(A) All recyclable material shall be separated from other garbage and refuse and handled in the manner described in a Council resolution regulating mandatory recycling.
(B) All non-recyclable material (i.e. mixed municipal solid waste) shall be grouped together and placed in 1 or more containers provided by each residential unit for mandatory collection by a Murray County permitted and licensed solid waste collection service who has been contracted by the City of Slayton. Nonrecyclable material shall be distinguished as being identical to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s definition of solid waste refuse, putrescibles and garbage.
(E) The solid waste collection service contracted by the City of Slayton will be responsible for the collection of solid waste and will transport the waste to the Murray County Solid Waste Disposal Facility or to another Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permitted disposal site as directed by the Murray County Board of Commissioners through resolution.
(F) The recycling material collection service contracted by the City of Slayton will be responsible for the collection and disposal of the recyclable material at the Murray County Recycling Center.
(G) Mixed municipal solid waste excludes tires, oil, batteries, recyclable materials, white goods, yard waste, household hazardous waste, infectious waste, hazardous waste and industrial waste, as defined by Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). It shall be illegal for any person to put the above items in containers used for collection of mixed municipal solid waste.
(H) Materials ownership: all recyclable materials and solid waste placed for collection shall be owned by, and be the responsibility of, the occupants of the residential properties (residents) until the contractor collects them. The recyclable materials become the property and responsibility of the contractor upon the contractor’s acceptance and collection of the items. Theft of this property will be considered a misdemeanor.
(I) The City of Slayton shall have the continuing power to designate a party or parties responsible for enforcement of this chapter by resolution.
(Prior Code, § 11.102) Penalty, see § 10.99