Title
Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six - Conduct, Article I - Regulated Rights and Actions, Chapter 619 - Refuse Collection and Recycling, by adding language relative to the regulation of recycling in the City of Pittsburgh.
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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Six - Conduct, Article I - Regulated Rights and Actions, Chapter 619 - Refuse Collection and Recycling, is hereby supplemented as follows:
Chapter 619 REFRUSE COLLECTION AND RECYCLING
ยง 619.04A RECYCLING CONTAINERS
(a) Prohibited Conduct. No owner, lessee or occupant of any building or commercial establishment or private agency shall dispose of recyclable materials including but not limited to paper, corrugated paper, mixed paper, or aluminum containers, metallic containers, plastic containers, or glass containers, or any other type of recyclable item in public refuse containers, or in private refuse containers located on private property whether collected by the City of Pittsburgh Refuse Collectors or private refuse collectors.
(b) A separate container for recyclable materials may be provided by the City of Pittsburgh at the expense of the owner, lessee or the occupant of any building, except in commercial establishments, institutional establishments, municipal establishments or apartment building rental dwellings of more than four (4) residential units for which the landlord or owner of such residence shall provide all necessary and adequate recycling containers.
(c) For municipal recycling pickup an owner, lessee or occupant of any building may instead provide his/her own container not to exceed a maximum refuse container capacity of thirty-five (35) gallons.
(1) All containers shall be marked with a City-approved Green Recycling sticker.
(2) Such stickers shall be provided at the expense of owners, lessors or occupants of any building. The cost of Green Recycling stickers ...
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