[Adopted 8-19-2008 by Ord. No. O:2008-21[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed
former Article III, Recycling, adopted 7-5-1988 by Ord. No. O:88-16
(Ch. 48B of the 1969 Code), as amended.
It shall be mandatory for all persons who are
owners, tenants or occupants of residential and nonresidential premises,
which shall include but not be limited to retail and other commercial
locations, as well as government, schools and other institutional
locations within the Town of Phillipsburg to separate designated recyclable
materials from all solid waste. Designated recyclable materials shall
be deposited separate and apart from other solid waste generated by
the owners, tenants, or occupants of such premises and shall be placed
separately at the curb in a manner and on such days/times so designated
by the Town of Phillipsburg.
The following is a list of materials accepted:
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Paper – dry and clean; loose (not
in plastic bags)
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Newspaper and inserts
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Magazines and catalogs
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Junk mail, envelopes, file folders
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Office white, colored and computer paper (staples,
paper clips ok)
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Corrugated cardboard boxes
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Cereal and gift boxes, etc., that tear brown
or grey (remove liners)
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Paper bags and phone books
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Wrapping paper (remove metallic paper, bows,
etc.)
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Containers – empty and clean; loose
(not in plastic bags)
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Aluminum cans (beer and soda)
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Aluminum foil and foil plates, etc.
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Glass bottles and jars (food and drink only)
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Plastic bottles, jars, tubs and buckets (such
as soda, water, milk, juice, liquor, shampoo, detergent, condiments,
salad dressing, yogurt, margarine, pet food, etc.)
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Metal food cans (tin/steel); metal lids
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Metal pots and pans
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Materials do not have to be separated.
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All recyclable containers shall be placed, prior
to collection, curbside, or other designated location for collection.
The owner or occupant of premises shall not place recyclable containers
to the curb prior to 6:00 p.m. the evening prior to scheduled collection.
The owner or occupant of the premises shall keep all receptacles clean
and in safe handling condition. After collection, containers must
be removed from the curbside or other designated collection site by
the end of the day of collection.
From the time of placement of recyclable materials
at the curb for collection by the Town of Phillipsburg, said recyclable
materials shall be and become the property of the Town of Phillipsburg
or its authorized agent. It shall be a violation of this article for
any person unauthorized by the Town of Phillipsburg to pick up or
collect, tamper with, disturb or vandalize any such recyclable materials.
Any such collection, tampering with, disturbance or vandalizing in
violation hereof from one or more premises shall constitute a separate
and distinct offense punishable as herein provided.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
any person who is an owner, lessee or occupant who may wrap solid
waste in used newspapers shall discard same with regular solid waste.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
any person who is an owner, lessee or occupant may donate or sell
used recyclable materials to any person, partnership or corporation,
whether operating for profit or not for profit. Said person, partnership
or corporation may not, however, under any circumstances, pick up
said recyclable materials from curbside in the Town of Phillipsburg.
The Department of Municipal Services consisting
of Public Works Inspections and the Department of Police are hereby
authorized to enforce this article.
