[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Harmony 8-4-2009 by Ord. No. 09-5.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance repealed former Ch. 130,
Recycling, comprised of former Art. I, General Provisions, adopted
7-3-1990 by Ord. No. O:90-9, and former Art. II, Recycling Coordinator,
adopted 12-3-1991 by Ord. No. O:91-10.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
- COMINGLED
- A combining of nonputrescible source-separated recyclable materials for the purpose of recycling.
- COMMERCIAL USE
- An activity involving the sale of goods or services carried out for profit.
- DESIGNATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
- Those materials designated within the Warren County District Solid Waste Management Plan to be source separated for the purpose of recycling. These materials include:
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Designated Traditional Materials
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Designated Nontraditional Materials
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Aluminum cans
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Antifreeze
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Computer paper
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Asphalt and concrete bricks/pavement
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Glass bottles and jars — three colors
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Automotive batteries (lead acid)
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(clear, green and brown)
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Carpet
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Corrugated cardboard
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Florescent tubes
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High-grade office paper — white
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Computers
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Magazines and mixed paper
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Laser and inkjet cartridges
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Newsprint
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Household batteries
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Plastic bottles
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Latex paint, if collection is available
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PETE-clear and green (type #1)
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Leaves and yard waste (brush, tree parts)
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2.
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HDPE-clear and colored (type #2)
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Nontreated wood
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Steel cans/tin cans
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Oil filters
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Propane tanks
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Scrap metals (including junked autos)
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Source-separated metal
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Stumps
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Textiles/clothing
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Tires
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Used motor oil
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White goods (large appliances)
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- ELECTRONIC WASTE
- To be included in those instances where a recycling program has been, or will be, established for these materials, a computer central processing unit and associated hardware including keyboards, modems, printers, scanners and fax machines, a cathode ray tube, a cathode ray tube device, a flat panel display or similar video display device with a screen that is greater than four inches measured diagonally and that contains one or more circuit boards, including a television, and cell phones.
- HOTEL
- Any building including but not limited to any related structure, accessory building, and land appurtenant thereto, and any part thereof, which contains 10 or more units of dwelling space or has sleeping facilities for 25 or more persons and is kept, used, maintained, advertised as or held out to be a place where sleeping or dwelling accommodations are available to transient or permanent guests. This definition shall also mean and include any hotel, motor hotel, motel, or established guesthouse, which is commonly regarded as a hotel, motor hotel, motel, or established guesthouse, as the case may be, in the community in which it is located, provided that this definition shall not be construed to include any building or structure defined as a multiple dwelling in this act, registered as a multiple dwelling with the Commissioner of Community Affairs as hereinafter provided, and occupied or intended to be occupied as such, nor shall this definition be construed to include a rooming house or a boardinghouse as defined in the Rooming and Boarding House Act of 1979, P.L. 1979, c. 496 (N.J.S.A. 55:13B-l et al.), or except as otherwise set forth in P.L. 1987, c. 270 (N.J.S.A. 55:13A-7.5, 55:13A-7.6, 55:13A-12.l, 55:13A-13.2), any retreat lodging facility, as defined in this section.
- MULTIFAMILY DWELLING
- Any building or structure or complex of buildings in which three or more dwelling units are rented or leased or offered for rental or lease for residential purposes (See N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.13a.) except hotels, motels, or other guesthouses serving transient or seasonal guests as those terms are defined under subsection (j) of § 3 of the Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law, P.L. 1967, c. 76 (N.J.S.A. 55:13A-1 et seq.).
- MUNICIPAL RECYCLING COORDINATOR
- The person or persons appointed by the municipal governing body and who shall be authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter, and any rules and regulations which may be promulgated hereunder.
- MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW) STREAM
- All solid waste generated at residential, commercial, and institutional establishments within the boundaries of the municipality of Harmony.
- RECYCLABLE MATERIAL
- Those materials which would otherwise become solid waste, and which may be collected, separated, or processed and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
- SOURCE-SEPARATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
- Recyclable materials which are separated at the point of generation by the generator thereof from solid waste for the purposes of recycling.
- SOURCE SEPARATION
- The process by which recyclable materials are separated at the point of generation by the generator thereof from solid waste for the purposes of recycling.
A.
Mandatory source separation. 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 municipality of Harmony, 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 and times
as may be hereinafter established by regulations promulgated by the
Recycling Coordinator.
B.
Exemptions. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 13:1B-99.16d, the governing body
of a municipality may exempt persons occupying commercial or institutional
premises within its municipal boundaries from the source separation
requirements of the chapter which require persons generating municipal
solid waste within its municipal boundaries to source separate from
the municipal solid waste stream the specified recyclable materials,
if those persons have otherwise provided for the recycling of all
designated recyclable materials. To be eligible for an exemption pursuant
to this chapter, a commercial or institutional generator of solid
waste shall file an application for exemption with the Municipal Recycling
Coordinator on forms to be provided for this purpose. The form shall
include, at a minimum, the following information: the name of the
commercial or institutional entity; the street address location and
lot and block designation; the name, official title and phone number
of the person making application on behalf of the commercial or institutional
entity; the name, address, official contact person and telephone number
of the facility which provides the service of recycling those designated
recyclable materials, and a certification that the designated recyclable
materials will be recycled, and that, at least on an annual basis,
said recycling service provider shall provide written documentation
to the Municipal Recycling Coordinator of the total number of tons
collected and recycled for each designated material.
The collection of recyclable material shall be in the manner
prescribed as follows:
A.
All containers and brown paper bags containing recyclable materials
shall be placed, prior to collection, between the curb and the sidewalk,
or in the absence of curb and sidewalk, as near to the street as not
to constitute a danger, where such receptacles shall be readily accessible
to the collector without providing obstruction to pedestrians. The
owner or occupant of the premises shall keep all receptacles clean
and in safe handling condition. Receptacles or other items to be disposed
of shall be placed as noted above any time after 5:00 p.m. of the
day immediately preceding the day of collection, but no later than
6:00 a.m. of the day of collection. After collection, any containers
shall be removed from the curbside by no later than 7:00 p.m. of the
day of collection.
B.
All receptacles or dumpsters shall be maintained in accordance with
the Health Code of the municipality of Harmony.
A.
The owners/occupants of single-family and two-family dwellings shall
be responsible for compliance with this chapter.
B.
For multifamily units, the management or owner is responsible for
setting up and maintaining the recycling system, including the designation
of a building/complex recycling coordinator who will oversee the recycling
system which includes the collection of recyclable materials.
C.
Violations and penalty notices will be directed to the owner, occupant,
or management in those instances where the violator is not easily
identifiable. The management shall issue notification and collection
rules to new tenants when they arrive and every six months during
their occupancy.
A.
All commercial, business, or industrial facilities shall be required
to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
B.
The arrangement for collection of designated recyclables hereunder
shall be the responsibility of the commercial, institutional or industrial
property owner or their designee, unless the municipality provides
for the collection of designated recyclable materials. All commercial,
institutional or industrial properties which provide outdoors litter
receptacles and disposal service for their contents shall also provide
receptacles for designated recyclable materials for those materials
commonly deposited in the location of the litter receptacle, and shall
provide for separate recycling service for their contents.
C.
Annually, every business, institution, or industrial facility shall
report to the Municipal Recycling Coordinator the recycling activities
undertaken at its premises, including the amount of recycled material,
by material type, collected and recycled and the vendor or vendors
providing recycling service. The forms to be used will be provided
by the Municipal Recycling Coordinator.
D.
All food service establishments, as defined in the Health Code, shall,
in addition to compliance with all other recycling requirements, be
required to recycle grease and/or cooking oil created in the processing
of food or food products, and maintain such records as may be prescribed
for inspection by any code enforcement officer.
A.
Any application to the Planning Board of the municipality of Harmony
for subdivision or site plan approval for the construction of multifamily
dwellings of three or more units, single-family developments of 50
or more units or any commercial, institutional, or industrial development
for the utilization of 1,000 square feet or more of land must include
a recycling plan. This plan must contain, at a minimum, the following;
(1)
A detailed analysis of the expected composition and amounts of solid
waste and recyclables generated at the proposed development.
(2)
Locations documented on the application's site plan that provide
for convenient recycling opportunities for all owners, tenants, and
occupants. The recycling area shall be of sufficient size, convenient
location and contain other attributes (signage, lighting, fencing,
etc.) as may be determined by the Municipal Recycling Coordinator.
(3)
Provisions shall be made for the indoor or enclosed outdoor storage
and pickup of solid waste, to be approved by the Municipal Engineer.
B.
Prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy by the municipality
of Harmony, the owner of any new multifamily housing or commercial,
institutional, or industrial development must supply a copy of a duly
executed contract with a hauling company for the purposes of collection
and recycling of source-separated recyclable materials in those instances
where the municipality does not otherwise provide this service.
A.
It shall be unlawful for solid waste collectors to collect solid
waste that is mixed with, or contains visible signs of, designated
recyclable materials. It is also unlawful for solid waste collectors
to remove for disposal those bags or containers of solid waste which
visibly display a warning notice sticker or some other device indicating
that the load of solid waste contains designated recyclable materials.
B.
It shall be the responsibility of the resident or occupant to properly
segregate the uncollected waste for proper disposal or recycling.
Allowing such unseparated solid waste and recyclables to accumulate
will be considered a violation of this chapter and the local sanitary
code.
C.
Once placed in the location identified by this chapter, or any rules
or regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, no person, other
than those authorized by the municipality, shall tamper with, collect,
remove, or otherwise handle designated recyclable materials.
The municipal Board of Health, the Recycling Coordinator, the
Zoning Officer, the Building Inspector, the Housing Officer, or other
code enforcement officer, the Police Department, and the Warren County
Department of Health are hereby individually and severally empowered
to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
A.
Any person, corporation, occupant, or entity that violates or fails
to comply with any provision of this chapter or any of the rules and
regulations promulgated hereunder shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punishable by a fine not less than $25, nor more than $2,000 or
up to 90 days in jail or a period of community service not to exceed
90 days, or any combination thereof.
B.
Each day for which a violation of this chapter occurs shall be considered
a separate offense.
C.
Fines levied and collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter
shall be immediately deposited into the Municipal Recycling Trust
Fund (or equivalent). Monies in the Municipal Recycling Trust Fund
shall be used for the expenses of the municipal recycling program,
including enforcement and education.
A.
The position of Recycling Coordinator is hereby created and established
within the Township of Harmony.
B.
The Recycling Coordinator shall be appointed by the Township Committee
for a term of one year, expiring December 31 of each year. The term
of the person first appointed Recycling Coordinator shall expire December
31 of the year of that person's appointment.
C.
The Recycling Coordinator, subject to the approval of the Township
Committee, shall establish and promulgate reasonable regulations as
to the manner, days and times for the collection, sorting, transportation,
sale and/or marketing of said recycling material in order to encourage
the preservation of material resources while minimizing the cost of
the recycling program to the Township of Harmony.
