(A) No person other than a municipally registered hauler or representatives or employees of the town (in the event of a violation of this chapter) shall pick up, collect or cause to be picked up or collected any recyclable items from another person’s property.
(B) Any person who desires to obtain a license to serve as a municipally registered hauler shall make application to the Board of Selectmen upon a form to be provided by the Board. The Selectmen may charge a fee in the amount of $100 per year for each license. Any applicant for a license shall comply in all respects with the licensing provisions of the town solid waste ordinance, as codified in Chapter 50, as well as the provisions of this recycling chapter and the Board of Selectmen shall be entitled to exercise licensing powers, including revocation, as described in both chapters. After notice and hearing, the license of any municipally registered hauler may be suspended or revoked for any violation of this chapter or Chapter 50 in accordance with the procedures set forth in Chapter 50.
(C) The Board of Selectmen shall, by mail, notify all municipally registered haulers and other solid waste collectors of the provisions of this chapter and any amendments thereto. After the mailing of the notice, any municipally registered hauler or other solid waste collector who has reason to believe that a person from whom he or she collects has discarded recyclable items with other solid waste items in violation of this chapter, shall, within 48 hours, notify the recycling enforcement agent of the alleged violation and shall provide written notice, by the placement of tags in a form to be prescribed and provided by the Board of Selectmen, to any person suspected of violating this chapter. Each municipally registered hauler or other solid waste collector shall also be required to assist the town in the identification of any person responsible for creating loads containing significant quantities of items subject to the separation requirements of this chapter which are delivered to the municipal recycling center or other refuse processing facility and detected by the owner or operator of the facility.
(D) Any vehicle utilized by a municipally registered hauler to transport recyclables shall clearly be marked with the name and phone number of the municipally registered hauler, shall be maintained in a clean condition without noxious odors or accumulated refuse, shall not be utilized for the collection of solid waste materials other than recyclable items, and shall be of closed construction.
(E) Each municipally registered hauler shall issue or require its customers to provide suitable containers to effectuate recycling. Each container shall contain an area for the insertion of the name and address of the person to whom the container is issued. Upon receipt of a container, each person to whom a container has been issued shall immediately affix his or her name and address on the container and shall thereafter place all recyclable items for collection in that person’s container or containers. The containers, when so issued, shall be used for no purpose other than storage of recyclable items. In the event that the town issues containers to town residents, each municipally registered hauler shall cooperate with the town in facilitating distribution and use of the containers. Any container issued by the town shall remain town property; shall not be sold or transferred; and shall, unless the Selectmen otherwise direct, be returned to the town upon the sale or transfer of the residence to which the container pertains. The town shall not be required to issue replacement containers nor shall the town be required to supply new residents with containers after the town’s initial supply has been exhausted.
(F) Any municipally registered hauler may be required by the Board of Selectmen to deliver to each customer within the town and each new customer thereafter educational materials prepared by the town informing customers of the provisions of this recycling chapter or any amendment thereto and the proper means of complying with same. Any printed materials shall be provided to the municipally registered hauler by the town at no cost to the hauler.
(G) The quantities and destination of all recyclable items not delivered to the municipal recycling center shall be reported to the Board of Selectmen on a monthly basis by each municipally registered hauler or other responsible party.
(H) Each municipally registered hauler shall collect recyclable items from each of its customers in full compliance with this chapter. Each municipally registered hauler may upon approval by the Board of Selectman, deliver the items, so collected, to the municipal recycling center or to another location as the Selectmen may from time to time approve.
(Ord. passed - -) Penalty, see § 51.99