(a) General Requirement. Any person who resides within Loudoun County shall source separate recyclable material as required under this chapter from his/her household waste and deposit such recyclable material at a recycling drop-off center, recycling facility, approved facility, or make such recyclable material available for collection by a permitted collector that provides recycling services. Multi-family residential facilities shall ensure that each living unit has access to a container or containers suitable for the collection of recyclable material as required under this chapter; such containers provided shall be of adequate size to contain the recyclable material generated. Any business located within Loudoun County shall source separate from its solid waste stream at least one principal recyclable material and deposit such recyclable material at a recycling drop-off center, recycling facility, approved facility, or make such recyclable material available for collection by a permitted collector that provides recycling services. The frequency of collection for all recyclable material shall not be less than once every two weeks. Recycled material required for separation, collection, and recycling may not be accumulated speculatively or treated in a manner constituting disposal.
(b) Source Separation by Households. Any person shall source separate the following recyclable material from his/her household waste, at a minimum:
(1) As of January 1, 2003:
A. Newspaper and magazines;
B. Container glass, metal and aluminum cans, and plastic beverage and detergent containers.
(2) As of July 1, 2003:
A. Newspaper and magazines;
B. Container glass, metal and aluminum cans, and plastic beverage and detergent containers;
C. Cardboard and paperboard;
D. Yard waste, providing that such person has contracted with a collector that provides recycling services for yard waste. Any person whose permitted collector does not provide recycling services for yard waste shall not be required to source separate yard waste for recycling and may dispose of yard waste as solid waste.
(c) Source Separation by Businesses. As of October 1, 2003, any business shall separate from its solid waste stream (commercial, industrial, and institutional waste) at least one principal recyclable material that such business generates annually in the greatest quantity. In multi-tenant commercial properties in which individual businesses do not manage their own solid waste, the principal recyclable material separated shall be determined on the basis of the property's combined waste stream. Any business shall be responsible and held liable for the failure of its employees to comply with the requirements for both the separation of recyclable material from the waste stream of such business and the lawful deposition of the resulting source separated recyclable material.
(Ord. 02-08. Passed 5-20-02.)