What You Cannot Throw Away at the County Landfill

The following materials shall not be accepted or disposed of at a County Landfill:Corrugated cardboard from business, industrial, governmental, institutional, and other nonresidential sources that exceeds ten percent (10%) of the load, by volume;Ferrous and non-ferrous metal objects from business, industrial, governmental, institutional, and other nonresidential sources that exceeds ten percent (10%) of the load, by volume;Greenwaste from business, industrial, governmental, institutional, and other nonresidential sources that exceeds ten percent (10%) of the load, by volume;Liquid waste, except small quantities of liquids from residential sources in containers of types and sizes typically used in residential environments;Medical waste which has not been rendered non-infectious through sterilization;Motor vehicles and automotive type batteries;Toxic and hazardous wastes;Used motor vehicle and heavy equipment tires whether whole, cut, sliced, chipped, or shredded, except for automobile and passenger truck tires from residential self-haulers, for recycling;White goods, except for white goods from residential self-haulers, for recycling;Frozen, raw or uncooked loads of crustaceans, including but not limited to shrimp and prawns from business, industrial, governmental, institutional, and other nonresidential sources; andMonitors (Cathode Ray Tubes and Liquid Crystal Displays) from businesses, industrial, governmental, institutional and other nonresidential haulers.Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the County Engineer may approve the use of county-owned tires whether chipped, chopped or shredded for daily landfill cover, provided the state Department of Health permits said use.The limits provided in subsections , , , , , , and of this section shall not apply to County refuse collection and transfer vehicles that collect or receive solid waste from residential sources.Loads of contaminated cardboard may be authorized by the County Engineer to be deposited in the landfill at a rate that is triple the applicable landfill tipping fee.The Division of Solid Waste Management may conduct an examination of any load of refuse or other solid waste delivered or transported to the landfill:(1)At any time there is cause to believe that materials prohibited by this section are present in a hauler's load; or(2)Periodically on a random basis to determine compliance with prohibitions under this section.