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5" <br />SECTION III. MANAGEMENT OF REGULATED RECYCLABLE MATERIAL; <br />NO OPEN BURNING OF SOLID WASTE, <br />Regulated recyclable material includes recyclable construction and demolition material, <br />ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal other than recyclable construction and demolition <br />material, pallets, corrugated cardboard, and other materials as may be designated as such by <br />amendments to this ordinance.' <br />2. All regulated recyclable material generated in Orange County shall be recycled (1) unless <br />doing so would pose a threat to public health and safety through exposure to carcinogens and <br />other toxic substances including, but not limited to, lead, asbestos, fuel oils, gasoline, or (2) <br />unless the regulated recyclable material is attached to other material, including other <br />regulated recyclable material, in a way that it is not reasonably possible to separate the <br />regulated recyclable material into its constituent parts or from non regulated recyclable <br />material, It is a violation of this ordinance for any person to dispose of regulated recyclable <br />material except as permitted in this ordinance. <br />3. Regulated recyclable material shall be disposed of through (1) delivery to a recyclable waste <br />center, (2) delivery to a licensed collector of regulated recyclable material, (3) reuse, (4) sale <br />or (5) other means that allow for the safe recycling of the material. Regulated recyclable <br />material shall be separated from other solid waste unless delivered to a Commingled <br />Recycling Facility certified as such in the manner provided for in this ordinance. <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 />5 Transporting or accepting for transport any regulated recyclable material for purposes of <br />disposal as solid waste or treatment in a manner inconsistent with this ordinance constitutes a <br />violation of this ordinance <br />6 Any person collecting or transporting regulated recyclable material for purposes of disposal <br />Amended 3/16/04 or recycling at an approved disposal site must do so in a manner that prevents this material <br />from escaping that vehicle or container used for the collecting or transporting. <br />7. No person may dispose of solid waste through open burning in Orange County. <br />8, No person may contaminate regulated recyclable materials so as to make them unrecyclable <br />Additional materials may be added to the list of regulated recyclable materials, including but not limited <br />to: aluminum, drink boxes, kraft paper, glass bottles and jars, magazines, used motor oil, newspaper, office <br />paper, scrap paper, plastic bottles including rrlk jugs, soda bottles, steel and tin cans, telephone directories, <br />food waste when exclusively source-separated for composting, non-reusable wood waste, drywall.