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(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
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BULKY WASTES. Noncombustible construction debris, and oversized bulky items which can’t fit into a regular town size trash receptacle with the lid closed.
COMMERCIAL FOOD REFUSE. Includes waste from the preparation, cooking and consumption of food, condemned food products and all refuse from the handling, storage, preparation and sale of produce originating primarily in commercial kitchens, stores, restaurants, food markets and factories.
DEPARTMENT. The East Lyme Highway and Sanitation Department.
DIRECTOR. The Director of Public Works of the town.
HAZARDOUS WASTES. Solid and liquid wastes in the following classifications:
(1) Explosives;
(2) Pathogenic or pathological wastes;
(3) Corrosive or toxic wastes;
(4) Radioactive wastes; and
(5) Medical wastes.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. Materials which have been so designated by the Director or by a regulation of the Board of Selectmen.
REFUSE. Unwanted and discarded solid materials, but does not include:
(1) Liquid wastes including, but not limited to, semisolid, liquid materials collected in a municipal sewage system or a septic system;
(2) Bulky wastes;
(3) Household hazardous wastes;
(4) Any other material which may not be lawfully disposed of (in a sanitary landfill or a resources recovery facility; or
(5) Recyclable materials.
REFUSE COLLECTORS. Includes any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of collecting and transporting refuse, including recyclable materials, for hire within the town.
TOWN. The Town of East Lyme.
(Ord. effective 8-15-1995; Ord. passed 2-22-1996; Ord. effective 10-15-1997; Ord. passed 3-1-1998; 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
(A) All refuse accumulated in the town shall be collected, conveyed and disposed of by the town or by persons licensed by the town in accordance with § 51.11 to perform such work.
(B) No other person shall collect, convey over any street or dispose of any refuse in the town, except that occupants of premises in the town upon which refuse has accumulated may personally collect, convey and dispose of such refuse at such place or places as the Board of Selectmen or the Director may from time to time designate, subject to the obtaining of a private permit in accordance with § 51.11. No refuse which was not generated within the town shall be disposed of in any such place.
(Ord. effective 8-15-1995; Ord. passed 2-22-1996; Ord. effective 10-15-1997; Ord. passed 3-1-1998; Ord. passed 9-7-2022) Penalty, see § 51.99
Editor’s note:
TM Volume 21, page 44; TM Volume 21, page 197; TM Volume 21, page 425; TM Volume 21, page 485
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