(A) The hauler must provide a service, either directly or through written subcontract with a person or company approved by the Department as a condition to the license, to collect four broad categories of recyclable materials and yard wastes from all single-family residential, all multiple-family residential and commercial and industrial customers within incorporated areas. Paper and corrugated fiberboard must be collected from commercial, industrial and institutional customers when requested by the customer. Additional recyclable materials may be added to this by resolution of the Board after the effective date of this section. All licensed haulers shall be given 120 days’ advance notice in writing of the proposed additional recyclable material and shall be notified in writing 15 calendar days in advance of the time and date of the County Board meeting at which time a decision will be rendered. Notice shall be deemed given by mail via general delivery, to the mailing address identified on the most recent license application or renewal form on file in the Department.
(B) The hauler may specify the type of container their customer must place the recyclables in. The containers must be provided by the hauler or already available to a customer at the time this chapter provision becomes effective.
(C) The hauler must specify the time and day of collection that their customers are to place their recyclables out on their property for pickup. The hauler must collect the recyclables within 12 hours of the designated time. The collection location must be on the customer’s property in a location at or near the regular solid waste collection site or other location mutually agreeable to the hauler and the customer.
(D) The hauler may specify how a customer is to place their recyclables out for collection and how the recyclables are to be prepared. The County Environmental Director reserves the right to review and modify the amount of preparation required by the hauler in consideration of local recyclable market requirements.
(E) The hauler must collect recyclables from each customer at least twice per month unless normal solid waste collection service is provided less frequently than weekly, in which case the frequency of recyclable collection shall be the same as refuse collection.
(F) The hauler is assumed to own the recyclables they have collected and may market them as they see fit. However, a hauler may not dispose of any recyclables in or on the land, nor through incineration unless given prior written approval to do so by the Environmental Director.
(G) (1) The hauler must submit an annual report to the Department, on or before January 31 of each year for the previous calendar year, identifying the weight in tons of all recyclables and all other disposable solid wastes collected from county customers. If tonnage is unavailable for disposable solid waste, cubic yards shall be reported.
(2) The annual report must identify the weight of each type of recyclable collected.
(H) The hauler must demonstrate to the Department at the time of license application and at time of annual license renewal how they will provide both an incentive to their customers to reduce the amount of waste generated and an incentive to recycle the materials designated by the County Board. Examples of compliance with this section include, but are not limited to volume based collection fees and/or credit equal to the reduction in tip fee realized through removal of the amount a customer is recycling.
(I) Municipalities or townships within the county that contract with haulers must contract only with a hauler who is licensed by the county. Contracts must also be consistent with the provisions in this section.
(J) Solid waste haulers shall not mix source-separated materials with mixed municipal solid waste or handle source-separated materials in any way that reduces the reusability or marketability of the source-separated material.
(Ord. 4C, passed 11-14-00)