HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_2028OLD CORRUGATED CARDBOARD BAN
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the County of Iredell owns and operates a Subtitle "D" sanitary waste
management facility, waste baling facility, and two waste convenience centers; and
WHEREAS, a comprehensive waste reduction program is necessary in order to extend the
effective life span of the Iredell County Waste Management Facility; and
WHEREAS, old corrugated cardboard is a valuable, marketable and recyclable secondary
commodity with viable local markets, and
WHEREAS, in good faith, this Board seeks to promote positive environmental stewardship
in Iredell County, and
WHEREAS, this Board wishes to make it the policy of Iredell County that recyclable old
corrugated cardboard be separated at its sources for recycling instead of disposal.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners for the County
of Iredell as follows:
SECTION I. RECYCLABLE CORRUGATED CARDBOARD REGULATION
1. That recyclable corrugated cardboard, heretofore generated as a waste product from all
business, industrial, and institutional sources shall be banned from the Iredell County Waste
Management Facility, effective July 1, 1999.
2. That all business, industrial and institutional generators of recyclable old corrugated
cardboard shall be required to separate this material from all other solid waste for the purpose of
recycling.
3. That public and private haulers delivering solid waste containing recyclable corrugated
cardboard to the Iredell County Waste Management Facility for disposal from business, industrial,
and institutional sources shall receive the following:
a. First Violation: A written warning and hauler must sort and recycle old
corrugated cardboard at the unloading point.
b. Second Violation: Hauler must pay three times the current tipping fee on
the entire load and non-compliant hauler's subsequent
loads will be refused until hauler assures compliance.
SECTION II. DEFINITION OF OLD CORRUGATED CARDBOARD (OCC)
1. Old corrugated cardboard shall be defined as any packaging board consisting of (but not
confined to) kraft paper with a fluted or wavy middle layer and having one or more flat outer walls.
Its most common usage is for the construction of shipping boxes and separator sheets used in
packaging.
2. Exemptions from this ban include corrugated cardboard materials which are: a) wax
coated; b) soiled with grease, adhesives, food waste or chemicals; c) adhered to expanded
polystyrene or other plastic materials; d) otherwise rendered un -recyclable by recycling industry
standards. NOTE: Haulers and generators must not contaminate corrugated cardboard for the
purpose of rendering it un -recyclable.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 1999 NCACC LEGISLATIVE GOALS CONFERENCE
TO BE HELD JANUARY 14-15,1999, AT THE RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK &