(A) Contagious disease refuse. The removal of wearing apparel, bedding, or other refuse from homes or other places where highly infectious, or contagious, diseases have prevailed should be performed under the supervision, and direction, of the County Health Officer. This refuse shall not be placed in containers for regular collections.
(B) Inflammable or explosive refuse. Highly inflammable or explosive materials shall not be placed in containers for regular collection, but shall be disposed of as directed by the Director of Public Works at the expense of the owner, or possessor, thereof.
(C) Leaves. The town will collect leaves between October 1 and January 15 of each year if piled in accessible locations at the street, or alley, from which other collections are normally made. Leaf collections, other than between the above dates, shall be in a container approved by the town. Leaves shall not be raked onto sidewalks, curbs, or into the streets.
(D) Tires. Automobile, truck tractor, or implement tires shall not be placed in containers for collection, and will be collected under the following circumstances. To be acceptable for collection, the owner of such tires will contact the Public Works Department and request that they be picked up. There will be a charge for these tires to offset landfill disposal fees. No tires will be picked up from tire dealers, garages, or other commercial enterprise.
(E) Building materials and the like. All construction and demolition debris remaining both as a result of the repair of any new buildings, or of the erection, and completion, of any new buildings, shall be removed by the property owner within ten days from the completion of the work.
(F) Removal of dead animals. Dead animals will be removed from any premises by the town upon notice to the Director of Public Works of the existence of such dead animal.
(G) Hazardous waste. No hazardous solid, or liquid, waste shall be put in any receptacle for collection by the town.
(H) Grass. Grass clippings, as a result of mowing or raking, shall not be thrown into the street, curb, or on the sidewalks. The town will not collect any cut grass, or grass of any kind, piled by the road, or placed in any other location in the town. To be accepted for collection, grass which has been cut must be placed in a clear plastic bag with the top securely tied, and placed by the side of the road in a place where garbage, or other refuse, is usually collected.
(I) Prohibited disposals.
(1) No person shall knowingly dispose of the following solid wastes in landfills or in garbage cans for collection by the town, except in accordance with G.S. § 130A-309.130 et seq.:
(a) Used oil;
(b) Yard trash, except in landfills approved for the disposal of yard trash under rules adopted by the State Commission for Public Health. Yard trash that is source separated from solid waste may be accepted at a solid waste disposal area where the area provides, and maintains, separate yard trash composting facilities;
(c) White goods;
(d) Antifreeze (ethylene glycol);
(e) Aluminum cans;
(f) Whole scrap tires. The prohibition on disposal of whole scrap tires in landfills applies to all whole pneumatic rubber coverings, but does not apply to whole solid rubber coverings;
(g) Lead-acid batteries;
(h) Beverage containers that are required to be recycled under G.S. § 18B-1006.1;
(i) Motor vehicle oil filters;
(j) Recyclable rigid plastic containers that are required to be labeled, as provided in G.S. § 130A-309.10(e), that have a neck smaller than the body of the container, and that accept a screw top, snap cap, or other closure. The prohibition on disposal of recyclable, rigid plastic containers in landfills does not apply to rigid plastic containers that are intended for use in the sale, or distribution, of motor oil;
(k) Wooden pallets, except that wooden pallets may be disposed of in a landfill that is permitted to only accept construction and demolition debris;
(l) Oyster shells;
(m) Discarded computer equipment, as defined in G.S. § 130A-309.91;
(n) Discarded televisions, as defined in G.S. § 130A-309.91;
(o) Steel or metal alloys; or
(p) Any other items banned at the county landfill.
(2) From time to time, the town may prohibit other items for solid waste disposal. While every effort will be made to keep this article updated, the most current list of prohibited items shall be available at Town Hall. The list provided at Town Hall shall be deemed to preempt the list contained in this subsection (I).
(Ord. 16-92, passed 8-3-1992)
Statutory reference:
Prohibited items, G.S. § 130A-309.10.