[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003, § 5]
1.
Recyclables shall be kept separate from and disposed of separately
from municipal waste, to the extent required by the following provisions:
A.
Owners and occupants of all residential properties shall commingle
the following recyclables: clear glass containers, brown glass containers,
green glass containers, aluminum, bimetal cans and plastic. Newspapers
shall be tied or bagged and placed with other recyclables.
B.
Owners and occupants of all commercial, municipal and institutional
establishments and properties and sponsors or organizers of community
activities shall commingle the following recyclables: clear glass,
brown glass, green glass and aluminum cans. Corrugated paper and high-grade
office paper shall be bundled, tied, bailed or placed in a container,
and placed with recyclables.
C.
From time to time the Township Supervisors may by resolution enumerate
alternative and/or additional recyclables which will be required to
be separate from municipal waste and collected in accordance with
this Part.
D.
This Part shall not impair or prohibit a licensed hauler from collecting
recyclables not provided for herein.
[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003, § 6]
1.
For residential properties other than multifamily dwellings, all
recyclables which are required to be kept separate from municipal
waste in residential properties, shall be placed at curbside or an
appropriate location on the premises to be collected at times designated
by the licensed hauler or recyclable collection permittee. The frequency
of such collection shall be not less than once per month.
2.
The recyclables are to be collected by a licensed hauler once it
is placed at curbside.
[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003, § 7]
1.
For multifamily dwellings, all recyclables which are required to be kept separate from municipal waste in residential properties, shall be picked up by a recyclable collection permittee or a licensed hauler separately from municipal waste, in a prearranged manner. If any recyclables are picked up by a recyclable collection permittee, then all recyclables generated at the property shall be made available to such recyclable collection permittee for collection except as provided in § 20-141 below.
2.
The landlord or board of directors of every multifamily dwelling
shall require, by a clause in the lease or other enforceable rule
or regulation, that the tenants in such property comply with the requirements
of this Part governing separation and disposal or placement for removal
of recyclables in multifamily dwellings. Every such landlord shall
set up a convenient and practical collection system in such properties
for the collection, storage and regular disposal or placement for
removal of recyclables generated by the residents of such properties.
3.
The collection system must include suitable containers for collection
and sorting materials, easily accessible locations for the containers
and written instructions to the occupants concerning the use and availability
of the collection system.
4.
Owners, landlords and agents of owners or landlords who comply with
the aforementioned requirements relative to multifamily dwellings
shall not be liable for the noncompliance of occupants of their building.
[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003, § 8]
All recyclables which are required to be kept separate from
municipal waste, in commercial, Township and institutional establishments
and properties and community activities shall either be delivered
directly to a recycling center or shall be picked up by a recyclable
collection permittee or licensed hauler separately from municipal
waste, in a prearranged manner. If any recyclables are picked up by
a recyclable collection permittee, then all recyclables generated
at the property shall be made available to such recyclable collection
permittee for collection except as provided in § 20-142.
Commercial, Township and institutional establishments and community
activities shall not place recyclables with 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.
[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003, § 9]
1.
The hauler shall submit the recycling report and weigh slips obtained
from the facility or facilities to which the recyclables were delivered
or taken, shall be submitted quarterly to the Township. For purposes
of submitting such weigh slips and recycling reports quarterly to
the Township, the collector who removed the recyclables from the property
shall be the agent for the operator of the establishment or sponsor
of the activity and shall be responsible for completing and submitting
such to the Township. Each such quarterly recycling 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.
2.
An approved method of estimation (i.e., percentage) may be used to
determine tonnage for recycling reports.
[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003, § 10]
From the time of placement for collection of residentially generated
recyclable items for collection in accordance with the terms of this
Part, the items shall be and become the property of the licensed hauler.
It shall be a violation of this Part for any person unauthorized by
the Township 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.
[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003, § 11]
The presence of any articles containing a person's name among
municipal waste and recyclables shall create a rebuttable presumption,
for purposes of this Part, that said municipal waste or recyclables
are the property of the person whose name is found therein.
