Exeter Municipal Code Ch. 8.18 Commercial and Industrial Recycling Program

As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them:

"City-sponsored contractor" means the designated individual or company contracted by the city to pick up, haul, and otherwise remove recyclable materials from commercial and industrial business enterprises in the city.

"Commercial or industrial business enterprise" means business, commercial, industrial, or nonprofit business uses or any other types of premises other than single-family and multiple family residential, which have commercial garbage accounts.

"Recyclable materials" means the following materials generated on or emanating from commercial or industrial premises and no longer useful or wanted thereon: glass bottles and jars - any food or beverage container (excluding ceramics and chemical containers); aluminum - cans, foil, pie tins, and similar items (excluding dirt or organic material): steel or bi-metal cans not to exceed one gallon size; PET - plastic soda bottles or other bottles with the designated "PET" symbol; HDPE plastic milk and water bottles with the designated "HDPE" symbol (excluding detergent or bleach bottles and other plastic products); newspaper; cardboard - separated and not having waxed surfaces; computer print out (excluding carbon); and white ledger - white bond paper, office paper, white envelopes (excluding coated paper); mixed paper; wood waste; and such additional materials as the city council may designate from time to time.

"Recycling" means the process of collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating and reconstituting materials that would otherwise become solid waste, and returning them to the economic mainstream in the form of raw material for new, reused, or reconstituted products which meet the quality standards necessary to be used in the marketplace. Recycling does not include transformation as defined in Public Resources Code Section 40201.

"Required participation" means each commercial or industrial business enterprise in the city is required to participate in the city-sponsored commercial and industrial recycling program by purchasing a minimum level of recycling service to recycle ninety percent, by aggregate, of the recyclable materials contained in their waste stream to a source separated recycling program.

(Ord. 611 §1(part), 2004)

All commercial and industrial enterprises located within the city are required to participate in the city-sponsored commercial and industrial recycling program. Said participation shall result in the recycling of a minimum level of ninety percent, by aggregate, of the recyclable materials contained in the business establishment's waste stream to a source separated recycling program. Said required reduction goal shall be achieved by each business enterprise by one, or a combination of, the following:

A. Purchasing recycling services from the city-sponsored contractor; and/or

B. Creation, maintenance and operation of their own recycling program which shall have first been submitted to and approved by the city.

(Ord. 611 §1(part), 2004)

Rates to be charged by the city-sponsored contractor shall be established, from time to time, by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. 611 §1(part), 2004)

Any recycling company or waste hauler and any commercial or industrial business enterprise removing recyclable materials from the waste stream shall report such diversion to the city and indicate the type and amount of material diverted on a form approved by the city within thirty days after the end of each calendar quarter.

(Ord. 611 §1(part), 2004)

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of an infraction. Any person who shall be convicted of the violation of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of an infraction and shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for the first offense, one hundred dollars for the second offense within six months and two hundred fifty dollars for the third offense within one year.

(Ord. 611 §1(part), 2004)