Pittsburg Municipal Code Art. IV Recycling At Commercial Premises

A. Property owners or occupants of all commercial premises shall provide recycling receptacles for day to day on site for use by all workers and persons visiting the premises. These receptacles shall be of appropriate size and placement so that all persons on site can recycle and avoid cart or container contamination.

B. The contents of the recycling receptacles shall be emptied regularly into the blue container at the on-site refuse storage location as defined by PMC § 8.04.030.

C. All property owners and occupants in the city shall store recyclable refuse in accordance with refuse storage methods established in PMC § 8.04.050.

(Ord. 21-1489 § 2, 2021)

A. All property owners and occupants in the city shall discard recyclable refuse in accordance with refuse discarding methods established in PMC § 8.04.071 and § 8.04.250.

B. No property owner, occupant, or permittee shall cause contamination as defined in PMC § 8.04.030 of carts or containers. All property owners, occupants, and permittees shall separate their refuse according to its characterization as black, green, or blue container waste, and place each type of refuse in a separate container designated for disposal of that type of refuse. No property owner, occupant, or permittee may mix any type of refuse, or deposit refuse of one type in a container designated for refuse of another type, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. This section does not prohibit any property owner or occupant from engaging in home composting.

(Ord. 21-1489 § 2, 2021)

Recyclable refuse is subject to collection service in accordance with the frequency of service, time of service, and regulations of services established in PMC § 8.04.110, § 8.04.120, and § 8.04.130 respectively.

(Ord. 21-1489 § 2, 2021)

Vehicles used to transport recyclables shall be in accordance with provisions set out in PMC § 8.04.140.

(Ord. 21-1489 § 2, 2021)

The property owner and/or occupant of every commercial premises in the city shall pay for commercial premises recyclable refuse collection service pursuant to the mutually agreed upon recyclable refuse collection rates between the property owner and/or occupant of the commercial premises and the collection contractor. The collection contractor is responsible for the collection of the commercial premises recycling refuse collection fee from the property owner and/or occupant of a commercial premises.

(Ord. 21-1489 § 2, 2021)

Upon the placement of recyclable refuse at the curbside or within blue container for collection, the recyclable refuse becomes the property of the collection contractor.

(Ord. 21-1489 § 2, 2021)

The collection contractor shall provide commercial entities with educational and promotional services for the storage and disposal of recyclable refuse. The city may also enter into a contract for additional community educational and promotional services with a separate advertiser or public relations services provider. Fees collected under PMC § 8.06.060 may be used for the services described in this section.

(Ord. 21-1489 § 2, 2021)