(A) Each person who owns, leases, or manages a residence, residential unit, or place of business, industry, commerce, or other place providing goods or services, or institution, church, or school is encouraged to remove recyclable materials from the solid waste generated as outlined in division (B) below and make them available for recycling in division (C) below. Nothing in this chapter is intended to prevent any person from donating or selling recyclable materials to any other person.
(B) When available for recycling, all recyclable material shall be separate from other solid waste. Recyclable material shall consist of the following items and shall be prepared for recycling as directed.
(1) Glass. All brown, green, and clear glass shall be rinsed.
(2) Cans. Except for aluminum cans, all metal cans shall be rinsed, cut out at both ends, the paper label removed, and flattened. Aluminum cans shall be rinsed and flattened.
(3) Plastic milk jugs. All plastic milk jugs shall be rinsed and flattened or crushed. The caps shall be removed.
(4) Plastic soft drink bottles. Bottles shall be rinsed, caps removed, and flattened or crushed.
(5) Cardboard. Corrugated cardboard only (sandwich type), no pizza boxes, single-ply boxes, waxed, or treated boxes. Boxes shall be flattened.
(6) Newsprint. Bundled but not tied; not in plastic bags or wet.
(C) All recyclable material, subject to change according to markets, should be placed in the designated recycling containers provided by the county at drop-off centers.
(D) Ownership of recyclable materials:
(1) After recyclable material has been placed in a designated container at the drop-off collection center designated by the county or its authorized agent, the recyclable material shall become the property of the county or its authorized agent; and
(2) No person, other than a county employee or the county’s authorized agent acting in behalf of the county may remove recyclable material from a designated container that has been placed at a designated recycling location or collection center.
(Ord. passed 6-26-01; Ord. passed 2-25-14) Penalty, see § 50.99