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SECTION III. MANAGEMENT OF REGULATED RECYCLABLE MATERIAL. <br />1. Regulated recyclable material includes recyclable construction and demolition material, yard waste, corrugated <br />cardboard, non-reusable wood waste, and other materials as may be designated as such by amendments to this <br />ordinance.' <br />2. All regulated recyclable material generated in Orange County shall be recycled. It is a violation of this <br />ordinance for any, person to dispose of regulated recyclable material except as permitted in this ordinance. <br />3. Regulated recyclable material shall be sorted and disposed of through (1) delivery to a recyclable waste center, <br />(2) delivery to a licensed collector of regulated recyclable material, (3) reuse, (4) sale or (5) other means that <br />allow for the recycling of the material. <br />4. No person' shall discard, dispose of, leave or dump any regulated recyclable material on or along any street or <br />highway or on public or private property, unless such material is placed in a receptacle, placed at a location <br />designated by the County, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough or Mebane for the deposit of regulated <br />recyclable material, or otherwise placed in possession and control of a licensed collector of regulated <br />recyclable material. <br />5. Any person collecting or transporting regulated recyclable material for purposes of disposal at an approved <br />disposal site must do so in a manner that prevents this material from escaping that vehicle or container used for <br />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 MATERIAL. <br />1. Any person collecting or otherwise hauling regulated recyclable material within the. County in any vehicle with <br />a gross vehicle weight of nine thousand (9000) pounds or greater must obtain a regulated recyclable material <br />collection license for each vehicle used by that person from the County. <br />A. Collecting or otherwise hauling regulated recyclable material within the County in any vehicle with a <br />gross vehicle weight of nine thousand (9000) pounds or greater without a valid license constitutes a <br />violation of this ordinance. <br />B. Repeated violations may result in license suspension or revocation as provided in this ordinance. <br />2. Any person collecting or otherwise hauling regulated recyclable material within the County in any vehicle with <br />a gross vehicle weight of nine thousand (9000) pounds or greater is prohibited from transporting or accepting <br />for transport any regulated recyclable material that has not been separated for purposes of recycling, or which <br />contain regulated recyclable material commingled with non-recyclable waste or solid waste, nor shall such <br />person transport or accept for transport any regulated recyclable material for purposes of disposal as solid <br />waste or treatment in a manner inconsistent with this ordinance. <br />' Additional materials may be added to the list of regulated recyclable materials. including but not limited to: aluminum, drink <br />boxes, kraft paper, glass bottles and jars, magazines, ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals other than recyclable construction <br />and demolition material, used motor oil, newspaper, office paper, scrap paper, plastic bottles including milk jugs, soda bottles, <br />steel and tin cans, telephone directories, clean wood rubble other than recyclable construction and demolition material, food <br />waste when exclusively source-separated for composting.