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TITLE 22
SOLID WASTE AND
RECYCLING
Chapters:
22.04 General Provisions
CHAPTER 22.04
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections:
22.04.010 Purpose
22.04.020 Definitions
22.04.030 Commercial garbage and recycling collection
monitoring
22.04.040 Collection service levels
22.04.050 Garbage collection
22.04.060 Recycling collection - Single-family
22.04.070 Recycling collection - Multi-family
22.04.080 Yard waste collection - Single-family
22.04.090 Non-exclusive franchises established
22.04.010 Purpose
This chapter is created to:
(1) Encourage the management of solid wastes
according to the priorities defined in RCW 70.95.010;
(2) Set minimum solid waste and recycling collection
service levels for WUTC-certified solid waste haulers;
(3) Define solid waste collection rate objectives that
provide incentives for waste reduction and recycling;
(4) Set standards for the provision of recycling
opportunities to multi-family residences; and
(5) Require the source separation of yard waste
materials.
(Ord. 1595 §3, 1991)
22.04.020 Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter:
(1) “City” means the City of Tukwila.
(2) “Haulers” means all Washington Utilities and
Transportation Commission certified solid waste haulers.
(3) “Multi-family residence” means any structure that
contains four or more single-family units.
(4) “Recyclable plastic containers” means all plastic
containers that can be collected and recycled without undue
economic impacts, as determined by City staff. These plastics
may include, but are not limited to, polyethylene terepthalate
(PET) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) containers.
(5) “Single-family residence” means any structure that
contains one, two, or three single-family units. A duplex is equal
to two single-family units. A triplex is equal to three single-family
units.
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(6) “Solid waste” means all putrescible and non-
putrescible solid and semisolid wastes including, but not limited to,
garbage, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, swill, demolition and
construction wastes, abandoned vehicles or parts thereof, and
recyclable materials.
(7) “Yard waste” means the biodegradable wastes
produced as a result of the maintenance of vegetation on
residential property including, but not limited to, grass clippings,
leaf matter, and brush.
(Ord. 1595 §4, 1991)
22.04.030 Commercial garbage and recycling collection monitoring
Although the City is not now exerting service level control over
nonresidential garbage and recycling collection, certain
information will be required of both franchised and nonfranchised
haulers by the City to assist in its waste reduction and recycling
development and monitoring activities. This information will
include, but is not limited to, a monthly accounting of all
commercial garbage and recycling accounts within the limits of the
City. This accounting shall include the number of subscribers for
each container size, and the total volume of commercial waste
collected for each month within the quarter. Haulers who are not
franchised shall provide this information as part of their business
license requirements. The City Clerk is authorized to require this
information on the business license application and renewal forms
provided to such haulers.
(Ord. 1635 §1, 1992; Ord. 1595 §5, 1991)
22.04.040 Collection service levels
(a) No person, partnership or corporation shall engage in the
primary business of hauling or transporting residential garbage
refuse, yard waste, or recyclables for compensation within the City
without complying with the requirements of this chapter and
possessing proper operating authority as determined by the
Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission.
(b) Haulers will provide adequate office facilities and phone
operators to conveniently handle customer sign-ups, service
changes, billings, and complaints. Customer service will be the
sole responsibility of each hauler. Haulers will also assist the City
with the development of program promotion and public education
activities.
(c) Haulers shall request the WUTC to adopt a rate structure
which includes the costs to implement the source separation
residential collection program contained in these minimum levels
of service and consistent with the priorities of RCW 70.95.010 to
encourage maximum recycling. The collection rates should
include:
(1) A combined garbage and recycling incentive rate
that encourages “mini-can” and one 32-gallon can weekly service.
It is the City’s objective to have rates whereby the new “mini-can
plus” recycling rate should be less than, or equal to, the previous
one-can garbage only rate. The new “one can plus” recycling rate
should be less than, or equal to, the previous two-can or 60-gallon-
wheeled-container garbage-only rate.
(2) Customers who self-haul their recyclable materials
and do not place any materials accepted by the recycling
collection program in their garbage container shall be eligible for a
$1.00 discount, which will be deducted from their monthly garbage
collection rate. Residents will be responsible for notifying their
hauler that they wish to participate in the rebate program, and
haulers will be responsible for periodically monitoring eligibility.
(3) A yard waste collection rate shall be developed on a
cost-of-service model, and will be offered as an additional service
with a separate tariff.
(4) The haulers are required to order equipment to carry
out the recycling and yard waste collection programs as soon as
practicably possible and to begin these services on August 1,
1991.
(5) Whenever certificated haulers file tariffs with the
Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, an incentive
solid waste collection rate structure shall be used. An incentive
solid waste collection rate structure is one that rewards customers
who recycle and includes substantial cost differentials between
solid waste collection service levels. The tariffs filed shall include
the following percentages of increases between levels of service:
a minimum of 60% between mini and one can; a minimum of 40%
between one and two cans or equivalent; and a minimum of 25%
between two and three cans or equivalent. These percentages
should apply to the combined charge to the customer for both solid
waste and recyclable materials collection. The WUTC is strongly
encouraged to approve tariffs that are consistent with the policies
set forth in this chapter, and that meet the minimum percentages
specified in this section.
(d) To assist in evaluating the financial and service impacts
of City service level policies, the City requires access to all cost
and service level data provided to the WUTC at the time of any
rate modifications. Therefore, when new rates or rate
modifications are proposed to the WUTC by a hauler, the hauler
will provide a duplicate copy of all rate documentation which shall
be immediately delivered to the City. The City will exercise its best
effort to assure the confidentiality of any such documentation that
is specifically marked with the word “proprietary” on the top of each
page deemed to be sensitive by the hauler.
(e) All single-family residential collection services shall be
offered to each account on a consistent day, in a coordinated
manner whenever possible, on an economic basis.
(f) Materials will be collected between 6:30 a.m. and 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday.
(g) Materials may be collected on legal holidays or at the
hauler’s discretion; alternative arrangements may be made as
long as materials are collected within two days of each account’s
regular collection day.
(h) Missed materials from single-family residences must be
collected within 24 hours of initial notification except in the case of
hazardous weather conditions. If collections are missed due to
hazardous weather conditions, missed materials shall be collected
during the following regular collection cycle. Extra materials shall
be collected at no extra charge under these circumstances.
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(i) Special arrangements, on an individual account basis,
shall be made to allow disabled single-family residential customers
full access to all collection services.
(j) A quarterly report shall be delivered to the City by April
15, July 15, October 15, and January 15 of each year, containing
the following data for each of the previous three months for the
following sectors. During the first six months of the new collection
programs, reports shall be delivered monthly by the 15th day of
the following month on the following subjects:
(1) Single-family:
(A) Total garbage and recycling collection
accounts;
(B) Total sign-ups for recycling and yard waste
collection;
(C) Total customers actually participating in
recycling collection, based on the collection of at least one set-out
per month;
(D) Total customers actually participating in yard
waste collection, based on the collection of at least one set-out per
month;
(E) Number of pickups offered for each service
(number of sign-ups multiplied by the number of drive-bys each
month);
(F) Number of pickups actually made for each
service;
(G) Separate totals for monthly tonnage collected
for garbage, recycling and yard waste;
(H) A log of customer compliments and complaints,
including date, time, subject, and resolution.
(2) Multi-family:
(A) Monthly total weights for garbage and recycling
collection within the City limits;
(B) A monthly summary of the number of multi-
family sites serviced, and a profile of garbage and recycling
subscription rates including container size and frequency of
collection;
(C) A log of customer compliments and complaints,
including date, time, subject, and resolution.
(k) Single-family recycling and/or yard waste collection shall
be offered independently, at a cost-of-service rate, for those who
do not wish to subscribe to garbage collection.
(Ord. 1635 §2, 1992; Ord. 1595 §6, 1991)
22.04.050 Garbage collection
Garbage collection shall be offered weekly, and shall include
the following container options: hauler or customer-provided 20-
gallon “mini-cans”, customer-provided 32-gallon cans, and hauler-
provided 60 or 90-gallon wheeled containers.
(Ord. 1595 §7, 1991)
22.04.060 Recycling collection - Single-family
Single-family recycling collection service levels are as follows:
(1) The following materials shall be collected:
newspaper, mixed waste paper, cardboard, glass containers, tin
and aluminum cans, and recyclable plastic containers.
(2) Collection shall be offered at least biweekly (or
semimonthly at the hauler’s option).
(3) Materials may be commingled to the extent that the
marketability of the collected materials is not compromised.
(4) Collected materials must be recycled unless prior
approval is obtained from the City.
(5) Haulers shall deliver recycling containers to
households that subscribe to the recycling collection service.
These containers shall be capable of holding all materials to be
collected with the exception of cardboard.
(6) Containers will be owned by the hauler. The cost of
the first set of household recycling containers(s) shall be included
in the collection tariff. Subsequent container(s) required due to
negligence on the part of the hauler shall be provided at no cost to
the customer; all other containers shall be offered at a price equal
to the hauler’s cost. Haulers shall incorporate information on the
prevention of container theft into their promotional materials.
(7) Set-outs that contain obvious contamination shall be
tagged by the hauler with instructions for proper separation and
not collected. If the uncollected materials are not properly
prepared on the following collection cycle, they shall be collected
as garbage and the customer shall be billed accordingly.
(8) If the City determines that sign-up and diversion
rates are too low, haulers shall be directed to deliver containers to
all garbage customers, including those who have not yet
subscribed to recycling.
(Ord. 1635 §3, 1992; Ord. 1595 §8, 1991)
22.04.070 Recycling collection - Multi-family
Multi-family recycling collection service levels are as follows:
(1) The following materials shall be collected:
newspaper, mixed waste paper, cardboard, glass containers, tin
and aluminum cans, and recyclable plastic containers.
(2) Materials may be commingled to the extent that the
marketability of the collected materials is not compromised.
(3) Collected materials must be recycled unless prior
approval is obtained from the City.
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(4) Collection companies shall provide durable outdoor
containers appropriate to the size of the multi-family account, and
assist customers with adjusting garbage and recycling collection
service levels to assure adequate and cost-effective service.
(5) Haulers shall work with the City to determine and
implement a system of multi-family collection that meets the needs
of the City, multi-family owners, managers, occupants, and
haulers.
(Ord. 1595 §9, 1991)
22.04.080 Yard waste collection - Single-family
Single-family yard waste collection service levels are as
follows:
(a) Yard waste collection shall include grass clippings,
leaves, brush and woody debris up to three inches in diameter and
three feet in length. No food waste shall be included.
(b) Yard waste collection shall be offered on a biweekly
(or semimonthly at the hauler’s option) basis except during the
months of December, January, and February, during which
collection shall be monthly.
(c) Yard waste material shall be source-separated and
bagged, bundled or canned with the exception that plastic bags
may not be used. If containers are used, they may be customer
or hauler-provided.
(d) Set-outs that contain obvious contamination shall be
tagged by the hauler with instructions for proper separation and
not collected. If the uncollected materials are not properly
prepared on the following collection cycle, they shall be collected
as garbage and the customer shall be billed accordingly.
(Ord. 1595 §10, 1991)
22.04.090 Non-exclusive franchises established
Haulers operating under the authority of RCW 81.77 and
other applicable statutes shall sign a franchise agreement and pay
a franchise fee as provided by ordinance.
(Ord. 1635 §4, 1992)