Section 17.102.180, Businesses and Multifamily Complexes Required to Recycle, added by Ordinance 169103 and became effective 1/1/96.

17.102.180 Businesses and Multifamily Required to Recycle. (Added by Ord. 169103, effective January 1, 1996)

1. Requirement to Recycle

1. All Businesses within the City shall recycle their recyclable materials in compliance with Administrative Rules established by the Bureau of Environmental Service.
2. All Multifamily Complexes within the City shall establish recycling systems, for their tenants’ use, in compliance with Administrative Rules established by the Bureau of Environmental Services.
3. For all building projects within the City where the total job cost (including both demolition and construction phases) exceeds $25,000, the applicant for the Bureau of Buildings permit shall ensure that certain materials generated on the job site are recycled in compliance with Administrative Rules established by the Bureau of Environmental Services.

2. City monitoring of compliance will be accomplished through customers’ and Self-haulers’ completion of Recycling Plan Forms and City review of those forms, as well as through City inspection of onsite recycling and waste systems.
3. Reporting Requirements. All Independent Commercial Recyclers and all Businesses or Multifamily Complexes which self-haul their recyclables, shall report to the City quarterly on the quantities of recyclables collected in the City, using forms provided by the Bureau.
4. Any Business or any other Person may sell or exchange at fair market value its own recyclable materials which are source separated for reuse or recycling. This Chapter and any Administrative Rules promulgated hereunder are not intended to limit the ability of any Person to compete openly to provide recycling collection service to businesses within the City of Portland.