All commercial licensed garbage haulers are required to annually achieve the standard of at least 80% of the city’s established recycling goal.
(a) The city annually calculates a recycling goal percentage by dividing the verified total weight of all recyclable material by the total verified weight of all municipal solid waste plus all recyclable material approved by the city. Industrial waste is not included in this calculation when it does not meet the EPA’s definition of MSW.
(b) The sustainability coordinator shall calculate the recycling goal for each subsequent year by using data from the previous year.
(c) Licensed commercial garbage haulers shall be notified of the current year’s recycling goal by March 31.
(1992 Code, § 18-62) (Ord. 76-11, passed 10-3-2011; Ord. 117-18, passed 12-11-2018)