler.
A.
All residents are required to separate recyclable materials
from residential solid waste and to deliver those materials directly to the
Town recycling facility by a private hauler. This chapter does not, however,
bar any residents from giving recyclable materials to a nonprofit organization.
B.
The following materials are required to be separated
from residential solid waste and delivered to a Town or state recycling facility:
C.
All separated materials are to be delivered to a Town, state
or state-designated recycling facility in a processable condition; i.e., at
a minimum, all glass, plastic, steel/tin and aluminum containers shall be
empty and rinsed, aluminum foil shall be clean, webbing shall be removed from
aluminum furniture, no noncontainer glass shall be mixed with the recyclables,
newspaper shall be placed in a brown paper bag or tied in bundles with a string
and other requirements in DEM's Municipal Recycling Regulations, Appendix
A.
A.
All qualified persons engaged in the business of collecting
and hauling refuse generated within the boundaries of the Town of Glocester
shall be licensed by the Town of Glocester, pursuant to R.I.G.L. § 23-18.9-1(b)(1).
B.
Licensed haulers shall collect only that residential
solid waste that is source separated by the resident into the recyclable and
nonrecyclable components.
C.
Licensed haulers shall keep recyclable materials separate
from nonrecyclable resident solid waste.
D.
Licensed haulers shall maintain any separated recyclable
materials that are delivered to either a Town or state recycling facility
in processable condition.
E.
Licensed haulers shall keep residential recyclable materials
separate from recyclables collected from commercial accounts.
F.
Licensed haulers who deliver recyclables to a Town or
state recycling facility shall deliver to said facility only recyclables generated
by the Town of Glocester.
G.
Licensed haulers shall deliver all recyclables designated
to go to a Town or state recycling facility, to said facility.
The separation of recyclables from solid waste shall be a condition
of licensing or authorization of any public event the conduct of which generates
solid waste for which the Town of Glocester accepts disposal responsibility.
No person shall solicit the commercial collection of any recyclable
material as defined in this chapter within the Town of Glocester for personal
gain except as specifically authorized by the Town. The Town may issue permits
to charitable organizations to collect recyclable materials on the condition
that a report is filed by said organization detailing the weights of each
material collected in compliance with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental
Management reporting requirements and provided that the Town determines that
said collection does not conflict with the Town's recycling program.
It shall be the duty of the Police Department of the Town of Glocester
to enforce the provisions of this chapter.