As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Cans of one-piece seamless construction, made entirely of
aluminum.
An automotive engine coolant consisting of a mixture of ethylene
glycol and water or propylene glycol and water.
Building materials used to cover the roof or sides of a building
in which the material consists of petroleum and/or coal/tar substances.
Batteries used to power motor vehicle engines, including
those for automobiles, trucks and boats.
Recyclable components of the construction/demolition waste
stream, including but not limited to concrete, brick, concrete and
cinder block, asphalt-based roofing scrap, paving material (concrete
asphalt and stones), non-chemically treated wood waste, wood pallets
and heavy iron (structural steel or ferrous metal and cast-iron components).
Alternating ridged and grooved heavy paper stock used in
manufacturing of boxes and shipping containers.
All products made from silica or sand, soda ash and limestone,
the product being transparent or translucent and being used for the
packaging or bottling of various matter and all other material commonly
known as "glass," excluding, however, blue and flat glass commonly
known as "window glass," ceramics, light bulbs and fluorescent tubes.
Household batteries composed of alkaline, carbon zinc and
zinc air in the following sizes: AAA, AA, 9-volt lantern batteries,
C, D and button cell batteries and commercial batteries composed of
mercury, silver oxide and lithium batteries.
Periodicals made of glossy-type paper.
Junk mail, envelopes, coupons, NCR paper, direct mail ads,
fax paper, manila file folders and Pendaflex® folders.
A petroleum-based or synthetic oil limited to lubrication
of internal-combustion engines.
Bond paper, letterhead paper, photocopy paper, memo paper,
colored paper and computer paper.
A filter to screen out impurities from the motor oil of automobiles
and trucks.
All individuals, partnerships, corporations, owners, tenants,
lessees, occupants, associations and organizations residing, owning
or operating, managing, leasing or occupying any premises or business,
commercial or industrial, or engaged in the collection or disposal
of solid waste and other refuse matter within the Township of Mount
Olive. This definition includes commercial buildings such as apartment
buildings, hotels, office buildings, restaurants, taverns, supermarkets,
etc., and institutions such as schools and hospitals.
Nonhazardous soils containing petroleum hydrocarbons resulting
from spills, leaks or leaking underground storage tanks used for gasoline
or any other commercial fuel.
All plastic bottles, other than those which contain hazardous
materials such as motor oil or other automotive additives or products,
should be recycled. Recyclable plastics can be identified by a logo
located on the container with number 1 or 2 within it.
All items of solid waste which are required by this article
to be separated from all other solid waste so as to be collected apart
from the ordinary solid waste stream. Residents shall use separate
recycling containers for each type of recyclable.
Includes garbage and rubbish normally placed at the curb
by all persons residing in Mount Olive Township and received for regular
municipal collection.
Rigid containers for food which are constructed of steel
or tin.
Any large receptacle used to hold fluids or gases, including
but not limited to oil, gasoline or propane.
Unfinished wood from land clearing consisting of stumps,
logs and tree parts.
All passenger and automobile and truck tires.
Paper of the type commonly referred to as "newsprint," but
does not include magazines, periodicals, books, paper bags and such
other paper products.
All large appliances such as washing machines, dryers, refrigerators/freezers
and stoves/ranges. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) contained in certain
"white goods" shall not be released into the atmosphere but shall
be recovered by persons in accordance with acceptable standards for
CFC recovery.
Vegetative matter generated from the residential process
of yard or ground maintenance, including leaves, limbs, shrubbery
with no root balls, vines, garden waste and brush no longer than four
feet in length.
All tree limbs and branches (no vines) with a four-inch maximum
diameter generated from the residential process of yard or ground
maintenance (does not include work performed by contractors or extensive
tree clearing).
All grass, weeds, clover or other residual vegetative matter
generated from the residential process of lawn mowing or lawn maintenance.
A.
It shall be mandatory for all persons, except the handicapped or
disabled, to separate recyclables from all other solid waste produced
in or disposed of by such residential or nonresidential occupants.
B.
Recycling goals. Mount Olive Township will implement such programs
so as to achieve the state policy directive of reaching a 50% recycling
rate of municipal solid waste by 1995.
C.
Recyclable items are hereby declared to be aluminum beverage containers,
antifreeze, automotive batteries, construction and demolition debris,
glass bottles and jars, household and commercial batteries, mixed
paper, magazines, plastic bottles, used newspapers, motor oil and
oil filters, corrugated office paper, steel/tin food containers, stumps,
logs and tree parts, tires, white goods, used storage tanks, yard
waste resulting from lawn mowing and yard waste other than that resulting
from lawn mowing, chipboard and/or greyboard. All mandated recyclable
material shall be banned from the Morris County disposal system, which
includes the transfer station facilities and out-of-state landfills.
(Note: Asphalt shingles shall continue to be delivered to the transfer
station site for recycling, not disposal.)
D.
On dates established on an annual basis by the Township, the following
recycling services shall be provided:
(1)
Single-stream recyclables containing plastic bottles, mixed/office
paper, magazines, corrugated carboard, glass bottles and jars, aluminum
beverage containers, steel containers and used newspapers shall be
placed at curbside for collection by the Township municipal trucks
or by such agent or certain designated firms specifically authorized
by the Township to make such collection on a weekly basis. Single-stream
recyclables shall be placed in containers specifically labeled for
recycling, preferably in one ninety-six or sixty-five-gallon container.
(2)
White goods, furniture, metal items, electronics, tires and other bulk waste shall be picked up with special arrangement and placed on the curb with a purchased sticker from the Public Works Department as defined in Article V.
(3)
Yard waste other than yard waste resulting from lawn mowing shall
be placed curbside for collection by the Township municipal trucks
or by such agents or certain designated firms specially authorized
by the Township to make such collection on a weekly basis from March
through April and October through December. Waste shall be bagged
in paper bags or placed in a clean trash container. No container or
bag shall be of such volume or weight as to exceed 34 gallons or 40
pounds.
(4)
Yard waste resulting from lawn mowing shall be placed curbside for
collection by the Township municipal trucks or by such agents or certain
designated firms specially authorized by the Township to make such
collection on a weekly basis from May through October. Waste shall
be bagged in paper bags or clean trash containers. No bag shall be
of such volume or weight as to exceed 34 gallons or 40 pounds.
(5)
Yard waste requiring chipper service shall be picked up with special
arrangement, stacked neatly on the curb with all branches facing the
same direction, from April through May. Waste piles must be limited
to 10 feet long, four feet high and to the depth of the limbs. Large
piles will not be picked up. Residents are limited to two special
arrangements a year.
(6)
Household hazardous waste, such as antifreeze, automotive, household
and commercial batteries, motor oil, oil filters, pesticides, herbicides
and fertilizers, fire extinguishers and mercury-containing devices,
shall be delivered to the Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority
or other approved and licensed recycling facility.
E.
Where used newspapers are used to wrap solid waste, they may be discarded
or disposed of for collection with usual solid waste.
F.
Construction and demolition debris must be recycled and properly
disposed of through a private contractor. It shall be both mandatory
and a condition precedent to the issuance of any permanent certificate
of occupancy or final work inspection for the owner of the property,
agent or contractor in charge of a construction or demolition site
to recycle and source-separate all applicable construction or demolition
debris components, including asphalt roofing shingles, as defined,
resulting from a construction or demolition project. The construction
or demolition debris shall be brought to a state-approved recycling
center, and written documentation of the total amount of material
recycled during the previous calendar year shall be provided to Mount
Olive Township by February 1 of each year. No permit for construction
or demolition shall be approved until an origin and destination form
is completed and submitted with the permit application to the Mount
Olive Division of Inspections and Code Enforcement of the Department
of Planning, Zoning and Code Enforcement and a copy is submitted to
the Recycling Coordinator. Likewise, receipts or other certified documentation
evidencing proof of the disposal of construction and/or demolition
debris in a lawful manner shall accompany each application for a certificate
of occupancy or certificate of approval. If the owner of property,
agent or contractor is performing only a demolition project, receipts
or other certified documentation evidencing proof of disposal of demolition
debris shall be presented to this office within 15 days upon completion
of the project.
G.
All storage tanks must be disposed of in accordance with all state and local laws concerning removal and disposal of storage tanks. The owner of the property must provide written proof of disposal, as set forth in Subsection H hereinafter, to the Division of Inspection and Code Enforcement of the Department of Planning, Zoning and Code Enforcement for transmittal to the Township's Health Department.
H.
Disposal of recyclables or yard waste with solid waste prohibited.
(1)
No person engaged in the collection or disposal of solid waste shall
collect solid waste that contains visible signs of designated recyclable
materials in garbage bags, trash containers, dumpsters or any other
container. All solid waste shall be source-separated in accordance
with state statutes.
(2)
All property owners and tenants in the Township of Mount Olive must
dispose of all yard waste resulting from lawn mowing by one of the
following methods:
(a)
Cut and leave yard waste resulting from lawn mowing on owner's
property.
(b)
Composting on owner's property.
(c)
Delivery to a legally approved composting facility or other
legally approved disposal facility.
(d)
The volume or weight of such bag or container shall not exceed
34 gallons or 40 pounds, and the bag or container shall be placed
curbside so as to not cause any obstructions or hazards.
I.
Yard waste, as herein defined, shall be banned from disposal at the
Morris County transfer station on Goldmine Road in Mount Olive by
all persons. It shall be the Township policy to promote the cut-it-and-leave-it
grass program and composting of leaves.
J.
All persons are hereby prohibited from releasing CFC refrigerants
into the atmosphere through shearing, shredding, bailing or other
methods. All CFCs from white goods must be recovered in accordance
with all state and local laws.
A.
The Director of the Department of Public Works is hereby authorized
and directed to enforce this article and to establish a reasonable
schedule of regulation as to the manner, days and times for collection
of recyclables, in accordance with the terms of this article. Said
schedule of regulation shall become effective upon passage of this
chapter. The Director of the Department of Public Works is also hereby
authorized to amend the schedule of regulations. Said amendments to
the schedule shall be published in the official newspaper of the Township
at least 20 days prior to their effective date. Amendments to the
schedule of regulations shall become effective 20 days after their
publication, unless the Council adopts a resolution rejecting or modifying
said amendments.
B.
Residential, commercial and institutional solid waste shall be inspected
periodically by the Recycling Coordinator and personnel of the Sanitation
Department.
(1)
Residential offenders. A warning letter shall be sent to a violator
providing 10 days to correct the violation. A summons shall be issued
if the violation continues or has not been corrected. Violation stickers
shall be affixed by the Recycling Coordinator and/or sanitation personnel
to solid waste which contains visible signs of recyclables or should
recyclables be placed for collection at the curb and not in conformity
with the procedures established herein.
(2)
Commercial and institutional offenders. A warning letter shall be
sent to a violator providing 30 days to correct the violation. A summons
shall be issued if the violation continues or has not been corrected.
(3)
The Recycling Coordinator shall send warning letters to solid waste
haulers who violate any provision of this article by collection of
solid waste with visible signs of recyclables. A summons will be issued
if the hauler does not correct the violations within 10 days.
From the time of placement at the curb, such material shall
be and become the property of the Township of Mount Olive or its authorizing
agent, and it shall be a violation of this article for any person
not expressly authorized by the Township to collect or pick up or
cause to be picked up any such recyclables. Each collection in violation
hereof from one or more residences shall constitute a separate and
distinct offense punishable as herein provided. Nothing contained
herein, however, shall be construed to limit volunteer or charitable
organizations from conducting newspaper drives. The date, time, place
and nature of collection shall be presented, in writing, to the Department
of Public Works prior to any such newspaper drive, and the Director
of the Department of Public Works shall approve or disapprove the
date, time, place and manner of collection in accordance with regulations
promulgated under this article. Regularly scheduled or established
collections need only be reported once in each calendar year.
A.
The Business Administrator of the Township of Mount Olive shall,
by bid or contract, establish the destination for all municipally
collected recyclables.
B.
Receipts from all sales of recyclables, whether by the municipality
or a duly authorized volunteer or charitable organization, shall be
recorded by the Department of Public Works and reported to the appropriate
state agency for rebate. Proceeds from sales and rebates of municipally
collected recyclables shall be returned to the general treasury to
be used to underwrite the cost of the disposal of solid waste and
promotion of recycling activities.
C.
Tonnage grant funds received by the Township shall be utilized as
a line item in the sanitation budget for use in recycling activities
to promote increased compliance.
D.
A "small business" by definition is one which generates two yards
to four yards of trash per week. Any small business which generates
recyclable material shall separate the recyclable material from the
trash as per Mount Olive recycling regulations. The recyclable material
will be picked up at the owner's request by the Mount Olive Sanitation
Department for a fee of $30 per month. If the amount of recyclable
material is two times greater than the average amount of recyclable
material generated by all the small businesses being picked up, the
monthly fee may be proportionally greater. Mount Olive Township may
initiate or cancel any recycling pickup.
A.
Annual recycling tonnage shall be reported annually to the Municipal
Recycling Coordinator by all businesses, institutions, apartment complexes,
solid waste haulers and market/vendors collecting recyclables in the
Township no later than March 1 of each year.
B.
A complete copy of the annual recycling tonnage report shall be reported
to the County Recycling Coordinator.
A.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of this
article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by one or more
of the following: by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days
or by a minimum fine of $100 and a maximum fine of $2,000 per offense
or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.
B.
Any owner of property, agent or contractor who performs construction/demolition
work in the Township and does not provide the Mount Olive Division
of Inspections and Code Enforcement of the Department of Planning,
Zoning and Code Enforcement with certified documentation evidencing
proof of disposal of construction/demolition debris shall also not
be given any permit(s) for future demolition project(s) until all
court proceedings have been satisfied.
The Director of the Department of Public Works is hereby authorized
and directed to establish and implement a recycling education and
publicity program in accordance with the terms of this article. The
programs shall be directed at the residential, commercial and industrial
sectors of the community and shall include, but not be limited to,
publication and distribution of recycling information, recycling presentations
and workshops, education programs in the Township school system, assistance
to businesses in locating vendors to accept types of recyclables not
collected by the Township and public notification of the penalties
for violation of the article.
