(a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended:
(1) "Authorized recycling contractor" means a person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity holding a permit under Ordinance Chapter 721
of the Codified Ordinances of the Village of Crestline.
(2) "Designated recycling collection location" means the place designated in an agreement between the customers and an authorized recycling contractor, and if there is no such agreement, that location shall be at the curbside, meaning the area between the edge of the pavement and the sidewalk and if there is no sidewalk the area of five feet adjacent to the edge of the paved street or alley.
(3) "Recyclable waste material" means discarded materials as designated by the authorized recycling contractor, which may include, but are not limited to, newspaper and newsprint, glass, aluminum cans, other metal cans, cardboard, plastics, aluminum scrap materials, and plastic milk jugs, which are separated from other garbage or refuse for the purpose of recycling.
(4) "Recycling" means the process of collecting used materials for the purpose of reusing, reprocessing or remanufacturing same.
(b) Upon the placement of properly separated recyclable waste material at a designated recycling collection location for collection by an authorized recycling contractor, the person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity generating such recyclable waste material shall relinguish ownership and control of same and such recyclable waste material shall become the property of the authorized recycling contractor.
(c) No person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity, other than an authorized recycling contractor, shall remove recyclable waste material which has been placed at a designated recycling location.
(d) Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor on the first offense, and a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on or any other subsequent offenses(s) within a period of two years. Each unauthorized collection from one or more designated recycling collection locations shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(Ord. 1851. Passed 12-3-90.)