[Adopted 1-20-1992]
The purpose of this article is the furtherance of solid waste management and the recycling of solid waste.
For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:
GENERATOR
Any commercial or industrial enterprise whose act or process produces solid waste as defined herein.
MANAGE
To collect, store, treat, transport and dispose of solid waste as defined herein.
REUSED
Once having been a waste and being:
A. 
Employed as an ingredient (including use as an intermediate) in a process to make a product, excepting those materials possessing distinct components that are recovered as separate end products; or
B. 
Employed in a particular function or application as an effective substitute for a commercial product or natural resources.
RECYCLING
The process of separating a given waste material from the waste stream and processing it so that it is used again as a raw material for a product, which may or may not be similar to the original product.
SOLID WASTE
Any garbage, refuse, sludge and other discarded material, including solid, semi-solid or contained gaseous material, resulting from industrial, commercial, residential, mining and agricultural operations, or community activities but does not include:
A. 
Solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage;
B. 
Solid or dissolved material in irrigation return flows or in industrial discharges which are sources subject to a permit from the State Water Control Board; or
C. 
Source, special nuclear, or by-product material as defined by the Federal Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
SOURCE REDUCTION
Any action that reduces or eliminates the generation of waste at the source, usually within a process. Source reduction measures include, among others, process modifications, feedstock substitutions, improvements in feedstock purity, improvements in housekeeping and management practices, increases in the efficiency of machinery, and recycling within a process.
A. 
All solid waste generators, all companies that handle solid waste, and all companies recycling materials generated within the incorporated area of the Town of Elkton, Virginia, shall furnish to the Town of Elkton annual reports filed within 30 days after the end of each calendar year containing the following:
(1) 
The name and address of the reporting party.
(2) 
The total quantity, or volume, and type of solid waste recycled by the generator during the reporting period and the name and location of the receiving party.
(3) 
The total quantity or volume of solid waste that has been the subject of source reduction or reuse as defined herein.
B. 
Any report required under this section shall be based on actual volume or weight of all substances. Where actual volume or weight cannot be accurately determined, the volume or weight may be reported using carefully estimated data. Any such report shall include a description of the basis for the reported data.
C. 
Recycled solid waste included in the report shall include only those solid wastes generated within the incorporated area of the Town of Elkton, Virginia.
Nothing hereunder shall be construed to require any generator to report information of a proprietary nature. Where any generator fails to report any information otherwise required hereunder based upon a determination that such information is of the proprietary nature, the generator shall specify in its report the nature of the information withheld and the basis for its determination that such information is of a proprietary nature.
It shall be an offense for any person to fail to abide by this article, and any person found guilty thereof shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $500. Each day any violation of this article shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.