(a) Applicability. This chapter shall apply to any person that resides or any business that is located within Loudoun County and generates solid waste. This chapter shall not affect the right of any person to sell or otherwise dispose of solid waste material as provided in Section 15.2-933 of the Code of Virginia or permitted under any other law of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Nothing in this chapter abridges the right of any person to give or sell their recyclable material and/or yard waste to any recycling center or program lawfully operated for profit, non-profit, or charitable purposes. This chapter shall not impose any liability upon any apartment or commercial office building owner or manager for failure of tenants to comply with the requirements for the separation of recyclable material nor upon any collector or transporter of recyclable material for failure of its customers to comply with the requirements for the separation of recyclable material, provided that such owner, manager, and collector provide a recycling system for tenants, employees, and/or customers in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 1084 of these Codified Ordinances.
(b) Exclusions. This chapter shall not apply to any person that resides or any business that is located solely in any incorporated town within the boundaries of Loudoun County unless and until the governing body of any such town, by appropriate action, indicates its intention to have recyclable material covered by the provisions of this chapter. Upon the taking of such action by the governing body of any such incorporated town, the provisions of this chapter shall apply fully in such incorporated town.
(Ord. 02-08. Passed 5-20-02.)