Greater Upper Valley Solid

WHEREAS, the Greater Upper Valley Solid Waste Management District (the 'District') exists as a union municipal district under the laws of the State of Vermont; and WHEREAS, the State Legislature has approved and confirmed the creation of the District through the enactment of the District's governing agreement in No. M-26 of the Acts of 1990, with an effective date of March 6, 1990; and WHEREAS, pursuant to its Charter and the State Solid Waste Management Act, the District has developed and adopted a Solid Waste Implementation Plan (the 'Plan') providing for, among other things, separation, collection, transportation, Recycling and Disposal of Solid Waste; and WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors has determined that recyclable materials should be collected and recycled to minimize the consumption of resources, prolong the life of landfills, and protect the environment and the public health and welfare; andWHEREAS, the District has the authority under the Charter and the General Laws of the State of Vermont to provide Solid Waste Disposal services for its member municipalities, to manage and regulate the collection, storage, transportation, resource recovery, recycling, and disposal of Solid Waste within the District, to make proper charges for its facilities, programs, and services, and to enact, amend, or repeal any and all rules, regulations, and ordinances otherwise necessary or desirable for the orderly conduct of the affairs of the District and for carrying out the purposes of the District; andWHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors has determined that this Ordinance is in the public interest; promotes public health, safety and welfare; promotes the efficient, economical and environmentally sound management of Solid Waste within the District; and is in furtherance of the District's Plan and the State's Solid Waste Management Plan. The Board of Supervisors shall adopt, and revise from time to time, charges on a per ton and/or other unit basis for Solid Waste delivered to a District Facility, or under contract with the District ('Tipping Fees'), in order to generate revenues and defray some or all of the direct and indirect costs of operation of the District Facilities and the costs of transportation to and disposal of Solid Waste delivered to any such District Facility.  In establishing and from time to time revising the Tipping Fee, the Board will assign to (and may from time to time make additions to and/or deletions from) costs of operation all or portions of those costs which it desires to defray by the Tipping Fee charge, which may include, but are not limited to, labor, benefits, utilities, all or portions of fixed District costs and expenses, fuel, maintenance and repair, transportation and disposal, and taxes and fees.  Tipping Fees shall be paid by any Hauler delivering Solid Waste to any Facility owned or operated by the District, or under contract with the District, based on tonnage or other applicable unit of Solid Waste delivered.The Board of Supervisors shall adopt, and revise from time to time, a charge per ton of Solid Waste generated within the District which is collected and/or transported for disposal ('Waste Generation Fee').  As used in this section, and for purposes of computing the District Fee charge, the term 'Solid Waste' shall not include Recyclables or other materials destined for reuse or recycling.  The purpose of the Waste Generation Fee is to generate revenue to defray some or all of District costs other than those to be defrayed by the Tipping Fee and the Annual Towns' Assessment.  In establishing and from time to time in revising the Waste Generation Fees, the Board will include all or portions of the costs which it desires to defray by the Waste Generation Fees, which may include, but are not limited to debt service (principal and interest), capital reserves, any portion of the costs of operation not being defrayed by the Tipping Fee or Annual Towns' Assessment, Special Waste programs, recycling programs, educational programs, household hazardous waste and Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator programs, administration costs, and other District Facilities, programs, and services costs. These charges shall be paid regardless of the final disposal location, and shall be in addition to Tipping Fees.Reduce, Reuse and Recycle are the three corners of the waste reduction triangle. Reduce is first for a reason - waste that is not created is the most economically and environmentally sound. Waste reduction is also the hardest to see, and is in fact the most effective when it is invisible. A good example is the light weighting of many forms of packaging recently - the function is not affected, and the people saving the most are the companies that make and ship the products.