Pittsburg Municipal Code Art. III Residential Curbside Organic Refuse Collection Program

A. A curbside organic refuse collection program is established to provide curbside organic refuse collection services to all residential premises within the city.

B. The city may provide the curbside organic refuse collection services through the use of one or more franchised collection contractors as defined by PMC § 8.04.030.

C. Nothing in this section prohibits a generator from preventing or reducing solid waste generation, managing organics on site, or participating in community composting.

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A. The cost for collection of residential premises organic refuse is incorporated in the billing of the refuse collection fee.

B. The city council shall fix the residential premises refuse collection fee which includes the cost for collection of residential premises organic refuse by resolution, which the collection contractor shall charge and collect pursuant to Chapter 8.04 PMC.

C. Organic refuse shall be incorporated into refuse collection and collected by the collection contractor pursuant to Chapter 8.04 PMC.

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The city shall require the collection contractor to provide community educational and promotional services for the curbside organic refuse collection program. 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 § 8.09.060 may be used for the services described in this section.

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

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A. All property owners and occupants in the city shall discard organic 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 cart or 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 cart or 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.

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A. All property owners and occupants in the city shall store Schedules A, B, and C prohibited organics in accordance with refuse storage methods established in PMC § 8.04.050.

B. All property owners and occupants in the city shall discard Schedule A prohibited organics via a special collection service as defined in PMC § 8.04.030 or self-haul as described in PMC § 8.04.250.

C. Schedule B prohibited organics shall be disposed of in the blue cart or container.

D. Schedule C prohibited organics shall be disposed of in the black cart or container or via self-haul as described in PMC § 8.04.250.

E. Schedule D prohibited organics shall be stored and disposed of in accordance with Schedule B prohibited waste material as set forth in PMC § 8.04.090(D) and § 8.04.160.

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

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

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Upon the placement of organic refuse at the curbside or within green cart or container for collection, the organic refuse becomes the property of the collection contractor.

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Collection of organic refuse shall be consistent with the provisions set forth in PMC § 8.04.090.

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No language in this chapter shall be construed as limiting or modifying the right of the collection contractor to file a civil action against any person or entity that violates any of the terms of this chapter or any of the rights granted to the collection contractor under this chapter or pursuant to a written franchise agreement between the city and collection contractor.

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This chapter does not limit the right of a person to donate, sell or otherwise dispose of organics so long as the disposal complies with this chapter.

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