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MUNICIPAL CODE OF CHICAGO
TITLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE 2 CITY GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
TITLE 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
TITLE 4 BUSINESSES, OCCUPATIONS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
TITLE 5 HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TITLE 6 HUMAN RIGHTS*
TITLE 7 HEALTH AND SAFETY
TITLE 8 OFFENSES AFFECTING PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
TITLE 9 VEHICLES, TRAFFIC AND RAIL TRANSPORTATION
TITLE 10 STREETS, PUBLIC WAYS, PARKS, AIRPORTS AND HARBORS
TITLE 11 UTILITIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
TITLE 12 RESERVED
TITLE 13 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
TITLE 14 RESERVED*
TITLE 14A ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS OF THE CHICAGO CONSTRUCTION CODES*
TITLE 14B BUILDING CODE*
TITLE 14C CONVEYANCE DEVICE CODE*
TITLE 14E ELECTRICAL CODE*
TITLE 14F FIRE PREVENTION CODE*
TITLE 14G FUEL GAS CODE*
TITLE 14M MECHANICAL CODE*
TITLE 14N 2022 ENERGY TRANSFORMATION CODE*
TITLE 14P PLUMBING CODE*
TITLE 14R BUILDING REHABILITATION CODE*
TITLE 14X MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS*
TITLE 15 FIRE PREVENTION
TITLE 16 LAND USE
TITLE 17 CHICAGO ZONING ORDINANCE
TITLE 18 BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE
APPENDIX TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF CHICAGO (RESERVED)*
TABLES
Chicago Zoning Ordinance and Land Use Ordinance
CHAPTER 11-5
REDUCTION AND RECYCLING PROGRAM*
* Editor's note – Coun. J. 7-20-16, p. 28694, § 1, repealed and replaced Ch. 11-5 in its entirety.
Article I. Title and Definitions
11-5-010   Title.
11-5-020   Definitions.
Article II. Source-Separated Recycling: General Requirements
11-5-030   Contract with a private hauler – When required – Exemptions.
11-5-040   Impossibility of compliance – Exemption.
11-5-050   Single stream recycling – Permitted.
11-5-060   Selective reuse or recycling of recyclable material – When permitted.
11-5-070   Backhauling of recyclable material – Permitted.
11-5-080   Recyclable material – Prohibited material.
11-5-085   Removing recyclable material from a recycling container – Prohibition – Exemption.
11-5-090   Producing materials for inspection – Required.
11-5-095   Violation – Penalty.
Article III. Refuse Collection Customers
11-5-100   Exemption.
11-5-110   Source-separated recycling – Required.
11-5-120   Recycling containers – Required.
11-5-130   Recycling signs – Required.
11-5-140   Education of tenants – Required.
11-5-150   Violation – Penalty.
Article IV. Private Haulers
11-5-160   Exemption.
11-5-170   Source-separated recycling – Required.
11-5-180   Notification to customers – Required.
11-5-190   Private haulers to offer recycling services to customers – Required.
11-5-200   Delivery of recyclable material to properly permitted facility – Required.
11-5-210   Record keeping – Required.
11-5-220   Annual recycling report – Required.
11-5-230   Recycling containers – Required.
11-5-240   Educating customers about recycling – Required.
11-5-250   Violation – Penalty.
Article V. Backhaulers
11-5-260   Source-separated recycling – Required.
11-5-270   Proper disposal of recyclable material – Required.
11-5-280   Selective backhauling of recyclable material – When permitted.
11-5-290   Proper handling of recyclable material – Required.
11-5-300   Record keeping – Required.
11-5-310   Annual recycling report – Required.
11-5-320   Violation – Penalty.
Article VI. Miscellaneous Requirements
11-5-330   Plastic bag and film plastic recycling.
Article VII. Enforcement
11-5-340   Rules.
11-5-350   Enforcing departments.
ARTICLE I. TITLE AND DEFINITIONS (11-5-010 et seq.)
11-5-010 Title.
   This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Chicago Recycling Ordinance". Effective January 1, 2017, source-separated recycling shall be deemed to be the method of recycling used in the City of Chicago. Source-separated recycling requires all persons citywide to place recyclable material in designated recycling containers and to keep recyclable material separate from waste until such time that the recyclable material is collected for delivery to a properly permitted facility.
(Added Coun. J. 7-20-16, p. 28694, § 1)
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