[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of
Haddon as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-2-1985 by Ord.
No. 774]
[Amended 5-6-1986 by Ord.
No. 797; 10-1-1991 by Ord.
No. 917; 12-21-1993 by Ord.
No. 968]
The following definitions and disposal instructions shall apply where
referenced in this article:
All types and colors of unwaxed and uncoated corrugated cardboard
are acceptable. No newspapers, junk mail, books, wrapping paper, magazines,
food boxes (i.e., pizza or cereal) or laundry boxes. Corrugated containers
shall be wrapped with string and placed in a Township-supplied container with
the newspaper.
Empty, unbroken food and beverage containers, clear, brown and green
glass. No drinking glasses, Pyrex, mirrors, window or auto glass, light bulbs,
ceramics or broken glass. Rinse, leave labels on and discard caps.
The flat foliage on the stems of plants or trees, excluding grass
clippings, branches, twigs, etc.
Empty aluminum and tin/bimetal food and beverage containers. No scrap
metals. Rinse and leave labels on.
Includes newspaper and corrugated cardboard as defined above, plus
magazines, catalogs, envelopes, junk mail, school papers, workbooks, textbooks
(without hard covers), office paper (including fax paper), NCR paper and nonmetallic
wrapping paper. No food boxes (i.e., pizza or cereal) or laundry boxes. No
plastic-coated or wax-coated drink containers. All paper other than newspapers
and corrugated cardboard is to be placed in plastic bags, tied and placed
in the same container as newspaper and corrugated cardboard.
All contents of newspapers, including glossy inserts contained in
the Sunday editions. No corrugated cardboard, junk mail, books, wrapping paper,
magazines, food or laundry boxes. Newspapers can be put into a Kraft grocery
bag or string wrapped in a Township-supplied container.
Empty juice, soda, water, milk and laundry detergent bottles, etc.,
with No. 1 and No. 2 recycling symbols and/or the letters PETE or HDPE on
them. No butter tubs, plastic bags, Styrofoam cups, flowerpots, oil containers
or five-gallon pails. Rinse, leave labels on and discard caps.
[Amended 5-6-1986 by Ord.
No. 797; 10-1-1991 by Ord.
No. 917; 12-21-1993 by Ord.
No. 968]
There is hereby established a program for the mandatory separation of
newspapers, corrugated cardboard, mixed residential paper, glass containers,
plastic containers, metal containers and leaves within the Township of Haddon.
[Amended 5-6-1986 by Ord.
No. 797; 4-7-1987 by Ord.
No. 819; 12-1-1987 by Ord.
No. 833; 10-1-1991 by Ord.
No. 917]
The occupant, resident, tenant, manager, administrator, landlord or
owner, as the case may be, of any residential, industrial, commercial or institutional
building or property within the Township of Haddon that is the generator of
solid waste and who shall place for disposal, removal, collection and recycling
by the Township the following named items shall do so in strict conformity
with the following regulations:
A.
Discarded newspaper, corrugated cardboard and mixed residential
paper shall be so packaged in the white recycling containers supplied by the
Township. No package is to exceed 50 pounds. Businesses, schools, multifamily
dwellings and other institutions shall also source-separate and provide their
own larger size containers, if required.
[Amended 12-21-1993 by Ord.
No. 968; 12-31-2003 by Ord. No. 1101]
B.
Glass, metal cans and rigid plastic containers are not
required to be separated from each other but shall be contained and placed
for collection in a reusable metal or plastic container provided by the Township
for the purpose of collection of recyclable materials.
C.
No single article, bundle or loaded container shall exceed
50 pounds or six feet in length, nor shall any such item be of such bulk that
it requires more than one man to lift.
D.
All household items and appliances shall be dismantled,
including removal of doors and drawers or any other sealed or locking mechanism.
E.
All containers required herein shall be supplied by the
occupant or owner of the premises, except for those containers to be used
for the collection of recyclable materials, and shall be placed prior to collection
between the curb and the sidewalk of the property of the occupant or owner
where such containers shall be readily accessible to the collector. All containers
for recyclable materials shall be clearly marked as available for and restricted
to the use of recyclable materials. The occupant or owner shall keep all containers
clean and in condition for safe handling. In buildings in which two or more
families reside, each family shall mark its own containers with the initials
of their respective names so as to render the containers readily identifiable.
Containers or other items to be disposed of shall be placed outside after
6:00 p.m. of the day immediately preceding the day of collection. After collection,
any empty containers shall be removed from curbside promptly, but no later
than 7:00 p.m. of the day of collection.
F.
The owner or operator of a multifamily structure (more
than four units) shall provide for private garbage collection and the removal
and hauling of trash from such premises.
G.
All other solid waste, as described in the definitions contained in § 134-1, which cannot be placed in containers shall be bundled and tied and each bundle shall not exceed 50 pounds or six feet in length, nor shall any such bundle be of such bulk that it requires more than one man to lift.
H.
All garbage, rubbish, refuse and recyclables from properties other than residential where there is a curbside location or a mutually agreed-upon accessible location will be picked up with a limitation of 10 thirty-gallon trash bags per pickup per property or 300 pounds of pickup per property. All such items placed for collection shall be in containers or prepared for collection in the manner and method prescribed heretofore in Subsections A through E of this section.
[Added 10-1-1991 by Ord.
No. 917]
The managers, administrators, landlords, owners, principals, officers
or residents of commercial offices, schools, industrial plants, multifamily
dwellings, restaurants, bars, food markets, retail stores, institutions and
service stations who utilize private waste disposal services for removal of
their solid waste are also required to source-separate and ensure the recycling
of materials herein specified and/or the recycling of specific types of material
associated with their operations such as motor oil, tires, construction debris,
cardboard, etc. and to provide the Township of Haddon with an annual report
of the tonnage of each type recycled. This report is due before the 15th of
February of the following year.
[Added 10-1-1991 by Ord.
No. 917; amended 12-31-2003 by Ord. No.
1101]
The collection of leaves for recycling will take place at intervals
between September 1 and December 31 and again in spring from May 1 to May
31. Leaves must not be mixed with trash nor contained in bags. They are to
be raked to the curbline but not into the gutter.
The obligation to dispose of all debris of any kind resulting from new
construction or renovations performed by any person is hereby imposed on such
person, who shall be required to dispose of any such debris at a state-approved
sanitary landfill. Any person performing any such construction or renovation
shall be deemed notified of the provisions of this article upon the issuance
of a building permit or by virtue of the obligation to obtain a building permit.
No felled tree, tree stump, branches, yard refuse or other vegetation
shall be placed, pushed, pulled or otherwise propelled onto any public street
or property.
At no time and under no circumstances shall any solid waste originating
from outside the municipal boundaries of the Township of Haddon be brought
into the Township of Haddon and placed for collection by the Township of Haddon.
[Added 5-17-1988 by Ord.
No. 848]
It shall be unlawful for any residential property owner to store or
permit storage of any bulky household waste, including appliances, furniture
and mattresses, in areas zoned residential, except in a fully enclosed structure
or during days designated for the collection of bulky items.
[Added 5-17-1988 by Ord.
No. 848]
It shall be unlawful for any residential property owner to store or
permit the storage of tires in areas zoned residential, except in a fully
enclosed structure or on days designated for the collection of tires.
[Amended 10-1-1991 by Ord.
No. 917; 12-21-1993 by Ord.
No. 968]
The collection, removal and disposal of newspapers, corrugated cardboard,
mixed residential paper, glass containers, leaves and solid waste handled
by either private haulers and under contract with the Township or by employees
of the Township shall be supervised by the Department of Public Works of the
Township of Haddon.
From the time of placement at the curb by anyone of the categories of
materials described herein for collection by the Township of Haddon in accordance
with the terms hereof, such materials shall be and become the property of
the Township of Haddon or its authorized agent. Any person not authorized
by the Township of Haddon to collect or pick up or cause to be collected or
picked up any such materials shall be in violation of this article. Any and
each such collection in violation hereof from one or more locations shall
constitute a separate and distinct offense, punishable as hereinafter provided.
[Amended 10-1-1991 by Ord.
No. 917]
A.
Any person, firm or corporation that violates or neglects to comply with any provision of this article, except § 134-3.1, or any regulation promulgated pursuant hereto, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed the following amounts for the following offenses:
B.
Any person, firm or corporation who is obligated to source-separate, recycle and file annual reports in accordance with § 134-3.1 and violates or neglects to comply with any provision or obligation of that section or any regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed the following amount for the following offenses, with each day of noncompliance acting as a separate violation:
