Residents who elect to participate in the PAYT program are subject to the following responsibilities:
(A) $150 Annual Participation Fee.
(B) The different types of waste, as defined in § 50.01, shall be handled by residents as follows:
(1) Solid waste shall be placed only in color coded plastic trash bags authorized for use by the town. Said plastic bags shall be placed in the solid waste cart provided by the town.
(2) Recyclable paper and cardboard must be placed in a green cart provided by the town. All other recyclable materials must be placed in a blue cart provided by the town.
(3) Yard waste must be placed in standard 32-gallon garbage cans labeled as yard waste or in paper bags, except that tree trimmings not greater than two inches in diameter or four feet in length may be tied up separately and not placed in a container.
(4) Bulky waste items need not be placed in a container but must be affixed with a PAYT sticker, obtainable from the town hall, and will only be picked up if a request is made therefor 72 hours in advance by telephoning the PAYT contractor. Residential construction waste must be placed in no more than two standard 32-gallon garbage cans, each weighing less than 50 pounds. Bulky waste pickups are limited to two per month.
(5) All waste that does not qualify as recyclable materials, yard waste, or bulky materials must be placed in special PAYT bags, which may be purchased from hardware stores and other merchants, and the PAYT bags must be placed in a waste cart provided by the town. Not more than 40 pounds of waste may be placed in each PAYT bag.
(C) Time and manner of setting out waste.
(1) All waste containers and bulky waste items may be put out for collection after 7:00 p.m. on the day preceding the resident's scheduled pickup day and before 7:00 a.m. on the resident's scheduled pickup day, except that residents on East and West Main Roads and on Aquidneck Avenue must put their containers in place before 6:30 a.m. on the scheduled pickup day.
(2) Waste containers and bulky waste items shall be placed at the curb or, if there is no curb, next to the roadway. Waste carts must have their hinged covers fully down, so that no waste is overflowing.
(D) Time and manner of removing containers. All waste containers and/or recyclable containers shall be removed from the curbside by 7:00 a.m. on the day following pickup.
(Ord. passed 9-4-07; Am. Ord. passed 12-3-07; Am. Ord. passed 12-15-08; Am. Ord. passed 6-21-10) Penalty, see § 50.99