The City of Hopkinsville hereby establishes a curbside recycling program which shall be governed by the following rules and regulations.
(A) Curbside recycling is voluntary and customers must register to receive a recycling container.
(B) A monthly fee of $5.50 per customer is established and will appear on the same statement as the customer’s garbage collection billing statement. In the event the customer does not receive a garbage collection billing statement, the enterprise shall send the curbside recycling statement direct to the customer.
(C) Curbside recycling is available for both commercial and residential customers.
(D) Collection will occur the same day as the customer’s residential garbage and trash collection.
(E) Customers are required to comply with § 93.02(B)(2) regarding customer responsibilities.
(F) Accepted materials must be placed in the designated container(s) and set out together with residential container(s) at the designated collection point no earlier than the day prior to the day of collection by the enterprise.
(G) The program is a single-stream program requiring no sorting of accepted items.
(1) Accepted items include: paper, steel cans, aluminum cans, pasteboard, #1 through #5 plastics, and cardboard.
(2) Electronics, batteries, household and medical hazardous waste, Styrofoam, waste oil, tires, glass, hazardous and toxic refuse shall not be placed in the recycling container.
(Ord. 23-2018, passed 11-20-2018; Ord. 22-2023, passed 7-18-2023)