(A) Each commercial, industrial, and residential unit/occupant in the city shall recycle those items designated as recyclables by the Solid Waste Management Commission of Marshall County. Those items designated as recyclables shall not be disposed of, except by delivery by the commercial, industrial, or residential unit/occupant or by a licensed recyclable hauler to an individual or entity engaging in recycling of the item involved.
(B) No recyclables shall be disposed of by depositing the recyclables with garbage or refuse, and no licensed hauler shall pick up any recyclable commingled with garbage or refuse.
(C) Any licensed recyclable hauler making any scheduled recyclable pick-up shall pick up items designated as recyclables on the same day as their refuse pick-up.
(D) If a private recyclable drop-off site is not available to all city citizens and within the city limits, individual recyclables haulers shall, either individually or in conceit (one or more recyclables haulers) or by contract with a private entity, provide a drop-off site for recyclables that shall be available to all city citizens. If required to provide a drop-off site, each person making an application for a recyclables hauler's license shall file, in writing, a statement setting out the location and hours of service for such voluntary drop-off site. The charge made for recyclables received at the drop-off site is to be set by the recyclable hauler.
(2013 Code, § 13-78) (Ord. 14472, passed 8-25-1994; Ord. 15079, passed 12-22-2023)