[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Tullytown 1-3-2017 by Ord. No.
380. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The short title of this chapter shall be the "Borough of Tullytown
(TB) Recycling Ordinance," and the same may be cited in that manner.
Aluminum is a product, light in weight, ductile and malleable
substance or element commonly known as aluminum and shall include
all aluminum food and beverage cans. The description excludes aluminum
foil, trays, plates and miscellaneous noncan aluminum products.
Those recyclable materials specified to be recycled, mixed
together in a recycling container for "single stream" recycling collection,
or collected together in a single week.
Events that are sponsored in whole or in part by a mandated
municipality, or conducted within a mandated municipality and sponsored
privately, which include but are not limited to fairs, bazaars, socials,
picnics and organized sporting events that will be attended by 200
or more individuals per day.
A controlled microbials degradation of organic waste to produce
a relatively nuisance-free product of potential value as a soil conditioner.
A receptacle constructed of metal or plastic and used for
the storage of residential solid waste and recyclables. The container
shall be waterproof with a tight fitting cover, and equipped with
pull handles.
The area within five feet of the edge of a public or private
street, land, alleyway or intersection of a shared driveway and adjacent
private property.
A site, location, tract of land, area, or premises used or
intended to be used for solid waste disposal as designated and permitted
by the PA DEP.
Designated recyclable materials generated at dwellings for
single-stream collections shall be placed at the curb separate from
municipal waste for collection, specific materials, times, dates,
and type containers to be established by Borough Council resolution.
[Amended 3-7-2017 by Ord.
No. 381]
One person, or two or more persons related by blood, foster
relationship, marriage, or adoption, and in addition, any domestic
persons who need not be so related, and in addition, domestic servants
or gratuitous guests thereof, who are living together in a single,
nonprofit dwelling unit and maintaining a common household with single
cooking facilities. A roomer, boarder, or lodger shall not be considered
a member of the family.
Empty steel or tin food or beverage containers.
Glass is the hard, brittle, transparent or partially transparent
substance produced by the fusion of silica and silicates or sand containing
soda and lime and/or other chemicals and substances usually or conveniently
included in the manufacture of glass, including clear, brown, green
and blue glass; and shall for the purpose of this contract include
only materials commonly known as glass bottles, jars, or containers.
This includes all food and beverage containers made of glass. Excluded
are ceramics, pottery, flat glass commonly known as "window" or "plate"
glass, automotive glass, mirrors, porcelain, and light bulbs.
Printed matter containing miscellaneous written pieces published
at fixed or varying intervals. Expressly excluded, however, are all
other paper products of any nature whatsoever.
Any occupied residential structure other than a dwelling
as defined herein, including, without limitation, apartment buildings
and other multiunit structures with four or more units, from which
a private hauler collects solid waste.
[Amended 6-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 383]
Any facility or building owned or operated by a local government
or county government, local government or county government authority,
state government or agency, or federal government or agency.
Any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste
and other materials, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained
gaseous materials, resulting from operation of residential, municipal,
commercial or institutional establishments and from community activities
and any sludge not meeting the definition or residual or hazardous
waste in the Solid Waste Management Act[1] from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply
treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution control
facility. The term does not include source-separated recyclable materials.
Paper includes cardboard, junk mail, newspapers, gray board,
office paper, and magazines.
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipality, municipal authority, or any
other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject
of rights and duties.
Plastic is synthetic or semi-synthetic polymers molded into
a variety of products, including containers for soda, milk, and other
beverages and other packaging, and generally identified by a number
between one and seven stamped or printed on the bottom or side of
the product.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq.
There is hereby established a program requiring the separation
from municipal waste of recyclable materials and yard waste generated
at dwellings, residences, multifamily residences, municipal establishments
and community activities within the Borough of Tullytown, hereinafter
referred to as the "Borough."
A.
Dwellings. Designated recyclable materials generated at dwellings
for single stream collection shall be placed at the curb separate
from municipal waste for collection at such times and dates and from
such containers as may be established by Borough Council.
(1)
Designated recyclable materials for residences are: aluminum cans,
clear glass containers and paper.
B.
Multifamily residences. Recyclable materials generated at multifamily
residences for single stream collection shall be placed in appropriate
containers, separate from municipal waste. Collection receptacles
of sufficient size for recyclable materials shall be placed in easily
accessible locations, such as storage areas, or areas where municipal
waste is presently collected. Recyclable materials shall be stored
in accordance with State Fire Code regulations and all federal, state
and local health and safety laws and ordinances, until collection.
Recyclable materials shall be collected at least twice per month by
a private hauler, and not part of the municipal recycling collection
by the Borough of Tullytown.
[Amended 3-7-2017 by Ord.
No. 381; 6-6-2017 by Ord. No. 383]
(1)
Specific recyclable materials shall be established by Borough Council
resolution.
Persons shall separate yard waste from other municipal waste
generated within the municipality. No leaf waste shall be placed for
collection unless the leaf waste is to be composted.
A.
PRIVATE COLLECTOR/HAULER
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
RECYCLING
RECYCLING EDUCATION
RECYCLING PROCESSING CENTER
SINGLE-STREAM COLLECTION
SOLID WASTE
YARD WASTE
The Borough of Tullytown is authorized and directed to establish
and promulgate reasonable regulations as to the manner, days and times
for collection of recyclable materials from dwellings in accordance
with the terms hereof. The Borough may change, modify, repeal or amend
any portion of said rules and regulations at any time.
A person providing collection, hauling and disposal services
for municipal waste and/or recyclable materials on a private contract
basis within Tullytown Borough.
Those materials specified by the municipality to be recycled.
This list of materials is designated herein and may be revised from
time to time as deemed necessary by the Borough.
Recyclable material or recyclables are those materials specified
by ordinance or resolution of the Borough Council to be recycled in
any given year such materials may include, but not be limited to,
aluminum products, ferrous container, bimetal containers, glass containers,
newspapers, magazines and periodicals, mixed paper including bulk
business mail, computer paper, typing paper, writing paper, envelopes,
telephone books, wrapping paper and office paper, plastic containers
with No. 1 - No. 7 stamped on bottom, plastic grocery bags with No.
2, and No. 4 symbols; corrugated cardboard, including shipping and
packaging boxes having layered construction, paperboard (e.g., shoe
and cereal boxes), and brown paper bags.
Program as required by PA DEP to educate residents on recycling.
A plant, establishment or other operation which accepts,
sorts, prepares, consolidates, process, handles, or otherwise modifies
recyclable materials for sale, further distribution, or other recycling
use.
A collection system by which all recyclables specified are
mixed together at the time of collection and separation takes place
at a recycling facility. Single stream recyclables will never be mixed
with residential solid waste.
All refuse (garbage and rubbish) and other discarded solid
material normally collected by a municipal or private hauler.
Leaves, garden residues, shrubbery and tree trimmings or
similar vegetative matter.
B.
Private collectors/haulers. All municipal waste and recyclable materials
and leaf waste accumulated at dwellings, multifamily residences, and
municipal establishments, and at community activities, shall be collected,
conveyed and disposed of only by private collectors/haulers duly licensed
in accordance with law.
A.
Any person who shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any of
the terms or provisions of this Ordinance, or of any regulations promulgated
pursuant hereto, pertaining to the separation, storage, collection,
transportation or disposal of recyclable materials or municipal waste,
shall upon conviction thereof, be subject to payment of court costs
and a fine not to exceed $300 upon first convection, $500 upon second
conviction, and $600 upon third or subsequent convictions, every day
that a violation of this article continues shall constitute a separate
offense, together with court costs and attorneys' fees.
B.
Owners, landlords and agents for owners or landlords of property
who comply with this chapter shall not be liable for the noncompliance
of tenants/occupants of such property.
The municipality or its designated agent may enter into (an)
agreement(s) with public or private agencies or firms to authorize
them to collect all or part of the recyclable materials from curbside.
Any person may donate or sell recyclable materials to individuals
or organizations that are licensed or authorized by the municipality
in its recycling regulations. These materials must either be delivered
to the individual's or organization's site or they may be
placed at the curb for collection by said individual or organization
on days not indicated as recyclable materials on or immediately preceding
(within 24 hours) a regularly scheduled curbside collection day.
This chapter shall take effect upon establishment of recycling
regulations and after the entry into agreements with public haulers
to collect recyclables.
