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17.102.170 Residential Recycling Services.

City Code Section
  1. A. No person may provide residential recycling collection without first applying for and receiving approval as an approved residential recycler.
  2. B. To have status as an approved residential recyclers an applicant must receive the City’s approval of recycling collection and processing plans prior to initiation of collection service, and at subsequent times as provided in the administrative rules.
  3. C. To receive approval as a residential recycler, the City must first approve an applicant’s recycling collection and processing plans data through means detailed in the residential administrative rules.
  4. D. To receive approval as an approved residential recycler, an applicant must submit a recycling collection and processing plans on forms provided by the City Administrator and must include, at a minimum, the following information:
    1. 1. Number of residential households to be served;
    2. 2. Description of recycling collection equipment;
    3. 3. Address and City zoning classification of all processing/storage sites that relate to collection services provided in the City;
    4. 4. Description of all processing and storage activities that relate to collection services provided in the City;
    5. 5. List of markets where each recyclable material will be sold;
    6. 6. List of the number of staff, their positions and full-time equivalent (FTE) for each;
    7. 7. Address and phone number of office;
    8. 8. Cost of recycling collection and processing equipment, the financial institution used and type of financing obtained; and
    9. 9. Any subcontracted collection services, including the names of the providers, description of the services provided and the number of customers served.
    10. 10. Written consent of the franchisee in whose territory the applicant seeks to provide collection service.
    11. 11. Other information as deemed relevant and necessary by the City Administrator.
  5. E. The City Administrator will review the recycling collection and processing plans submitted by an applicant to determine if the plan sets out reasonable means and methods to deliver high quality recycling to City residents, and that are capable of meeting administrative rule standards for residential recycling service delivery. The City Administrator will notify the applicant of the decision on their status as an approved residential and any recommended modifications if approval is not given. Approved residential recyclers must use recycling containers that meet the City Administrator’s specifications.
  6. F. An applicant’s failure to receive the City Administrator’s approval of a plan will result in denial of the City’s permission for that applicant to provide recycling collection service and the appointment of another approved residential recycler by the City Administrator to provide recycling collection service to those residential customers.

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