18.02.070 Commercial generator requirements.
Commercial generators shall comply with the following requirements:
A. Each commercial generator shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of this section.
B. Each commercial generator shall subscribe to a level of service with an authorized collector that is sufficient to handle the volume of solid waste generated or accumulated on the premises. Additionally, each commercial generator shall ensure the proper separation of solid waste, as established by the town or authorized collector, by placing each type of material in designated collection containers, and ensure that employees, contractors, volunteers, customers, visitors, and other persons on site conduct proper source separation of solid waste.
C. Supply and allow access to adequate number, size, and location of collection containers with sufficient labels or colors, conforming with requirements of this section, for employees, contractors, tenants, and customers, consistent with the service provided by the authorized collector.
D. Annually provide information to employees, contractors, tenants, and customers about organic materials recovery requirements and about proper sorting of solid waste.
E. Provide educational information before, or within, fourteen days of occupation of the premises to new tenants that describes requirements to source separate solid waste (as established by the town and authorized collector) and the location of collection containers and the rules governing their use at each property.
F. Accommodate and cooperate with the town designee’s monitoring program for inspection of the contents of containers for prohibited container contaminants, to evaluate generator’s compliance.
G. If a commercial generator self-hauls, the commercial generator shall meet the self-haul requirements of this title.
H. Provide containers for the collection of organic materials and recyclable materials (as established by the town and authorized collector) in all indoor and outdoor areas where garbage disposal containers are provided for customers, for materials generated on site. Such containers do not need to be provided in restrooms. If a commercial generator does not generate any of the materials that would be collected in one type of collection container, then it is not required to provide that type of collection container in all areas where disposal collection containers are provided for customers. Pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18984.9(b), the collection containers shall have either:
1. A body or lid that is gray or black for collection of garbage (and other solid waste materials as directed by the town), blue for collection of recyclable materials, and green for collection of designated organic materials. A commercial generator is not required to replace functional containers, including containers purchased prior to January 1, 2022, that do not comply with the requirements of the subsection prior to the end of the useful life of those containers, or prior to January 1, 2036, whichever comes first.
2. Container labels that include language or graphic images, or both, indicating the primary material accepted and the primary materials prohibited in that container, or containers with imprinted text or graphic images that indicate the primary materials accepted and primary materials prohibited in the container. Pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18984.8, the container labeling requirements are required on new containers commencing January 1, 2022.
I. To the extent practical through education, training, inspection, and/or other measures, prohibit employees from placing materials in a collection container not designated for those materials as established by the town and authorized collector.
J. Periodically inspect collection containers for contamination and inform employees if containers are contaminated and of the requirements to keep prohibited container contaminants out of those containers pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18984.9(b)(3).
K. Commercial generators that are commercial edible food generators, as defined, shall comply with commercial edible food generator requirements in this title. (Ord. 649 § 3, 2021)