[Amended 11-21-2006 by Ord. No. 2113]
A. 
Designated recyclables shall be kept separate from municipal waste for the purpose of mandatory curbside recycling, to the extent required by the following provisions:
(1) 
Owners and occupants of all residential properties shall keep separate the following designated recyclables: aluminum cans, corrugated paper, and bimetal cans. Leaf waste shall be kept separate unless they have otherwise provided for composting.
(2) 
Owners and occupants of all commercial, municipal and institutional establishments and properties and sponsors or organizers of community activities shall keep separate the following designated recyclables: aluminum cans, corrugated paper, and bimetal cans. Leaf waste shall also be kept separate unless they have otherwise provided for composting.
(3) 
Additionally the Borough may by resolution enumerate additional recyclables that will be required to be separated from municipal waste and collected in accordance with this chapter.
B. 
The following are the placement procedures for the curbside collection of designated recyclables. Aluminum and bimetal cans shall be emptied and cleaned. Corrugated cardboard shall be tied together or placed in closeable refuse bags so it cannot become airborne not to exceed 50 pounds. Recyclables shall be placed at the curb or alleyway where refuse/garbage is collected. Recyclables shall not be placed in the same garbage can or other containers or otherwise mixed with municipal waste for collection, removal or disposal. Leaf waste shall be set out for collection in a manner to be designated by the Borough. Storm-damaged tree branches and shrubbery shall be collected by the Borough when placed at the curb or alleyway for collection in a manner prescribed by the Borough Manager.
A. 
For residential properties other than multifamily housing projects, all recyclables and leaf waste that is required to be kept separate in residential properties pursuant to § 308-11A above, shall be placed at the appropriate location on the premises to be collected at times designated by the Borough. The frequency of curbside collection shall be a scheduled day at least once per month for designated recyclables. Leaf waste shall be collected curbside seasonally. The Borough's dropoff site will complement the leaf waste program by providing receptacles for dropoff of branches, tree and shrub trimmings and pulpy vines cut into three-foot lengths and bundled to a weight of less than 50 pounds.
[Amended 11-21-2006 by Ord. No. 2113]
B. 
No person other than the Borough shall collect or remove recyclables from any other person's property.
C. 
Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to impair the ownership of separated recyclable materials by the person who generated them unless and until such materials are placed at curbside or similar location for collection by the Borough.
[Amended 11-21-2006 by Ord. No. 2113]
A. 
For multifamily housing properties, all recyclables which are required to be kept separate from municipal waste in residential properties pursuant to § 308-12A above, shall either be delivered to a recycling center, or shall be picked up by the Borough separately from municipal waste, on a scheduled day at least once per month. Leaf waste shall be collected as appropriate by the Act. This would include at a minimum garden residues, shrubbery and tree trimmings and similar material be collected curbside once in each the spring and fall. Additionally, leaves will be collected curbside seasonally. The Borough's dropoff site will complement the leaf program.
B. 
The landlord of every multifamily housing property shall require, by clause in the lease or other enforceable rule or regulation, that the tenants in such property comply with the requirements of this chapter governing separation and placement for removal of recyclables in multifamily housing properties. Every such landlord shall set up a convenient and practical collection system on such properties for the storage and placement for removal of recyclables and leaf waste generated by the residents of such properties.
C. 
The collection system must include suitable containers for collecting and sorting materials, easily accessible locations for the containers and written instructions to the occupants concerning the use and availability of the collection system.
[Amended 11-21-2006 by Ord. No. 2113]
All recyclables that are required to be kept separate in commercial, municipal, and institutional establishments and properties and community activities pursuant to § 308-11A above shall either be delivered directly to the recycling center or shall be picked up by the Borough separately from municipal waste on a scheduled day at least once per month. If any recyclables are picked up, then all recyclables generated at the property shall be made available to the Borough for collection. Commercial, municipal, and institutional establishments and community activities shall not place recyclables within the public right-of-way for curbside collection, such curbside collection being intended solely for the placement of recyclables generated in residential properties other than multifamily housing properties. Leaf waste shall be collected as appropriate by the Act. This would include, at a minimum, garden residues, shrubbery and tree trimmings and similar material be collected curbside once in each the spring and fall. Additionally, leaves will be collected curbside seasonally. The Borough's dropoff site will complement the leaf waste program.
A. 
Every commercial, municipal and institutional establishment and community activity sponsor shall complete a form to be designated "recycling report," to be provided by the Borough, which shall indicate where the property's recyclables were delivered. Such report shall provide information on the type and amount of each material recycled, along with such other information as may be required by resolution of the Borough.
B. 
The recycling report and all weigh slips obtained from the facility or facilities to which the recyclables were delivered shall be submitted quarterly to the Borough. For purposes of submitting such weigh slips and recycling reports quarterly to the Borough, the collector who removed the recyclables from the property shall be the agent for any person occupying a residential dwelling unit, any landlord and any operator of a commercial, municipal and institutional establishment or the sponsor of any community activity and shall be responsible for completing and submitting such to the Borough. Each such quarterly report shall be submitted on or before the last day of the first month of each quarter, for the preceding quarter. Quarters shall run on a calendar-year basis, thus: January through March; April through June; July through September; and October through December.
A. 
From the time of placement for collection of residentially generated recyclable items for collection in accordance with the terms of this chapter, the items shall be and become the property of the Borough or its authorized agent. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person unauthorized by the Borough to collect or pick up or cause to be collected or picked up any such items. Any and each such collection in violation hereof from one or more locations shall constitute a separate and distinct offense punishable as hereinafter provided.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for a person to collect, remove or dispose of municipal waste that contains recyclables required by that person to be separated.