7.35.125 Disposal of solid waste.
(1) Except as permitted by state law or as provided by virtue of this chapter, it is unlawful for any collecting agent or other person to deliver or deposit any solid waste generated and collected within the unincorporated areas of the county at a facility that is not a solid waste disposal system facility located in Snohomish County.
(2) Except as otherwise specified in this chapter, the collection of solid waste from a generator and the transportation of it in an intermodal container directly to an intermodal facility inside or outside of the Snohomish County solid waste disposal system is prohibited. This subsection does not apply to unacceptable waste types identified in SCC 7.41.050, residuals from industrial combustion processes, and wastes identified in the county’s waste acceptance policy as unacceptable for disposal at system facilities owned or operated by the county. Unacceptable wastes and residuals from industrial combustion processes may be directly transported to an intermodal facility in an intermodal container.
(3) The contents of any container marked pursuant to the requirements of SCC 7.35.140 as "solid waste for disposal", "land fill", or "garbage" and the contents of any other container of solid waste consisting of 10 percent or more, by volume, of non-recyclable materials must be disposed of at a county owned and operated solid waste system facility, except as otherwise permitted by this chapter. The contents of any container consisting of 90 percent or more, by volume, of recyclable materials may be delivered to any reclamation site, no matter where it is located, including a site that is not a county solid waste disposal system facility. For containers that do not consist of 90 percent or more, by volume, of recyclable materials, these containers can be further sorted to reduce the volume of non-recyclable waste, prior to being transported off-site, to qualify as a container of recyclable materials.
(4) Source-separated recyclable materials collected from residents in scheduled-routed-curbside programs may be delivered to any reclamation site, no matter where it is located, including a site that is not a county solid waste disposal system facility.
(5) Inert waste may be delivered to any site, no matter where located, including a site that is not a county solid waste disposal system facility, provided the site meets the following requirements:
(a) The site is subject to a currently valid Washington State department of natural resources mining and reclamation permit.
(b) The site is subject to a currently valid inert waste landfill permit issued by the jurisdictional board of health or health department.
(c) The site is not permitted to operate as any other category of landfill than an inert waste landfill.
(6) Residual waste generated from a reclamation site where the processing of recyclable materials has occurred may be transported directly to an intermodal facility which is part of the Snohomish county solid waste disposal system only if the reclamation site complies with the following requirements:
(a) The reclamation site is compliant with local, state and federal regulations.
(b) The reclamation site operator submits monthly reports to the county solid waste division indicating the quantities of in-bound materials accepted at the facility, the quantities of recyclable materials reclaimed listed by commodity type and the names and addresses of the persons obtaining such recyclable materials, and quantities and disposal site locations of residual waste sent for disposal, utilizing a report format specified by the county.
(c) The reclamation site operator permits the county solid waste division or its agents to conduct audits of its business records related to in-bound and out-bound materials and to conduct unscheduled inspections of the reclamation site during normal business hours.
(d) Residual waste delivered to the intermodal facility is transported in intermodal containers that contain a minimum of 23 tons of residual waste and that are sealed with a security identification tag provided by the county solid waste division.
(e) The reclamation site operator pays the county solid waste service fee for disposal of residual waste using an intermodal container delivered to the intermodal yard.
(f) The reclamation site operator maintains a credit account with the solid waste division in accordance with the provisions of SCC 7.41.030 for payment of the solid waste service fee. Cash will not be accepted at the intermodal facility.
(7) Residual waste generated from a reclamation site where the processing of recyclable waste has occurred must be disposed of at a county owned and operated solid waste disposal system facility if the reclamation site does not comply with the requirements of subsection (6) of this section.
(8) Removal of solid waste from the container in which it was transported into Snohomish County, shall be considered the generation of solid waste within Snohomish County for purposes of this chapter. (Added by Ord. 83-151 § 1, Dec. 28, 1983; Amended by Amended Ord. 11-002, Feb. 16, 2011, Eff date Mar. 4, 2011; Amended by Amended Ord. 22-062, Oct. 26, 2022, Eff date Jan. 1, 2023; Amended by Amended Ord. 22-068, Dec. 14, 2022, Eff date Dec. 26, 2022).