2050.1 Each person, organization, or agent engaged in the business of collecting or processing recyclable materials shall register with the Director. The fee for this registration shall be twenty-four dollars ($24) per vehicle and shall be paid annually, but may be otherwise pro-rated as per-knitted in D.C. Code §47-2805 (1990 Repl. Vol.). This registration is in addition to any license required by §710.

2050.2 Applications for recycling registration shall be submitted on forms provided by the Director.

2050.3 The fee for registration shall be submitted, in the for of a check or money order made payable to the D.C. Treasurer, with the application.

2050.4 Registration shall be valid from the first Monday in March of each year, and expire on the Sunday preceding the first Monday in March of the following year.

2050.5 The Director shall provide two (2) stickers indicating the vehicle registration number to all registered vehicles.

2050.6 One registration sticker shall be affixed on the lower right corner of the driver's door and one registration sticker shall be affixed on the lower left corner of the passenger's door in a manner as to be clearly visible at all times.

2050.7 Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any indigent person who collects recyclable materials to obtain a recycling registration. For the purpose of this section, indigent person means any individual who is financially eligible for emergency assistance services in accordance with §9 of the Emergency Assistance Program Act of 1988 (D.C. Law 7-221; D.C. Code §3-1008, effective March 16, 1989).

2050.8 All registered recycling collectors shall provide for the recycling of all materials collected from any property in accordance with agreements in effect between recyclable material generators or their agents and the registered recycling collector. Owners and occupants shall not be held liable for the failure of registered recycling collectors to perform services under the terms of their agreement.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 7470, 7479 (October 2, 1992); as amended by 54 of the District of Columbia Solid Waste Management and Multi-Material Recycling Act of 1988 Amendment Act of 1994, D.C. Law 10-178, 41 DCR 5205, 5207(August 5, 1994).