Maybe I need to add to the post above, I could not find a mechanism for the city to even permit collectors, they undoubtedly chose the current collection company by competitive bid. that company won and has the exclusive right(& responsibility) to collect all recyclables. the law I quoted was from 2008 so it is not new only enforcement is new.
I will speculate just a little, perhaps your city is soon or recently going to 95 Gallon automated collection bins, to make this system work (financially) the city needs to gather as much recyclables as possible, especially the higher value scrap metal and UBC's, the designated contractor probably pointed this out at a council meeting so the Mayor made a call to the Sheriff asking him to beef up enforcement.
Now I will go on a tangentPeople MUST involve themselves in local government!!! I sit through A lot of boring council meetings, so I do not get blind sided by issues like this. at the very least you need to read the agendas of the upcoming meetings , and have to be at any meeting that goes over your area of concern, in this case "solid waste"
What can you personally do about this, change your work model, and go to businesses, and offer to haul their scrap and pallets, process the scrap, and repair the pallets for sale, I did not say collect the scrap stacked up behind businesses without permission, that is at least trespassing, and potentially a theft conviction, and with all the video cameras out there the odds of you going to the pokey is 100%
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