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Find administrative procedures for Metro Code Title V Solid Waste which includes the authority to regulate the solid waste generated and disposed and all solid waste facilities located within the region.

The administrative procedures and performance standards adopted herein are intended to protect and preserve the health, safety and welfare of the District’s residents; to protect and preserve the local environmental, to implement cooperatively with federal, state and local agencies the Regional Solid Waste Management Plan; to provide a coordinated regional disposal and resource recovery program and a solid waste management plan to benefit all citizens of the District; and to reduce the volume of solid waste disposal through source reduction, recycling, reuse and resource recovery.

Metro code Title V Solid Waste

Metro Code Title V Solid Waste includes the authority to regulate solid waste generated and disposed of within the district, and all solid waste facilities located within the district. The code contains these chapters:

• Chapter 5.01 – Solid Waste Facility Regulation
• Chapter 5.02 – Disposal Charges and User Fees
• Chapter 5.05 – Solid Waste Flow Control
• Chapter 5.09 – Illegal Dumping
• Chapter 5.10 – Business Recycling Requirement 

Administrative procedures

Download Title V Solid Waste administrative procedures and performance standards below for a description of how to implement Metro Code Title V Solid Waste.

Guidance bulletins

For a practical terms explanation of some of the more complex aspects of the solid waste system and for a better understanding of how to apply concepts of the Metro Code, download the regulatory guidance bulletins below.

5.10 Administrative Procedure and Performance Standards (business recycling requirement)

• Title V Solid Waste administrative procedures and performance standards 1.5M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published May 17, 2007
• 5.10 Administrative Procedure and Performance Standards (business recycling requirement) 124K Adobe Acrobat PDF
• Metro regulated material recovery & reloading activities - A solid waste hauler informational bulletin 93K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published August 11, 2010
• Guidance bulletin 1: Management of putrescible waste at material recovery facilities 88K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published August 31, 2011
• Guidance bulletin 2: Management of dredged material at solid waste disposal sites 35K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published February 26, 2010
• Guidance bulletin 3: Painted and treated wood waste at material recovery facilities, yard debris reload facilities and yard debris composting facilities 109K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published February 26, 2010
• Guidance bulletin 4: Metro Non-system licenses 35K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published February 26, 2010
• Guidance bulletin 5: Organic materials at composting and reload facilities 36K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published February 26, 2010
• Guidance bulletin 7: Determining fees and taxes due on solid waste 39K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published August 11, 2010
• Guidance bulletin 8: Procedures for complying with EDWRP sampling and reporting requirements 304K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published June 22, 2010
• Guidance bulletin 8: Procedures for complying with EDWRP sampling and reporting requirements (Spanish) 311K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published February 26, 2010
• Guidance bulletin 9: Solid waste reload and processing facilities accepting food waste from the Metro regon 93K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published June 9, 2011
• Guidance bulletin 10: Acceptance and management of asphalt roofing waste generated in the metro region 66K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published August 31, 2011

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