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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61377</law_id><section_number>15.2-933</section_number><catch_line>Ordinances requiring delivery of garbage, trash and refuse to certain facilities; exceptions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-937</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">General Powers of Local Governments</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Waste and Recycling</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> requiring the delivery of all or any portion of the garbage, trash or refuse generated or disposed of within a <span class="dictionary">locality</span> to waste disposal facilities located within or outside the <span class="dictionary">locality</span>, or otherwise prohibiting the disposal of garbage, trash and refuse in or at any other place other than that provided for the purpose, shall not apply to garbage, trash and refuse generated, purchased or utilized by an entity engaged in the business of manufacturing, mining, processing, refining or conversion except for an entity engaged in the production of energy or refuse-derived fuels for sale to a person other than any entity controlling, controlled by or under the same control as the manufacturer, miner, processor, refiner or converter. Nor shall such <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> apply to (i) recyclable <span class="dictionary">materials</span>, which are those <span class="dictionary">materials</span> that have been source-separated by any person or <span class="dictionary">materials</span> that have been separated from garbage, trash and refuse by any person for utilization in both cases as a raw <span class="dictionary">material</span> to be manufactured into a new product other than fuel or energy, (ii) construction debris to be disposed of in a landfill or (iii) waste oil.</p></section></text><history>1985, c. 558, &#xA7; 15.1-28.03; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
