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Section 26-47. A voluntary recycling program. • All curbside customers may participate in the City-wide residential recycling program by (1) collecting all of their recyclable materials, and (2) placing such materials in recycling containers at curbside by 7:00 A.M. on the designated day for collection of those materials. Section 26-48. Responsibility for placement and removal of containers. No customer shall place his or her recycling container at the designated curbside point of collection earlier than 6:00 P.M. on the day preceding the scheduled collection. Each customer shall remove his or her container from the curbside or other collection spot and taken behind the building set back line as soon as practicable after the container has been emptied, but in no case later than twelve (12) hours after a container has been emptied. Section 26-49. Ownership of recycling containers. By November of 1991, all customers will have been provided a recycling container initially by the City or its agent, but title to that container shall remain with the City or its agent. In the event a customer moves, the customer shall leave the recycling container behind to be used by the next customer occupying the • property being served. Section 26-50. Ownership of recyclable materials. Once a customer places recyclable materials in a recycling container at a designated curbside collection point, title to those materials shall be deemed to be vested in the City or its designated agent. No person shall remove, take, collect, or transport any recyclable material that has been placed in a recycling container from any curbside, street right-of-way, alley, or other designated collection point without the express authority of the City. Section 26-51. Sole purpose of recycling containers. No person shall use recycling containers for anything but participation in the City's curbside recycling program. No person may place garbage or other refuse in a recycling container. It shall be unlawful for any person to borrow, steal, damage, or otherwise remove any recycling container from use in the curbside recycling program. Section 26-52. Additional recycling regulations. The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to publish, implement, and enforce reasonable regulations necessary to • administer the City's curbside recycling program. Such regulations shall serve as a supplement to this article. 7