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Borough of North Haledon, NJ
Passaic County
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[Adopted 5-11-1988 by Ord. No. 13-1988 (Ch. 147, Art. I, of the 1990 Code)]
The following types of solid waste shall be deemed to be unacceptable solid waste:
A. 
Common industrial or hospital infectious waste, including IVs, catheter tubes, syringes, needles, etc.
B. 
Tires.
C. 
Gauzes (except a few gauzes mixed with household waste is acceptable).
D. 
Any metal or cardboard drum with sealed lids.
E. 
Empty or partially full or full metal, plastic or other containers containing or formerly containing oils, chemicals or paints.
F. 
Tar and tar buckets.
G. 
Cable, asbestos.
H. 
Leather tanning fluids or other commercial or industrial fluids.
I. 
Commercial or industrial glues.
J. 
Hospital cafeteria waste mixed with other hospital waste.
K. 
Doctors', veterinary and nursing home wastes.
L. 
Unknown or unapproved chemicals.
M. 
Powders and resins.
N. 
Soot and ash.
O. 
Sludges and shavings.
P. 
Paint, paint chemicals, solvents, stains and any other substance which uses dyes of any kind or is used in the process of making dyes.
[Added 12-29-2004 by Ord. No. 17-2004]
Q. 
Any other hazardous, poisonous, noxious and/or dangerous material which is otherwise prohibited by law to be disposed of, either without precautions being taken or at all.
[Added 12-29-2004 by Ord. No. 17-2004]
R. 
Construction and demolition waste which shall be defined as provided by N.J.A.C. 7:26-1.4 and/or any successor regulation thereto, which is incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein at length.
[Added 12-29-2004 by Ord. No. 17-2004]
Any individual(s) including any such unacceptable solid waste in their solid waste set out for scavenger pickup shall be subject to any or all of the following sanctions:
A. 
The scavenger shall have the right to leave such individual's solid waste at curbside and place a warning sticker on the container, and the individual shall be responsible for removing the unacceptable solid waste before the next collection date.
B. 
In the event that the scavenger accepts such solid waste, whether with or without the knowledge that such contains unacceptable solid waste, the individual(s) in violation will be held fully responsible for the residual charges levied against the Borough caused by such violation.
C. 
The individual(s) in violation of the terms of this article shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II, General Penalty.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
D. 
No provision of this article shall be construed to impair any common law or statutory cause of action or any other legal remedy, including but not limited to any other violations provided by the ordinances of the Borough of North Haledon for any violation(s) thereof.
This article shall be enforced by the Police Department, the Department of Public Works, the Borough Clerk, the Department of Health, the Construction Code Officials, and such other duly designated agents as authorized by resolution of the governing body.