§ 58-62. Requirements for licensed haulers.  


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  • As a condition to obtain a license to collect municipal waste within the village, an applicant must demonstrate that it will meet the recycling requirement of the county residential recycling ordinance and 415 ILCS 15/1 et seq. by one or both of the following means:

    (1)

    By presenting to the village a binding contract for not less than the license term with a properly permitted and licensed mixed waste recovery facility to which all municipal waste not separated for recycling collected by the applicant within the village will be taken for separation and recycling of recyclable materials and which contract guarantees that the recycling mandate of the county residential recycling ordinance and 415 ILCS 15/1 et seq. will be met.

    (2)

    By collecting only municipal waste which has been separated for recycling by the generator of the material being collected pursuant to a material separation (curbside recycling) plan. The applicant's material separation (curbside recycling) plan shall meet the following requirements:

    a.

    Material separation (curbside recycling) service shall be made available at least once each week to all one- and two-family dwellings within the village.

    b.

    At least the following recyclable materials must be collected as part of the applicant's material separation (curbside recycling) plan: newspaper, corrugated cardboard, office paper, junk mail, magazines, telephone books and directories, cereal and other food box material, aluminum and tin cans and containers, plastic milk and soda containers and bottles, and glass bottles and containers.

(Ord. No. 13-96, § 1(51.103), 5-22-1996)