The collection and disposal of garbage, trash, and refuse is hereby declared to be a municipal function of the town as a protection of the public health; the police powers of the town shall be invoked when necessary for the enforcement of this chapter. In addition, the town may collect and dispose of refuse, as it deems necessary, provided that such disposal shall be by an approved method of incineration (no open burning) or by landfill and daily cover.
(Prior Code, § 20-48)