[Adopted 3-10-2008 by Ord. No. 1812]
The following words and phrases shall have the
meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
Food and beverage containers made entirely out of aluminum.
The Middlesex County Improvement Authority, a public body
corporate and politic of the State of New Jersey, organized by the
county pursuant to the County Improvement Authorities Law (N.J.S.A.
40:37A-44 et seq.).
The following designated recyclables generated within the
geographic boundaries of the municipality: newspaper, glass containers,
aluminum cans, corrugated cardboard from residential and commercial
sources, steel cans, plastic containers, mixed paper and textiles.
The Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Middlesex,
New Jersey.
Branches, woody plants, and other like vegetative materials
that do not exceed four inches in diameter, and Christmas trees. "Brush"
does not include leaves or grass clippings.
Means I.D. Type 13 Waste as defined by N.J.A.C. 7:26-2.13(g)1.iii.
The twenty-gallon plastic containers to be used by the residents
to place plastic containers, glass containers, aluminum cans and steel
cans at the curb for collection by the contractor, or such other container
designated by the Authority for such use.
Means I.D. Type 13C Waste as defined by N.J.A.C. 7:26-2.13(g)1.iv.
The contractor selected by the Authority to provide the recycling
services pursuant to the recycling contract.
Uncontaminated corrugated cartons and other boxes made of
corrugated cardboard.
The County of Middlesex, New Jersey.
The Middlesex County District Solid Waste Management Plan,
adopted by the Board pursuant to the Solid Waste Management Act,[1] which provides for the collection, disposal and/or recycling
of solid waste generated within the geographic boundaries of the county,
as the same may be amended from time to time.
The collection and marketing program for Authority-collected
recyclables established by the county and the Authority for all participating
municipalities in the county.
All recyclable materials that are designated by the county and the county plan as materials that must be source-separated from municipal solid waste (Type 10), construction and demolition waste (Type 13C) and vegetative waste (Type 23) at the point of generation, as specified in § 389-28 below. The county may add or delete certain recyclable materials to be designated recyclables from time to time pursuant to a duly adopted amendment to the county plan approved by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
The Borough's recycling dropoff center located on Kenneth
Avenue.[2]
Televisions, CPUs, monitors, laptops and mercury-containing
devices.
Glass containers used for packaging food or beverages.
Green, freshly clipped mowings from residential lawns and
yards. Twigs, brush and leaves are excluded.
Only leaves from trees, shrubs, bushes or plants, and excludes
any other type of vegetative waste.
Asphalt, block, brick, cinder and concrete.
Glossy inserts, magazines, telephone books, junk mail, colored
paper, computer paper, office paper, paperboard (chipboard and pressboard),
nonmetallic wrapping paper, soft-cover books, hard-cover books with
cover removed, and fine paper.
A covered fourteen-gallon container in which residents place
mixed paper at the curb for collection by the contractor, or such
other container designated by the Authority for such purpose.
Used motor oil which has been drained from automobiles and
classified by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
as X721.
Means I.D. Type 10 Waste as defined by N.J.A.C. 7:27-2.13(g)(1)(i).
Paper of the type commonly referred to as "newsprint" and
distributed at stated intervals, usually daily or weekly, having printed
thereon news and opinion, containing advertisements and other matters
of public interest. Expressly excluded are all magazines or such periodicals
as well as other paper products of any nature whatsoever.
White bond paper, white stationery, white copier paper, white
note pad paper, white index cards, white paper forms and tabulating
cards.
Soda bottles made of PETE (SPI Code No. 1) and milk, water
and laundry product bottles made of HDPE (SPI Code No. 2).
Stretch wrap, shrink wrap and plastic shopping bags.
Nickel cadmium (Ni-Cd), nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH), lithium
ion (Li-ion) and small sealed lead (Pb) batteries.
Any process by which materials that would otherwise become
municipal solid waste and that may be collected, separated and processed
are returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials
or products.
The individual designated by the Mayor and Council of the
Borough of South Plainfield to oversee and supervise recycling efforts
in the Borough and to implement the county plan. Responsibilities
shall include, but not be limited to:
The development of a program to enforce this article;
Responding to citizen inquiries concerning the program;
Attendance at scheduled meetings with the Authority;
Preparation and distribution of literature describing the program;
and
Development of a public education/awareness campaign describing
the program.
Any facility designed and operated solely for receiving,
storing, processing and transferring source-separated nonputrescible
recyclable materials, such as metal, glass, paper, plastic containers
and corrugated and other cardboard, or other recyclable materials.
All of the duties, obligations and services to be provided
by the contractor that are related to the collection, transportation,
separation, processing, storage, sale or disposition, or any combination
thereof, of the Authority-collected recyclables and the return of
same to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
Persons dwelling within the Borough of South Plainfield that
are required to recycle designated recyclables pursuant to this article.
Tin-plated, bimetal and other ferrous food and beverage containers.
Clean, dry clothing or other fabric measuring at least one
foot by one foot in size.
Rubber-based scrap automotive, truck and equipment tires.
Means I.D. Type 23 Waste as defined by N.J.A.C 7:26-2.13(g)1.v.
Washers, dryers, ranges, refrigerators and air conditioners.
Unfinished lumber, including pallets, that has not been chemically
treated, painted, resin-coated or otherwise surface-treated, laminated
or bonded, and not similarly altered from its natural condition that
has been generated during new construction.
A.
There is hereby established a program for the mandatory
source separation from the municipal solid waste stream by the single-family
and multifamily residential, commercial, office park, industrial,
institutional and governmental solid waste generators of the Borough
of South Plainfield at the point of generation of the following items:
newspaper, aluminum cans, glass containers, corrugated cardboard,
steel cans, plastic containers, mixed paper, textiles, leaves, brush,
motor oil, masonry/paving material, rechargeable batteries, tires,
white goods and such other recyclable materials to be added or deleted
as designated recyclables by the County of Middlesex pursuant to a
duly adopted amendment to the county plan approved by the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection.
B.
For commercial, office park, industrial, institutional
and governmental solid waste generators of the Borough of South Plainfield,
the following additional recyclables are mandatory source-separated
items: electronics and fluorescent bulbs.
C.
For commercial, office park, industrial, institutional
and governmental generators of construction debris at new construction
sites, the following additional recyclable is a mandatory source-separated
item: wood scrap.
D.
For warehouses, retail establishments and supermarkets
with 25 or more employees, the following additional recyclables are
mandatory source-separated items: plastic film, including stretch
wrap, shrink wrap and plastic shopping bags.
A.
Preparation of recyclables.
(1)
As of the effective date of this article it shall
be mandatory for all residents to separate for recycling designated
recyclables as follows:
(a)
Newspaper and corrugated cardboard must each
be placed at the curb in segregated, tied bundles not greater than
12 inches in height;
(b)
Mixed paper, including office paper, must be
placed at the curb in the mixed paper container;
(c)
Glass containers, aluminum cans, plastic containers
and steel cans shall be commingled in a commingled container; and
(d)
Textiles shall be segregated in a textile bag.
(2)
Only Authority-collected recyclables that have been
properly separated and prepared will be collected by the contractor.
Any Authority-collected recyclables that are not prepared for collection
in this manner will be left at the curb by the contractor. Residents
may bring recyclables to the Borough's dropoff center in lieu of placing
them at the curb for collection.
B.
Authority-collected recyclables shall be segregated
at the dropoff center site in the containers provided by the contractor.
C.
Used motor oil shall be brought to the dropoff center
by residents and placed in the used oil tank. Commercial generators
of used oil shall not use the tank at the dropoff center, but shall
recycle used motor oil through a state-licensed used oil hauler.
D.
Residents shall bring brush to the municipal yard
waste site[1] adjacent to the dropoff center in their own noncommercial
vehicles to which they have affixed a yard waste decal that has been
issued by the Borough for the current year.
E.
Leaves shall be bagged in biodegradable paper bags
and set at the curb for collection during November and December. Leaves
may also be brought to the municipal yard waste site by residents
in their own noncommercial vehicles to which they have affixed a yard
waste decal that has been issued by the Borough for the current year.
F.
Residents who cannot manage their grass clippings
at home through cut-it-and-leave-it lawn care or home composting may
bring up to three thirty-gallon bags of grass clippings to the municipal
yard waste site in their own noncommercial vehicles to which they
have affixed a yard waste decal that has been issued by the Borough
for the current year.
A.
The Authority-collected recyclables shall be collected on a biweekly basis at curbside at all single-family and duplex residential locations, all multifamily dwellings with four or fewer units and all townhouses that are accessible to the contractor's trucks and that are not participating in a recycling collection program provided by their homeowners' association or landlord or utilizing a local dropoff as described in Subsection B below.
B.
All multifamily dwellings with five or more units
that are not participating in another recycling collection program,
public schools, public building, hospitals and other institutions
shall deposit the Authority-collected recyclables in on-site containers
to be provided by the contractor. All commercial generators shall
recycle designated recyclables directly to recycling markets, or through
a recycling hauler. Commercial generators may recycle the following
designated recyclables at the Borough's dropoff center: newspaper,
corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, glass containers, plastic containers,
aluminum cans and steel cans.
A.
It shall be mandatory for all commercial, industrial,
institutional, governmental and office park solid waste generators
to separate the following designated recyclables from other solid
waste:[1]
(1)
Newspaper.
(2)
Clear, brown and green glass containers.
(3)
Plastic containers.
(4)
Aluminum cans.
(5)
Steel cans.
(6)
Corrugated cardboard.
(7)
Mixed paper/office paper.
(8)
Electronics.
(9)
Fluorescent bulbs.
(10)
Textiles.
(11)
Motor oil.
(12)
Brush.
(13)
Leaves.
(14)
Wood scrap.
(15)
Masonry/paving material.
(16)
Rechargeable batteries.
(17)
Tires.
(18)
White goods [all devices that contain chlorofluorocarbons
(CFCs) must be properly evacuated by licensed individuals and all
recovered CFCs must be sent to a recycler that has been approved by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency].
(19)
Plastic film (only from warehouses, retail establishments
and supermarkets with 25 or more employees).
B.
Recyclables shall be separated and prepared in accordance
with the requirements of the Borough's dropoff center, or of the recycling
market or recycling hauler employed by the generator.
C.
It shall be mandatory for all retail and wholesale businesses, restaurants, taverns, schools, institutions, warehouses, construction sites, factories, offices and other unenumerated retail commercial establishments to adhere to the requirements of Subsection A above regarding mandatory separation of designated recyclable items. With regard to the above-referenced businesses, the following rules and regulations concerning recycling shall apply:[2]
(1)
The owner, operator or, in the case of construction, any contractor employed by the owner are responsible parties for the setup and maintenance of the recycling system. Said recycling system shall provide for the separation of any of the mandated recyclables from the commercial waste stream, as set forth in Subsection A of this section.
(2)
Recycling containers must be clearly marked and recycling
containers must be free of wet garbage or other nonrecyclable trash.
Additionally, wet garbage and trash must not contain recyclables.
All containers for recyclables and wet garbage must be adequate to
hold materials between pickups.
(3)
Notice in restaurants, food stores and company cafeterias
shall advise patrons, customers and employees that recycling is mandatory,
and separate recycling containers must be provided to allow patrons,
customers and employees to cooperate with the recycling system.
(4)
The responsible party, as defined above (owner/operator/contractor
employed by the owner) shall be fully responsible for the removal
of recyclables to either a recycling center or recycling market.
(5)
The owner/operator/contractor employed by the owner
shall supply to the Borough of South Plainfield Recycling Coordinator
annual reports providing the weight and disposition of each recyclable
generated by said responsible party, unless the responsible party
causes said tonnage reports to be provided to the Recycling Coordinator
by the recycling market or recycling hauler.
(6)
The owner/operator/contractor employed by the owner, for failing to adhere to the requirements of this article, will be given a ten-day notice of violation within which to correct the violation. In the event that, after notice of violation has been issued, the violation has not been corrected within the ten-day notice of violation time period, the owner/operator/contractor employed by the owner shall receive a warning notice. Thereafter, for subsequent violations the owner/operator/contractor employed by the owner may be fined in accordance with § 389-36 of this article.
As of the effective date of this article, it
shall be mandatory for owners, superintendents, or operators of garden
apartments, condominiums and low and high rise apartments to set up
and maintain a recycling program of curbside collection and/or recycling
dropoff centers for convenient access by residents.
A.
In developments consisting of 25 or more multifamily
residential housing units, a recycling plan must be implemented that
provides for adequate storage of recyclables within each dwelling
and convenient access to adequate indoor or outdoor dropoff facilities.
The plan must comply with the requirements of Section 907.13 of the
Borough's Development Review Ordinance.
(1)
Where curbside collection of recyclables is not available,
a recycling dropoff area must be adjacent to, but clearly distinct
from, each garbage disposal area in the development. Containers must
be clearly marked, the area neatly maintained and recyclables must
be free of wet garbage and wet garbage may not contain any recyclables.
(2)
Where curbside collection of recyclables is to be
available, access for such collection shall be designed so as to provide
an adequate turning radius for collection vehicles without interference
from parked cars or other obstacles. The owner, superintendent or
resident manager shall provide a designated area for curbside collection
at each unit.
B.
The owner, superintendent or resident manager shall
publish rules and regulations for tenants and condominium owners'
compliance with mandated recycling and the availability of the recycling
dropoff or curbside collection to new residents and at least annually.
Owners, superintendents and managers shall supply copies of the notices
given to the tenants and condominium owners about the recycling rules
and regulations to the Borough of South Plainfield Recycling Coordinator
annually.
C.
The owner, superintendent or manager shall provide
the Borough of South Plainfield Recycling Coordinator with proper
documentation annually of the weights and disposition of the amount
of recyclables removed from their sites.
Where newspaper or other designated recyclables
are used to wrap or dispose of solid waste they may be discarded or
disposed of for collection with the usual solid waste.
Scavenging of all designated recyclables set
at the curb or deposited at the Borough's dropoff center is explicitly
prohibited.
A.
Subject to the approval of the Borough Council, the
Recycling Coordinator is authorized to establish and promulgate reasonable
regulations for the administration and publication of the procedures
provided for by this article.
B.
The Recycling Coordinator shall also be responsible
for coordinating the activities of the Borough, the Authority and
the contractor for establishing the program of collection of all designated
recyclables, for coordinating the transition from the Borough dropoff
system to a system where Authority-collected recyclables are collected
by the contractor and all other designated recyclables are collected
by the Borough and for attending periodic meetings with the Authority
and the contractor. The Borough shall notify the Authority if a new
Recycling Coordinator is appointed.
A.
The Recycling
Coordinator shall prepare literature and other educational materials
describing, among other things:
(1)
The
Borough of South Plainfield Recycling Program established pursuant
to this article,
(2)
The
Countywide Recycling Program and the recycling services to be provided
within South Plainfield,
(3)
The
designated recyclables to be source-separated,
(4)
The
manner or method of preparing source-separated recyclable material
for collection, and
(5)
The
location and schedules for collection.
B.
The Borough
shall provide for distribution of all approved literature and other
educational materials to all of its private, commercial and institutional
residents and shall pay the costs associated with the preparation
and distribution of same.
When issuing any building permit, the Building
Code Official will provide the permittee with written instruction
on proper disposal and recycling of construction and demolition waste.
The Building Code Official will furnish a notification of construction/demolition
activity form that the permittee must fill out and send to the Middlesex
County Division of Solid Waste Management (MCDSWM) within 48 hours
of the issuance of a municipal permit.
No garbage hauler shall collect for disposal
any municipal solid waste that is mixed with any designated recyclable.
Any person, firm, corporation or entity that
violates or neglects to comply with any provision of this article
or any regulation promulgated pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punishable by a fine not to exceed $2,000. Said violation
shall be enforceable by the Police Department, Health Officer and/or
Recycling Coordinator of the Borough of South Plainfield or agents
thereof.
