A. The the municipality shall not construct, enlarge, operate or contract for or renew any contract for any facility or hauling to any facility, other than a facility designated by the county pursuant to the IMA or regulations promulgated pursuant to the IMA, for, or enter into or renew any contract for, the treatment, processing and/or disposal of municipally generated acceptable waste except as shall conform to the County Ordinance and this Article as the county may expressly agree to in writing. In addition, the municipality shall take all such action as may be necessary to ensure that all of its obligations will be met once the county system is operational. the municipality shall agree to use its best efforts to assign its rights under any contract concerning the use of any disposal facilities or transfer stations to which it was a party, to the county on the effective date of the IMA. Any such assigned contract shall become part of the county system; provided, however, that, with respect to any such contracts for which assignment is not possible, each participating municipality shall act at the direction of the county with respect to such contract, and such contract shall be deemed to be part of the county system.
B. No person shall enter into any contract or conduct any other activity concerning the collection, transportation, processing or disposal of municipal waste in the municipality in contravention of the terms of the County Waste Flow Ordinance, this Article or any rules and regulations issued thereunder.
C. Recycling. Nothing contained in this section shall interfere with the operation of any program for recycling.
D. This section shall be construed consistently with Act 97 and Act 101.
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6 Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq. and 53 P.S. § 4000.101 et seq., respectively.