Periodic reports.
Metropolitan Code of Nashville and Davidson County § 10.20.395
in effect10.20.395 - Periodic reports.
A. Annual Report. Every person collecting, hauling, disposing of waste and recovered materials, and/or any person providing permanent or temporary disposal of waste, and/or any person processing waste covered by this article, shall provide the director an annual report stating the amount of tons of waste collected, hauled, disposed and/or processed by said person, as a condition of this permitted activity. The director may require said person to submit said report through a certified independent audit firm.
B. Quarterly Recycling Performance Report. Each quarter, the director shall submit a written performance report to the council regarding solid waste disposal, recycling, and compost performance. The quarterly written performance report shall address the following:
1. Operations, and cost monitoring and management metrics, including, at a minimum, the following data for the preceding quarter, stated in comparison to comparable data for the quarter prior to the immediately preceding quarter:
a. The number of active convenience center customers;
b. Total waste tonnage;
c. Total recycling tonnage;
d. Total cost per ton of trash collected; and
e. Total cost per ton of recycling collected.
2. Recycling. The report must also include information on recycling collected and processed:
a. The percentage of recycling collected that was rejected as contaminated;
b. The categories of recycled materials;
c. The quantity, in tons, of each category processed; and
d. The destination(s) of each category of recycle material - state and end product.
3. Compost. The report must also include the tonnage of compost collected through the current compost pilot program or any successor program under Metro's responsibility.
(Amdt. 1 to Ord. BL2025-819 § 8, 2025; Ord. BL2025-819 § 8, 2025; Ord. BL2010-718 § 1, 2010)
Source: Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Metropolitan Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tn/metro_government_of_nashville_and_davidson_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CD_TIT10HESA_DIVIGERE_CH10.20WAMA_ARTIIIDIFAFECH_10.20.395PEREFetched: 10/28/2026