CODE OF VIRGINIA

ORDINANCES REQUIRING DELIVERY OF GARBAGE, TRASH AND REFUSE TO CERTAIN
FACILITIES; EXCEPTIONS (§ 15.2-933)

Any ordinance requiring the delivery of all or any portion of the garbage, trash
or refuse generated or disposed of within a locality to waste disposal
facilities located within or outside the locality, 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
ordinance apply to (i) recyclable materials, which are those materials that have
been source-separated by any person or materials that have been separated from
garbage, trash and refuse by any person for utilization in both cases as a raw
material 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.

HISTORY: 1985, c. 558, § 15.1-28.03; 1997, c. 587.