§ 18-39. Solid waste disposal  


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  • (a) Approved disposal. Following collection, all solid waste shall be disposed of under the direction of the operations superintendent in a manner approved by him with the concurrence of the county health department and the Brown County Solid Waste Authority in conformance with the state department of natural resources, solid waste disposal standards under terms approved by the village board.

    (b) Prohibitions on disposal of recyclable wastes separated for recycling. No person may dispose of in a solid waste disposal facility or burn in a solid waste treatment facility any of the materials specified in section 18-27(a) which have been separated for recycling, except waste tires may be burned with energy recovery in a solid waste treatment facility.

    (c) Burning of solid waste. No person shall burn any solid waste outdoors at any time within the village.

    (d) Prohibitions. No person in the village shall deposit, throw, place, or leave any solid waste upon any street, court, lane, alley, business, square, public enclosure, vacant lot, house yard, body of water, or any place except in a container herein required. No person shall upset or turn over the contents of any waste containers in any street, alley and other public place. No person shall remove any waste from containers on private premises without the consent of the occupant, owner or lessee of the premises, and no person shall remove any waste from a container which has been set out on public right-of-way for collection. No person shall remove any waste from public trash receptacles placed on public property.

    (e) Disposal of construction and/or demolition waste. All construction and/or demolition waste shall be disposed of by the owner, builder or contractor at the county transfer station site or other licensed landfill site. Construction and/or demolition waste of one cubic yard or less shall not be collected by the village from one property when said waste is generated from large construction and/or demolition projects. Excavated material consisting of sand, clay, or other earth and broken concrete, brick or rubble free of debris may be issued for filling private property as herein provided.

    (f) Disposal of industrial and/or manufacturing waste. Industrial and/or manufacturing waste shall be disposed of by the owner or occupant at the county transfer station site or other licensed landfill site.

(Code 2006, § 8.08(C)(1)—(6))