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32.01.065 Customer obligation to source separate materials.

(a)    All customers and generators shall not place prohibited contaminants in containers and shall source separate their solid waste consistent with the following requirements:

(1)    All customers and generators shall separate source separated dark blue container waste from other solid waste generated on the property and shall not deposit such materials in the gray container, green container, light blue container or light blue side of the split blue container.

(2)    All customers and generators shall separate source separated non-organic recyclables from other solid waste generated on the property and shall not deposit such materials in the gray container, green container, dark blue container or dark blue side of the split blue container.

(3)    All customers and generators shall separate source separated green container organic waste from other solid waste generated on the property and shall not deposit source separated green container organic waste in the gray container, the dark blue container, the light blue container or the split blue container.

(4)    All customers and generators shall separate gray container waste from other solid waste generated on the property and shall not deposit hazardous waste or gray container waste in the green container, the dark blue container, the light blue container or the split blue container.

(5)    All customers and generators shall separate corrugated cardboard in excess of two cubic feet when flattened from other solid waste generated on the property and shall not deposit cardboard corrugated cardboard in excess of two cubic feet when flattened in the gray container, green container, the dark blue container, the light blue container or the split blue container.

(b)    Only yard waste shall be placed in on-street yard waste piles for uncontainerized yard waste collection service. Customers and generators shall not deposit hazardous waste or solid waste, other than yard waste, in on-street yard waste piles.

(c)    Only corrugated cardboard in excess of two cubic feet when flattened shall be stacked in a pile within five feet of the curb for cardboard collection service. Customers and generators shall not deposit hazardous waste or solid waste, other than corrugated cardboard in excess of two cubic feet when flattened, in curbside corrugated cardboard piles. (Ord. 2447 § 2, 2015; Ord. 2614 § 3, 2021)