Unincorporated Lake County provides a curbside recycling cart and asks residents to place all recyclables inside it—never in plastic bags. Garbage and yard trash may not be put in the recycling cart except during holiday shift weeks.
Sec. 23-22 directs customers to place all recyclable materials in their county recycling cart, and provides that recyclables must be inside the cart to be picked up—material outside is not collected except with Director approval, and recyclables shall not be placed in plastic bags. Garbage and yard trash may not go in the recycling cart except during holiday shift weeks. The county issues one recycling cart per home (35, 64 or 96 gallons) and will authorize additional recycling carts, at no cart or delivery fee, when the household generates enough recyclables. Carts may not be loaded above 150 pounds or rated capacity.
Contaminating or misusing the recycling cart is a Ch. 23 violation handled through Chapter 8 Code Enforcement; an uncontested first citation carries a $150 reduced civil penalty ($300 repeat).
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