Walnut Creek Municipal Code Art. 3 Collection of Recyclable Materials

The City Council finds that the cost of disposing solid waste in landfill disposal sites has increased dramatically, and it is anticipated that costs will continue to rise unabated. The City Council finds that recycling solid waste materials significantly reduces the cost of disposing of solid waste and also reduces the cost of manufacturing goods produced from recycled waste materials. The City Council finds that it is in the best interest of the people of Walnut Creek to institute wide-scale recycling of recyclable materials in Walnut Creek. The Council finds that much of the waste generated in Walnut Creek can be effectively segregated and recycled, thus controlling and reducing the cost of waste disposal to Walnut Creek residents as well as making recyclable materials available for re-use and remanufacture.

(§ 1, Ord. 1721, eff. 7/28/1989; § 1, Ord. 1734, eff. 1/5/1990)

Pursuant to the provisions of Government Code section 66755 et seq, the City Council shall have the power to determine the manner in which recycling services are to be provided to residents and businesses in Walnut Creek. The Council shall determine by resolution any reasonable fee to be imposed on and collected from residents and businesses served by designated recyclable material collection programs provided by the City or City contractors and the manner in which that fee is to be collected. The City may contract with the County tax collector to have any such fee collected by the tax collector along with other fees so collected.

(§ 1, Ord. 1721, eff. 7/28/1989; § 1, Ord. 1734, eff. 1/5/1990)

The Council may enter into an agreement with any person granting to such person the exclusive right and privilege of collecting, processing, and marketing designated recyclable materials from designated collection locations within the City limits upon such terms and conditions as the Council may from time to time determine to be in the best interests of the City, and consistent with the provisions of state law and in such event it shall be unlawful for any person other than the contractor to collect, process, or market designated recyclable materials from designated collection locations within the City limits. The Council shall have the right to enter into separate agreements pertaining to the collection of designated residential, commercial and construction recyclable materials.

Individual businesses and residents may enter into private agreements for the collection of non-designated recyclable materials. Any such private agreement shall provide for termination at such time as the previously non-designated recyclable material becomes, as a consequence of a City franchise, designated recyclable material.

(§ 1, Ord. 1721, eff. 7/28/1989; Ord. 1734, eff. 1/5/1990)