(A) No person shall within the county collect, transport or dispose of solid waste without a permit issued by the Solid Waste Department provided that this division (A) shall not apply to any persons disposing of solid waste from his or her own residence, or to any person operating a solid waste disposal site that has been approved by the Commissioners and the Division of Health Services. The county shall issue the authorization only when upon inspection it finds that the facilities, equipment and proposed operation methods of the applicant are in compliance with the requirements of G.S. Ch. 130A, Article 9 and Ch. 153A, Articles 6 and 15.
(B) Permits shall be obtained from the office of the Solid Waste Warden of the County Solid Waste Department, and shall be re-validated annually.
(C) The permit for collecting and hauling solid waste in the county shall be revoked immediately by the issuing authority pursuant to G.S. Ch. 153A, Articles 6 and 15, either for a temporary period or permanently for failure to comply with any part of this chapter.
(D) In accordance with House Bill 0134, all haulers operating in the county are required to report to the County Recycling Department concerning quantities of recyclables or recovered material they recycle or deposit in county recycling receptacles. Reporting shall take place during annual renewal of permit or by the request of County Recycling Coordinator or a duly authorized representative.
(E) It shall be illegal for haulers to bring solid waste or recyclables that have been banned into the transfer station commingled with other solid waste. Banned materials include:
(1) Waste oil;
(2) Tires;
(3) White goods;
(4) Lead-acid batteries;
(5) Yard waste;
(6) Any liquid;
(7) Hazardous waste;
(8) Recyclable corrugated cardboard generated from nonresidential sources; and
(9) Aluminum cans generated from nonresidential sources.
(F) All private haulers who collect residential waste for a fee shall establish a program to collect and recycle aluminum cans, newspapers and steel food cans, or else not accept the materials commingled with the residential garbage that they collect. In addition, haulers are encouraged to promote recycling of glass bottles, corrugated cardboard, recyclable plastic and other recyclables. Haulers who do not establish satisfactory programs to remove the recyclables from the waste stream shall be subject to the penalties specified in § 50.99(D).
(G) It shall be unlawful for any private hauler to falsely advertise that any material is being recycled by him or her when in fact it is not.
(Ord. passed 12-6-1993) Penalty, see § 50.99