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The short title of this part shall be "Lower Southampton Township
Recycling Ordinance," and the same may be cited in that manner.
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As used in this part, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Empty all-aluminum beverage and food containers.
Any establishment engaged in nonmanufacturing or nonprocessing
business, including, but not limited to, stores, markets, offices,
restaurants, shopping centers and theaters.
Events sponsored in whole or in part by a municipality, or
conducted within a municipality and sponsored privately, which include,
but are not limited to, fairs, bazaars, socials, picnics and organized
sporting events that will be attended by 200 or more individuals per
day.
Cardboard containers, including old corrugated containers
used to ship merchandise and other Kraft papers such as grocery bags.
Bottles and jars made of clear, green or brown glass. Expressly
excluded from recycling are noncontainer glass, plate glass, and porcelain
and ceramic products.
Wastepaper composed primarily of bleached (white) papers
that have gone through a printing operation of some type, including,
but not limited to, computer printout paper and copier paper.
Any establishment or facility engaged in services, including,
but not limited to, hospitals, nursing homes, schools and universities.
Leaves, garden residue, shrubbery and tree trimmings, and
similar material, but not including grass clippings.
All types of paper discarded from offices and homes, such
as colored papers, envelopes, magazines and catalogs.
Paper of the type commonly referred to as newsprint and distributed
at fixed intervals, having printed thereon news and opinions, containing
advertisements and other matters of public interest. Expressly excluded
from recycling are newspapers that have been soiled.
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipality, municipal authority, federal
government or agency, state institution or agency or other legal entity
recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. In any provisions
of this part prescribing a fine, imprisonment or penalty, or any combination
of the foregoing, the term "person" shall include the officers and
directors of any corporation or other legal entity having officers
and directors.
Empty plastic containers. Due to the large variety of types
of plastic, the recycling regulations may stipulate specific types
of plastic which shall be recycled or be excluded from recycling.
Those materials specified by Lower Southampton Township to
be recycled. This list of materials is specified in the recycling
regulations resulting from this part and may be revised from time
to time as deemed necessary by Lower Southampton Township.
Any occupied single or multifamily dwelling from which the
private hauler collects solid waste.
All refuse (garbage and rubbish) and other discarded solid
material normally collected by a private hauler.
Empty food or beverage containers consisting of ferrous sides
and bottom, including tin-plated and bimetal cans.
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There is hereby established a program for the mandatory separation
of recyclable materials and leaf waste from solid waste by all persons
within the Township of Lower Southampton.
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Recyclable materials shall be placed at the curb or other designated
collection point separate from solid waste for collection at such
times and dates as may be hereinafter established by regulation. Failure
to properly separate recyclable materials and leaf waste from solid
waste may result in the noncollection of solid waste. Failure to properly
separate recyclable materials may result in the noncollection of recyclable
materials.
A.
Residential.
(1)
Preparation for collection.
(a)
Newspapers. Newspapers will be bundled and tied securely with
string or placed in paper bags prior to collection and removal. Newspapers
shall be bundled separately and may include magazines, telephone books.
The total weight of such bundles or bags shall not exceed 50 pounds
per collection.
(b)
Commingled materials, i.e., brown/amber/green/clear glass food
or beverage containers, steel, bimetal and aluminum food or beverage
containers, HDPE and PET plastic food or beverage container. Commingled
materials shall be clean and all contents removed therefrom. Materials
shall be placed in special containers designated for the aforementioned,
provided by the Township and not mixed with other forms of solid waste
for collection, removal or disposal.
(c)
Recyclables/containers. It shall be unlawful to place any recyclables
for the recycling collection service in unauthorized or defective
disposal containers, plastic bags or bundles not securely tied.
(2)
Collection location. Recyclables shall be placed for collection
at ground level on the property within five feet of the roadway prior
to the time of collection on the appropriate collection day in a location
at least 10 feet separate from which the household refuse collection
is made.
(3)
Collection schedule. Recyclable materials shall be collected
on a weekly basis according to the following schedule:
(a)
For scheduling of recyclable material pickup, the Township of
Lower Southampton shall be divided into two districts (East/West using
Bustleton Pike and Bridgetown Road as the dividing line). The boundary
lines shall be in accordance with the street map of Lower Southampton
Township attached to these regulations.
(4)
Compostable material (from April 1 to December 15).
(a)
Preparation for collection.
1)
Compostable materials shall be placed either loose in approved
hard plastic or metal containers or in biodegradable paper bags, not
to exceed 50 pounds in weight, and set out at curbside in similar
fashion as normal household solid waste.
2)
Trees and brush must be tied in bundles not to exceed 36 inches
in length or 18 inches in diameter. Each bundle shall not exceed 50
pounds in total weight.
(b)
Collection location. Compostable materials shall be placed for
collection at ground level on the property within five feet of the
roadway prior to the time of collection on the appropriate collection
day in the same location from which the household refuse collection
is made.
(c)
Quantity. Each residential unit or household shall be entitled
to set out for collection on each collection day an unlimited amount
of yard waste, unlimited containers, receptacles, bundles, bags or
combination thereof consisting of compostable materials.
(d)
Collection schedule. Compostable materials shall be collected
between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on a weekly basis on
the day following the residential unit's designated recycling collection
day.
(5)
Compostable material (from December 16 to March 31). The Township
shall contract with a composting facility in order to permit residents'
yard waste to be accepted at such composting facility from December
16 through March 31. The Township shall notify residents of the name
of the composting facility, address, telephone number and hours of
operation of said facility via the Township's Internet website
and by one other approved method of notification.
B.
Commercial.
(2)
Collection schedule and disposal.
(a)
Recyclable materials shall be collected on a scheduled day,
at least once per month, as arranged with a private collector licensed
to collect solid waste in Lower Southampton Township.
(b)
Every commercial, institutional and property owner shall ensure
that its recyclable materials are separated from solid waste and provided
to a licensed or otherwise bona fide recycling facility for recycling
or, if provided in mixed waste, to a private collector that agrees
to separate and recycle these materials.
(3)
Reporting requirements.
(a)
Each licensed hauler shall be required to complete and submit
to the Township or an agency designated by the Township on an annual
basis, a source separation and recycling report on the form prescribed
(see attached form) and provided by the Township. The report shall
contain the following information:
1)
Type and total amount of recyclable material collected and recycled
within that calendar year (to be provided by private collector).
2)
Type and total amount of compostable material collected within
the reporting period (if any).
3)
Type and total amount of all recyclable, compostable and solid
waste material that is collected within the reporting period (to be
provided by private collector).
(b)
Every hauler shall submit to the Township or its designated
agency the source separation and recycling report on or prior to the
previous calendar year.
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It shall be a violation of this part for any person(s), unauthorized
by Lower Southampton Township, to collect or pick up or cause to be
collected or picked up any such recyclable material. Each such violation
hereof shall constitute a separate and distinct offense punishable
as hereinafter provided.
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Lower Southampton Township is authorized and directed to enforce this part. The same is hereby authorized and directed to establish and promulgate reasonable regulations as to manner, days and times for the collection of recyclable materials to implement this part. Lower Southampton Township may change, modify, repeal or amend any portion of said rules and regulations at any time. All licensed haulers are authorized to enforce the provisions of § 20-404 of this part concerning the improper separation of recyclable materials by means of noncollection of said materials. In addition, all licensed haulers are authorized to tag improperly separated materials and to report such improper separation to Lower Southampton Township.
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Any action by any person, firm, corporation or other entity which violates or does not comply with a provision of this part or any regulation thereof shall be punishable by a fine to be established by resolution of the Board of Supervisors which in no event shall exceed $1,000 per violation. No enforcement of §§ 20-403 and 20-404 of this part shall be made for three months from the effective date of regulations authorized to be promulgated hereunder.
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Lower Southampton Township shall have the power to license haulers
of solid waste and recyclable materials in Lower Southampton Township.
Only those haulers which are licensed by Lower Southampton Township
shall be permitted to collect recyclable materials in Lower Southampton
Township. Any hauler licensed to collect solid waste in Lower Southampton
Township shall also collect recyclable materials. All licensed haulers
shall provide recycling collection services to all customers served
by the hauler.
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Any persons may donate or sell recyclable materials to individuals
or organizations authorized by Lower Southampton Township in its recycling
regulations. These materials must either be delivered to the individual's
or organization's site or they may be placed at curbside or other
designated collection point for collection by said individual or organization
on days not indicated as recyclable material collection days by Lower
Southampton Township.
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No person shall ignite, cause, feed, permit or maintain any
open fire for the destruction of solid waste, recyclables or leaf
waste.
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1.
Leaf waste shall be defined as set forth in Act 101 and its regulations,
which provide that leaf waste includes leaves, garden residue, shrubbery
and tree trimmings, and similar material, but not grass clippings.
2.
Leaf waste must be collected for composting and deposited at a Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection ("PADEP") approved leaf composting
facility. Leaf waste shall not be collected for disposal in the municipal
trash.
3.
Haulers operating in Lower Southampton Township shall collect leaf
waste the months of October, November and May. The actual day of collection
shall be determined by the haulers. Collection schedules shall be
distributed to the customers of Lower Southampton Township in advance.
4.
Haulers may use any collection vehicle, system and manpower combination
that they deem appropriate.
5.
Haulers must report tonnage collection from each collection to Lower
Southampton Township. Haulers must also provide Lower Southampton
Township with receipts (weight slips) from a PADEP-approved composting
facility to certify that leaf waste was received.
6.
Leaf waste shall be separated, prepared and bundled as directed by
the haulers. Haulers may reject leaf waste in plastic bags or bags
contaminated by nonleaf waste.
7.
In any month other than a month of collection of leaf waste by haulers,
Lower Southampton Township residents may deposit leaf waste at a facility
the Township contracts with for such purpose. The Township shall advise
residents of the facility via the Township website and by one other
approved method of notification. Commercial, industrial and professional
entities may dispose of waste at the same facility in accordance with
a separate agreement reached between such facility and the commercial,
industrial or professional property owner.
