Admin Order 53-21-07-F -- Solid Waste Rule Amendments

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Administrative Order - Page 13 of 30 4. Residential, Multi-family, and Commercial Recyclables Processing. Licensees must dispose of recyclable materials at a recycling facility in compliance with regulations of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and/or other regulatory agencies with authority to monitor environmental, worker health, and recovery and quality standards. Licensees may not dispose of recyclable materials by any means other than recycling. 5. Recyclable Material Preparation Requirements. Licensees may make reasonable and industry accepted requirements for the preparation of materials for recycling, but may not otherwise discourage the use of curbside collection of recyclables by customers. 6. Glass to Glass Recycling Priority. Licensees will prioritize the delivery of curbside-collected glass to facilities specializing in the remanufacture of postconsumer glass into new glass. When the above-mentioned practice is shown to have substantial negative financial impacts on the city’s Solid Waste Collection Rate Schedule, licensed haulers must request permission of the City Manager or designee to deliver material to a DEQ-approved site for reuse of postconsumer glass. R-3.250-J. Licensee Requirements – Residential Organics Collection. 1. Service. Licensees providing residential service must provide biweekly (every other week) curbside organics collection to existing customers on the same day as solid waste collection. 2. Organics Containers. Licensees must provide residential customers, at no additional charge, with a roll cart having a capacity of approximately 65-gallons in a color that is different from the solid waste container, to be used for collection and disposal of organics. The organics container shall be clearly marked to indicate Organics Only or Yard Debris Only. If a licensee chooses to utilize containers marked Yard Debris Only as organics receptacles, the licensee shall provide its residential customers with informational literature informing the customers that containers marked Yard Debris Only may be used for both yard debris and food waste. 3. Organics Processing. Organics must be disposed of by licensees at a compost/mulch facility in compliance with regulations of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Licensees shall maintain records of the tonnage of organics collected based upon the scaled load contained in each collection vehicle delivery to the compost/mulch facility. Weight records shall be provided to the City upon request. 4. Unacceptable material. a. Paper products; b. Offal and by-products from animal processing; c. Yellow and brown grease in more than incidental amounts;