[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:
Any commercial or industrial enterprise whose act or process
produces solid waste as defined herein.
To collect, store, treat, transport and dispose of solid
waste as defined herein.
Once having been a waste and being:
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
Employed in a particular function or application as an effective
substitute for a commercial product or natural resources.
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.
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:
Solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage;
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
Source, special nuclear, or by-product material as defined by
the Federal Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
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.
