<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 44-1. - Purpose of legislation.</div>
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               It is the purpose of this chapter to:
               
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                  (1)
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                  Provide for and regulate in the most economically feasible, cost-effective and environmentally
                  safe manner, the storage, collection, transport separation, processing, recycling,
                  and disposal of solid waste, to include hazardous waste and medical waste, in order
                  to protect the public health, safety and welfare; enhance the environment for the
                  citizens and residents of the county, and recover resources which have the potential
                  for further usefulness, all in accordance with the authority, purposes, policies,
                  and goals enunciated in the laws and regulations of the state pertaining to solid
                  waste management.
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                  (2)
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                  Provide incentives and penalties which will encourage the lawful disposal of solid
                  waste and deter littering and other unlawful disposal of solid waste; provide means
                  of abating illegal dump sites; and encourage voluntary, community-based efforts to
                  monitor and report littering and illegal dumping.
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                  (3)
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                  Impose and establish a schedule of fees to defray the cost to the county of providing
                  solid waste disposal, collection, and resource recovery services and facilities.
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                  (4)
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                  Protect and enhance the health, safety, and welfare of citizens residing within the
                  county by requiring that all designated solid waste generated within the territorial
                  jurisdiction of the county be disposed of in a manner that complies with the requirements
                  of all applicable federal, state, and county laws and regulations including, but not
                  limited to, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Solid Waste Management
                  Act of 1989, as they may be amended from time-to-time.
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                  (5)
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                  Help the county regulate, in an environmentally safe manner, the storage, collection,
                  transport, separation, processing, recycling, and disposal of designated solid waste
                  generated within the county.
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                  (6)
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                  Use all reasonably available means to promote efficient methods of managing designated
                  solid waste and to promote the economical recovery of material and energy resources
                  from designated solid waste.
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               (Ord. of 2-3-1997, Â§ 1-1)
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