§ 12-8. Collection.

(a)

The owner, occupant, tenant or lessee of any property upon which garbage is stored shall remove, or cause to be removed, all garbage from such property at least once a week. Solid waste collectors shall remove all solid waste from the property, when they receive compensation for this service, at least once a week. The work shall be done in a clean and orderly manner, without causing damage to the container. Any solid waste that is spilled shall be cleaned up, and the property left in a sanitary condition.

(b)

The collection of residential and commercial solid wastes shall be conducted in a way that, when delivered to the county landfill, it is received segregated unless prior approval is obtained from the solid waste director. Residential and commercial solid waste that is received mixed together (co-mingled) shall be assessed a monetary penalty equal to the fee charged per ton for commercial solid waste times the weight of the entire load.

(c)

Recyclable corrugated cardboard regulations.

(1)

Recyclable corrugated cardboard, heretofore generated as a waste product from all business, industrial and institutional sources shall be banned from the county waste management facility, effective July 1, 1999.

(2)

All business, industrial and institutional generators of recyclable old corrugated cardboard shall be required to separate this material from all other solid waste for the purpose of recycling.

(3)

Public and private haulers delivering solid waste containing recyclable corrugated cardboard to the county waste management facility for disposal from business, industrial and institutional sources shall be subject to the corrective action provided in paragraph (d) of this section.

(4)

Definition of old corrugated cardboard (OCC).

a.

Old corrugated cardboard shall be defined as any packaging board consisting of (but not confined to) kraft paper with a fluted or wavy middle layer and having one (1) or more flat outer walls. Its most common usage is for the construction of shipping boxes and separator sheets used in packaging.

b.

Exemptions from this ban include corrugated cardboard materials which are:

1.

Wax coated;

2.

Soiled with grease, adhesives, food waste or chemicals;

3.

Adhered to expanded polystyrene or other plastic materials;

4.

Otherwise rendered un-recyclable by recycling industry standards.

Note— Haulers and generators must not contaminate corrugated cardboard for the purpose of rendering it un-recyclable.

(d)

Penalty for violation of this section. Recyclable materials banned from disposal by state or county regulations

a.

It shall be unlawful to place into the landfill or a solid waste container any material banned from landfills by the state or the county which are required to be recycled except in the areas or containers designated for that purpose.

b.

Materials required to be recycled by the state or county must not be intentionally damaged, altered or rendered unfit for recycling for the purposes of avoiding the requirement.

c.

Public and private haulers delivering solid waste containing banned materials shall receive the following:

1.

First violation. A written warning and hauler must sort and recycle the banned materials at the unloading point.

2.

Second violation. Hauler must pay three (3) times the current tipping fee on the entire load and non-compliant hauler's subsequent loads will be refused until hauler assures compliance.

(Ord. of 4-5-16)