                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SEPARATION OF SOLID WASTE (§ 15.2-937)

A. 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. No such ordinance shall affect the right of any person to sell
or otherwise dispose of waste material as provided in &#xA7; 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. 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. 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. For purposes of this section, the term &#8220;recycling&#8221; has the
meaning ascribed to it in &#xA7; 10.1-1414.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 373, § 15.1-11.5; 1990, cc. 608, 961; 1992, c. 638; 1997, c.
587.