[Adopted 3-20-1979 by Ord. No. 6-79]
[Amended 10-15-1991 by Ord. No. 9-91; 9-20-1994 by Ord. No.
13-94]
A.
ALUMINUM
BOTTLES
COLLECTOR
CORRUGATED CARDBOARD
HAZARDOUS WASTE
INSTITUTION
MIXED PAPER
NEWSPRINT
OFFICE PAPER
PERSON
PROOF OF COLLECTION SERVICE
RECYCLABLES
RECYCLING GOALS
REGULAR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE
RESIDENTS
RESPONSIBLE SOLID WASTE GENERATOR
SOLID WASTE
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
SOLID WASTE CONTAINER
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
YARD WASTE
Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following
terms and usages shall have the stated meanings:
Aluminum cans of beverage-type, marked thereon as "recyclable"
or "aluminum," and excluding cans of any other type.
Includes glass bottles and jars made of silica, soda ash
and limestone, being transparent or translucent and breakable, excluding
any plastic or metal, or any other glass products such as window glass
and used containers for hazardous waste.
Any business or person licensed by the New Jersey Public
Utilities Commission for the collection and disposal of solid waste
in the Borough of Florham Park.
The term used to identify a type of paper in which a portion
has been made to have a wavy surface (alternating ridges and grooves)
and is placed between two flat surfaces for the sake of strength and
which is commonly used to form cartons.
Includes all solvents, acids, pesticides, herbicides, oils,
chemicals and other toxic or hazardous materials.
An established organization or foundation dedicated to public
service or culture, including but not limited to religious, educational,
health care and governmental establishments.
All glossy-surfaced inserts such as advertisements and magazine
supplements, telephone books, magazines, catalogues, junk mail and
other paper products of a colored nature. This does not include cardboard,
corrugated boxes or other noncolored paper products which can be stacked,
tied or presented for recycling in manageable and conveniently sized
bundles.
Black-and-white newspaper of the type distributed daily or
weekly.
High-grade papers generally used in offices that are of high
quality and do not have a glossy finish, including but not limited
to computer, letterhead, ledger and photocopy paper.
See the definitions of "responsible solid waste generator"
and "residents."
A written record, lot, bill or document evidencing receipts
of service for the collection of solid waste for the preceding quarter
of a year from a person lawfully engaging in private solid waste collection
services within a municipality.
Includes newsprint, cardboard, corrugated boxes, noncolored
paper, bottles, aluminum and yard waste.
The municipality accepts the state policy directive of achieving
at least a 50% recycling rate of municipal solid waste by 1995.
The scheduled pickup and removal of solid waste from residential,
commercial or institutional premises located within the boundaries
of any municipality at least once a week.
Occupants or owners or lessees of dwellings or of business
structures in the Borough of Florham Park, and shall be referred to
herein as "householders" or "businesses" respectively.
Any property owner, tenant or occupant of any single-family
residential dwelling or multiple dwelling or the owner of any commercial
or institutional building or structure located within the boundaries
of any municipality who generates solid waste at those premises (herein
referred to as "person").
Garbage, refuse and other discarded materials resulting from
industrial, commercial and agricultural operations and from domestic
and community activities, and shall include all other waste materials,
including liquids, except for solid animal and vegetable wastes collected
by swine producers licensed by the State Department of Agriculture
to collect, prepare and feed such wastes to swine on their own farms.
The activity related to pickup and transportation of solid
waste from its source or location to a solid waste facility or other
destination.
A receptacle, container or bag suitable for the depositing
of solid waste.
The storage, treatment, utilization, processing or final
disposal of solid waste.
Leaves, grass clippings, branches and other vegetative matter.
B.
Contract for solid waste collection. All persons,
residents and commercial entities maintaining premises or property
within the Borough of Florham Park who are solid waste generators
shall enter into a contract for regular solid waste collection service.
(1)
It shall be the responsibility of the owner of any
multiple dwelling to provide a sufficient number of appropriate solid
waste containers for the deposit of nonrecyclable waste materials
to be disposed of as solid waste.
(2)
In all instances, each person generating solid waste
shall contract with any person lawfully providing private solid waste
collection services within the Borough.
(3)
In the event that a solid waste collector refuses
any request to provide any person with the opportunity to contract
for solid waste collection services, that person shall notify the
Borough, which will notify the Board of Public Utilities of that refusal.
C.
Proof of contracted services.
(1)
All persons generating solid waste within the Borough
shall at least once each year provide proof of collection service.
(2)
The Borough shall notify each person at least once
every six months from the effective date of this section of the requirements
of this section and the date and manner by which proof of collection
service is to be submitted.
(3)
Each collector of solid waste properly authorized
to and providing the service within the Borough of Florham Park shall
assist the Borough in identifying those persons who fail to comply
with this section.
[Amended 9-20-1994 by Ord. No. 13-94]
A.
The Borough will collect yard waste, leaves and other
household refuse.
B.
Grass clippings may be left on lawns, composted on
site or be prepared for curbside pick up by the Borough.
C.
Residents may arrange with the Borough for pickup
of bulk items, e.g., refrigerators, and may also deposit household
refuse in the Borough compactor.
A.
The use of the Borough compactor is limited to persons
who reside in the Borough for disposal of nonputrescible, nonflammable,
nontoxic household waste.
B.
Access to the Borough compactor shall be controlled
through the issuance of a permit at the Borough Hall. Each applicant
shall also receive a printed form of rules and regulations which shall
be controlling whenever the compactor is used.
[Amended 9-20-1994 by Ord. No. 13-94]
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use the compactor
without first obtaining a permit, to allow the use of said permit
by a nonresident, to use the compactor for any other than a permitted
use or to act contrary to the published rules and regulations.
[Amended 9-20-1994 by Ord. No. 13-94]
