(A) The accumulation, collection, removal and disposal of refuse must be controlled by the town for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare.
(B) It is consequently found and declared that:
(1) The town is authorized by law to provide for or regulate the collection and disposal of refuse;
(2) The State of Connecticut requires towns to recycle. Items that are designated (i.e. mandated) for recycling are included in § 51.16.
(3) The town has a substantial interest in and responsibility for protecting the health and safety of its inhabitants by regulating the collection and disposal of such refuse;
(4) The expense of such regulation is substantial and can best be borne, in the case of commercial, industrial and condominium owners, by those owners and by the refuse collectors who service them; and
(5) The enactment of this subchapter is in furtherance of the town’s approved solid waste management plan.
(6) The town has executed a municipal solid waste management services contract with Southeastern Connecticut Regional Resources Recovery Authority (SCRRRA), including an Amendment No. 5 to such municipal solid waste management services contract (collectively with such Amendment No. 5, the MSA). The MSA defines the “System” (the SCRRRA System) to include the solid waste disposal and resource recovery facility located in Lisbon, Connecticut and operated by Wheelabrator Lisbon Inc. or its successors or assigns (the SCRRRA Facility) pursuant to a solid waste disposal agreement between SCRRRA and Wheelabrator Lisbon Inc. (the Wheelabrator agreement), and designates the SCRRRA Facility as the “Facility” within the SCRRRA System. Pursuant to the MSA, the town has agreed to deliver or cause to be delivered all solid waste (as defined in the MSA) generated within the corporate boundaries of the town to the SCRRRA System as directed by SCRRRA for ultimate delivery to the SCRRRA Facility for disposal, subject to and in accordance with the Wheelabrator agreement.
(Ord. effective 8-15-1995; Ord. passed 2-22-1996; Ord. effective 10-15-1997; Ord. passed 3-1-1998; Ord. passed 6-3-2020; Ord. passed 9-7-2022)
Editor’s note:
TM Volume 21, page 44; TM Volume 21, page 197; TM Volume 21, page 425; TM Volume 21, page 485