Requiring each commercial establishment located in the town to provide documentation of an "effective recycling program," which may include the donation of surplus food to food banks or soup kitchens

This policy requires the refuse collection customer for each commercial establishment located in the town to provide documentation of an “effective recycling program.” An “effective recycling program” is defined as a program that meets certain minimum requirements, as established by the policy. Those requirements include, among other things, selecting and offering two “source reduction measures” from official list which must include “donating surplus food to food banks or soup kitchens” as one of the listed options. The policy also requires “each licensee or license applicant for a town business license, which is a refuse collection customer to certify in the license application that an effective recycling program will be conducted on the licensed premises during the license period.