V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1555 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 56 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Management|§ 1555. Collection and transportation

 (a) The Waste Management Authority shall insure that wastes are collected from waste and storage containers subject to his responsibility in a scheduled and timely manner. (b) The Waste Management Authority is authorized to issue permits for commercial waste collection and transportation; provided, that the applicant meets all the requirements of this chapter. (c) The Waste Management Authority is authorized, subject to applicable provisions of law, to contract with duly authorized commercial waste collectors for services. (d) All wastes shall be transported in such manner and in such vehicles as to avoid spillage, leakage or wind scattering of contents. Special transportation requirements for certain hazardous wastes may from time to time be established by regulation of the Waste Management Authority. (e) All businesses and commercial establishments must provide for collection and transportation to an approved disposal site of their own wastes, either by their own employees or by commercial waste collectors, or by reimbursing the Government for these services according to a rate schedule to be established by the Waste Management Authority; provided, that such rates shall not be less than those charged by commercial collectors and that commercial collectors cannot be obtained to provide the service. Employers shall bear legal responsibility for employees acting under their instruction. (f) All storage, collection, transportation, and disposal of wastes by any person shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. (g) The Waste Management Authority is authorized to, and shall, develop and implement a plan for the collection of solid waste from individual residences and apartment buildings of under four units. Such plan shall include (i) a collection schedule specifying the days on which such solid wastes will be collected in different areas of the territory; (ii) specifications regarding the type of container from which such solid wastes may be collected; Provided, That such specifications shall provide that such containers shall be properly covered, tied or sealed so as to be protected from precipitation, animals, insects and vermin and to prevent scattering of contents; and (iii) specifications regarding the placement of such containers for collection. In implementing such plan, the Waste Management Authority shall not collect any solid waste from any container which does not meet the above specifications. The Waste Management Authority shall, in developing such plan, determine which areas, if any, in the territory are not suitable for the type of collection service provided for in this subsection and shall, in implementing such plan, not provide the collection service provided for in this subsection to such areas; Provided, That the Waste Management Authority shall place storage containers in such areas, such storage containers to be used exclusively for the individual residences and apartment buildings of under four units located in such areas.