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No such ordinance shall affect the right of any person to sell or otherwise dispose of waste material as provided in § 15.2-933 or permitted under any other law of the Commonwealth, nor shall any such ordinance impose any liability upon any apartment or commercial office building owner or manager for failure of tenants to comply with any provisions of the ordinance adopted pursuant to this section or upon any waste hauler for failure of its customers to comply with such ordinance. No such ordinance shall impose criminal penalties for failure to comply with its provisions; however, such ordinance may prescribe civil penalties for violations of the provisions of the ordinance.B\n\nAny locality may by ordinance provide for the reasonable inspection at any landfill within their jurisdiction of any tractor truck semitrailer combination with five or more axles transporting solid waste to any landfill within their jurisdiction to ensure separation of such solid waste in accordance with all applicable state laws and regulations. In enforcing such ordinance, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that solid waste transported from any jurisdiction which has comparable requirements for waste recycling is in compliance with such ordinance.C\n\nFor purposes of this section, the term “recycling” has the meaning ascribed to it in § 10.1-1414.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":281638,"text":"Any locality may by ordinance require any person to separate solid waste for collection and recycling. Any such ordinance shall specify the type of materials to be separated. 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No such ordinance shall impose criminal penalties for failure to comply with its provisions; however, such ordinance may prescribe civil penalties for violations of the provisions of the ordinance.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":281639,"text":"Any locality may by ordinance provide for the reasonable inspection at any landfill within their jurisdiction of any tractor truck semitrailer combination with five or more axles transporting solid waste to any landfill within their jurisdiction to ensure separation of such solid waste in accordance with all applicable state laws and regulations. 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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 373 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1990, chapters 608 and 961; in 1992, chapter 638; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":58782,"section_number":"10.1-1414","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1414\/"},{"id":61377,"section_number":"15.2-933","catch_line":"Ordinances requiring delivery of garbage, trash and refuse to certain facilities; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-933\/"}],"permalink":{"id":156599,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78596,"identifier":"15.2-937","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/2\/15.2-937","url":"\/15.2-937\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-937\/","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/2\/15.2-937","dublin_core":{"Title":"Separation of solid waste","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-937","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any locality<\/span> may by ordinance<\/span> require any person to separate solid waste for collection and recycling. Any such ordinance<\/span> shall specify the type of materials<\/span> to be separated. No such ordinance<\/span> shall affect the right of any person to sell or otherwise dispose of waste material<\/span> as provided in § 15.2-933<\/a> or permitted under any other law<\/span> of the Commonwealth, nor shall any such ordinance<\/span> impose any liability upon any apartment or commercial office building owner or manager for failure of tenants to comply with any provisions of the ordinance<\/span> adopted pursuant to this section or upon any waste hauler for failure of its customers to comply with such ordinance<\/span>. No such ordinance<\/span> shall impose criminal penalties for failure to comply with its provisions; however, such ordinance<\/span> may prescribe civil penalties for violations of the provisions of the ordinance<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any locality<\/span> may by ordinance<\/span> provide for the reasonable inspection at any landfill within their jurisdiction<\/span> of any tractor truck semitrailer combination with five or more axles transporting solid waste to any landfill within their jurisdiction<\/span> to ensure separation of such solid waste in accordance with all applicable state laws<\/span> and regulations. In enforcing such ordinance<\/span>, there shall be a rebuttable presumption<\/span> that solid waste transported from any jurisdiction<\/span> which has comparable requirements for waste recycling is in compliance with such ordinance<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> For purposes of this section, the term “recycling” has the meaning ascribed to it in § 10.1-1414<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSEPARATION OF SOLID WASTE (\u00a7 15.2-937)\n\nA. Any locality may by ordinance require any person to separate solid waste for\ncollection and recycling. Any such ordinance shall specify the type of materials\nto be separated. No such ordinance shall affect the right of any person to sell\nor otherwise dispose of waste material as provided in § 15.2-933 or\npermitted under any other law of the Commonwealth, nor shall any such ordinance\nimpose any liability upon any apartment or commercial office building owner or\nmanager for failure of tenants to comply with any provisions of the ordinance\nadopted pursuant to this section or upon any waste hauler for failure of its\ncustomers to comply with such ordinance. No such ordinance shall impose criminal\npenalties for failure to comply with its provisions; however, such ordinance may\nprescribe civil penalties for violations of the provisions of the ordinance.\n\nB. Any locality may by ordinance provide for the reasonable inspection at any\nlandfill within their jurisdiction of any tractor truck semitrailer combination\nwith five or more axles transporting solid waste to any landfill within their\njurisdiction to ensure separation of such solid waste in accordance with all\napplicable state laws and regulations. In enforcing such ordinance, there shall\nbe a rebuttable presumption that solid waste transported from any jurisdiction\nwhich has comparable requirements for waste recycling is in compliance with such\nordinance.\n\nC. For purposes of this section, the term “recycling” has the\nmeaning ascribed to it in § 10.1-1414.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 373, \u00a7 15.1-11.5; 1990, cc. 608, 961; 1992, c. 638; 1997, c.\n587.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}