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DRAFT 17 <br /> SECTION M. MANAGEMENT OF REGULATED RECYCLABLE MATERIAL. <br /> I Regulated recyclable material includes recyclable construction and demolition material, yard <br /> waste, corrugated cardboard, non-reusable wood waste, and other materials as may be <br /> designated as such by amendments to this ordinance.' <br /> 2. All regulated recyclable material generated in Orange County shall be recycled. it is a <br /> violation of this ordinance for any person to dispose of regulated recyclable material except <br /> as permitted in this ordinance. <br /> 3. Regulated recyclable material shall be sorted and disposed of through (1) delivery to a <br /> recyclable waste center, (2) delivery to a licensed collector of regulated recyclable material, <br /> (3)reuse,(4)sale or(5)other means that allow for the recycling of the material. <br /> 4. No person shall discard, dispose of, leave or dump any regulated recyclable material on or <br /> along any street or highway or on public or private property, unless such material is placed in <br /> a receptacle, placed at a location designated by the County, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, <br /> Hillsborough or Mebane for the deposit of regulated recyclable material, or otherwise placed <br /> in possession and control of a licensed collector of regulated recyclable material. <br /> S. Any person collecting or transporting regulated recyclable material for purposes of disposal <br /> at an approved disposal site must do so in a manner that prevents this material from escaping <br /> that vehicle or container used for the collecting or transporting. <br /> 6. No person may dispose of solid waste through open burning in Orange County. <br /> 7. No person may contaminate regulated recyclable materials so as to make them unrecyclable. <br /> SECTION IV. LICENSING COLLECTORS OF REGULATED RECYCLABLE <br /> MATERIAL. <br /> 1. Any person collecting or otherwise hauling regulated recyclable material within the County <br /> in any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of nine thousand (9000) pounds or greater must <br /> obtain a regulated recyclable material collection license for each vehicle used by that person <br /> from the County. <br /> A. Collecting or otherwise hauling regulated recyclable material within the County in <br /> any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of nine thousand (9000) pounds or greater <br /> without a valid license constitutes a violation of this ordinance. <br /> B. Repeated violations may result in license suspension or revocation as provided in this <br /> ordinance. <br /> 2. Any person collecting or otherwise hauling regulated recyclable material within the County <br /> in any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of nine thousand (9000) pounds or greater is <br /> Additional materials may be added to the list of regulate recyclable materials, including but not limited <br /> to: aluminum, drink boxes, kraft paper, glass bottles and jars, magazines, ferrous and nonferrous scrap <br /> metals other than recyclable construction and demolition material,used motor oil,newspaper,office paper, <br /> scrap paper,plastic bottles including milk jugs, soda bottles, steel and tin cans,telephone directories,clean <br /> wood rubble other than recyclable construction and demolition material, food waste when exclusively <br /> source-separated for composting. <br /> 17 <br />