[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Cranbury 9-27-2010 by Ord. No. 09-10-14. Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The agreement between the municipality and the authority
for the provision of recycling and marketing services.
Food and beverage containers made entirely of aluminum.
The Middlesex County Improvement Authority, a public body
corporate and politic of the State of New Jersey, organized by the
County pursuant to the County Improvement Authorities Law (N.J.S.A.
40:37A-44 et seq.).
The following designated recyclables generated within the
geographic boundaries of the Township of Cranbury, which include newspaper,
aluminum cans, glass and plastic containers, steel cans, corrugated
cardboard, mixed paper and textiles.
The Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Middlesex,
New Jersey.
The date upon which the Authority and the municipality agree
that the Authority, through its contractor, will commence the provision
of recycling services.
Twenty-gallon plastic containers to be used by the residents
to place plastic containers, glass containers, aluminum cans and steel
cans at the curb for collection by the contractor, or such other container
designated by the Authority for such use.
The contractor selected by the Authority to provide the recycling
services pursuant to the recycling contract.
Boxes and packaging generally made from wood pulp and consisting
of two smooth sides with a corrugated inner layer. Brown paper grocery
bags are included.
The County of Middlesex, New Jersey.
The Middlesex County District Solid Waste Management Plan,
adopted by the Board pursuant to the Solid Waste Management Act,[1] which provides for the collection, disposal and/or recycling
of solid waste generated with the geographic boundaries of the County,
as the same may be amended from time to time.
The collection and marketing program for Authority-collected
recyclables established by the County and the Authority for all participating
municipalities in the County and funded in part with RRIT funds allocated
for this purpose.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection or
any successor agency.
All recyclable materials that are designated by the County
in the County Plan as materials that must be source-separated from
municipal solid waste at the point of generation. On the date of this
chapter, the recyclables designated by the County in the County Plan
are newspaper, aluminum cans, glass containers, corrugated cardboard,
steel cans, plastic containers, mixed paper, textiles, leaves, motor
oil and brush from residential and commercial sources. Amendments
to this list include masonry/paving material, rechargeable batteries,
tires and white goods from residential and commercial sources. Additional
recyclables include electronics, fluorescent bulbs, plastic film and
wood scraps from commercial, industrial and institutional, governments
and office parks. The County may add or delete certain recyclable
materials to designated recyclables from time to time pursuant to
a duly adopted amendment to the County Plan approved by the DEP.
Televisions, VCRs, computer equipment (including, but not
limited to, CPUs, monitors, keyboards, scanners, modems, printers,
and cables), laptops, telephones, irons, fluorescent lamps, fluorescent
bulbs, compact fluorescent bulbs, and undamaged mercury-containing
devices (including, but not limited to, thermostats and thermometers).
Lamps that contain mercury.
All glass containers used for packaging food or beverages.
The amendments to the County Plan (Nos. 1994-2 and 1994-3)
adopted by the Board on June 2, 1994, that, among other things, established
the County-Wide Recycling Program.
Asphalt, block, brick, cinder, and concrete.
The amendment to the County Plan (No. 2006-2) adopted by
the Board of Chosen Freeholders in December 2006 and certified by
the NJDEP on May 17, 2007, for municipalities to update their recycling
ordinances.
Glossy inserts, magazines, telephone books, junk mail, colored
paper, computer paper, office paper, paperboard (chipboard and pressboard),
nonmetallic wrapping paper, softcover books, hardcover books with
covers removed and fine paper.
A covered eight-gallon container in which residents will
place mixed paper at the curb for collection by the contractor, or
such other container designated by the Authority for such purpose.
A petroleum-based or synthetic oil whose use includes, but
is not limited to, lubrication of internal combustion engines, which
through use, storage or handling has become unsuitable for its original
purpose due to the presence of impurities or less of original properties.
The Township of Cranbury, a municipal corporation of the
State of New Jersey.
I.D. Type 10 Waste as defined by N.J.A.C. 7:26-2.13(g)(l)(i).
Paper of the type commonly referred to as "newsprint" and
distributed at stated intervals, usually daily or weekly, having printed
thereon news and opinions and containing advertisements and other
matters of public interest.
Soda bottles made of PETE (SRI code No. 1) and milk, water
and laundry product bottles made of HDPE (SPI code No. 2).
Stretch/shrink wrap, plastic shopping bags; only for warehouses,
retail establishments and supermarkets with 25 or more employees.
Nickel cadmium (Ni-Cd), nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH), lithium
ion (Li-ion) and small sealed lead (Pb).
Chapter 120, §§ 120-1 through 120-7 of the Code of the Township of Cranbury, the ordinance enacted by the municipality establishing the mandatory municipal recycling program implemented in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Act and the County Plan, as the same will be amended by the municipality to include the additional designated recyclables as set forth in § 120-2, and as the same may be amended in the future from time to time for other purposes.
All of the duties, obligations, and services to be provided
by the contractor that are related to the collection, transportation,
separation, processing, storage, sale or disposition, or any combination
thereof, of the Authority-collected recyclables and the return of
same to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
Private, commercial and institutional residents of the municipality
that are required to recycle designated recyclables pursuant to the
Recycling Ordinance.
Tin-plated, bi-metal and other ferrous food and beverage
containers.
Clean, dry clothing or other fabric measuring at least one
foot by one foot in size.
A special bag to be provided by the Authority for the collection
for textiles, or such other container to be designated by the Authority
for such purpose.
Rubber-based scrap automotive, truck, and equipment tires.
Washers, dryers, ranges, refrigerators, air conditioners,
outside grills (including gas tanks for grills), water heater tanks,
freezers, stoves/ovens, dishwashers, metal storm doors (without glass
window inserts), humidifiers/dehumidifiers, water coolers, metal sinks,
and residential kitchen exhaust fans. The preceding list of white
goods is not exhaustive; should a question arise concerning whether
an item is considered a white good, residents should contact the Department
of Public Works for clarification. [NOTE: All devices that contain
CFCs must be properly evacuated by licensed individuals prior to disposal
with the Township, and all CFCs recovered must be sent to an EPA-approved
reclaimer.]
Unfinished lumber from new construction projects, including
pallets. "Unfinished" shall mean non-chemically-treated (not pressure
treated, impregnated with preservatives, insecticides, fungicides,
creosote, or other chemicals, and not painted, resin-coated or otherwise
surface treated, and not laminated or bonded; and not similarly altered
from its natural condition). Only for new construction sites.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 13:1E-1 et seq.
A.Â
All residents, commercial, industrial and institutional, governments
and office parks of Cranbury Township shall recycle, or cause to be
recycled, the following categories of recyclables:
(1)Â
Newspaper.
(2)Â
Aluminum cans.
(3)Â
Glass containers.
(4)Â
Plastic containers.
(5)Â
Steel cans.
(6)Â
Corrugated cardboard.
(7)Â
Mixed paper.
(8)Â
Textiles.
(9)Â
Motor oil.
(10)Â
Leaves.
(11)Â
Brush.
(12)Â
Masonry/paving material.
(13)Â
Rechargeable batteries.
(14)Â
Tires.
(15)Â
White goods.
(16)Â
Electronic waste.
Pursuant to the Recycling Act, each resident, commercial, industrial
and institutional, government and office park of Cranbury Township
shall be required to comply with the recycling plan of Cranbury Township.
This plan incorporates the Middlesex County Recycling Plan to meet
the state-mandated recycling goals. To effectuate and implement the
Township Recycling Plan, it is hereby required that:
A.Â
The Township of Cranbury hereby adopts this chapter to provide for
recycling within its borders pursuant to the Recycling Act adopting
herein the Middlesex County Recycling Plan as its official municipal
recycling program; and
B.Â
All residential and commercial contracts for solid waste collection
and/or disposal within Cranbury Township shall be consistent with
this chapter and the Middlesex County Recycling Plan.
C.Â
The Township of Cranbury shall provide for a collection system of
leaves generated from residential premises and require that persons
occupying residential premises within these municipal boundaries shall
source-separate leaves from solid waste generated at those premises
and, unless leaves are stored or recycled for composting or mulching
by the generator, place the leaves for collection in the manner provided
in § 69C, Code of the Township of Cranbury.
D.Â
The Township of Cranbury shall, at a minimum, within 30 days after
the adoption of this chapter and at least once every six months thereafter,
notify all persons occupying residential, commercial, industrial and
institutional, government and office park premises within these municipal
boundaries of recycling opportunities and the source-separation requirements
of its ordinance and the Middlesex County Recycling Plan. In order
to fulfill the notification requirements of this subsection, this
municipality may, in its discretion, place an advertisement in a newspaper
circulating in the municipality, post a notice in public places where
public notices are customarily posted, include a notice with other
official notifications periodically mailed to residential taxpayers,
or any combination thereof, as the municipality deems necessary and
appropriate.
E.Â
The Township of Cranbury shall prepare and distribute additional
literature and other educational materials describing, among other
things:
(1)Â
The municipal recycling program established pursuant to the Recycling
Ordinance;
(2)Â
The County-Wide Recycling Program and the recycling services to be
provided within the geographic boundaries of the municipality;
(3)Â
The designated recyclables to be source-separated;
(4)Â
The manner or method of preparing source-separated material for collection;
and
(5)Â
The location and schedules for collection. All such literature and
other educational materials shall be prepared in accordance with written
guidelines established by the Authority and shall be approved by the
Authority prior to distribution.
F.Â
On the commencement date, the Authority will cause the contractor
to commence the provision of recycling services for the Authority-collected
recyclables for all residents. The Authority-collected recyclables
shall be collected by the contractor at curbside at:
(1)Â
All single-family or duplex residential locations.
(2)Â
All multifamily dwellings with four or less units, and all small
businesses. All multifamily dwellings with five or more units, schools,
public buildings, hospitals, and other institutions shall deposit
the Authority-collected recyclables in on-site containers to be provided
by the contractor.
G.Â
The contractor shall collect Authority-collected recyclables on a
biweekly basis. Collections will occur Monday through Friday and,
at the contractor's option, on Saturday, except for legal holidays,
between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
H.Â
At the time of placement of recyclable materials designated for collection
by the recycling plan of the Township of Cranbury at the curb or street
side of residential units, said materials shall be considered the
sole property of the Middlesex County Improvement Authority and shall
be considered a conscious contribution by that resident to the County
Recycling System for collection by the Middlesex County Improvement
Authority or its agent.
A.Â
The contractor will be responsible for the collection at the curbside only for Authority-collected recyclables that have been separated and prepared for collection as noted in § 120-4B(1).
B.Â
Residents must separate, prepare items as follows:
(1)Â
Recyclables.
(a)Â
Corrugated cardboard must be placed at the curb in segregated,
twine-tied bundles (no wire) no greater than 12 inches in height.
(b)Â
Mixed paper, including office paper, Kraft bags and newspaper,
must be placed at the curb in the mixed paper container.
(c)Â
Glass containers, aluminum, cans, plastic containers and steel
cans shall be commingled in a commingled container.
(d)Â
Textiles shall be segregated in the textile bag.
(e)Â
Any Authority-collected recyclables that are not prepared for
collection in this manner will be left at the curb by the contractor.
C.Â
White goods and electronic waste recycling. White goods and electronic
waste shall be recycled in the township by one of the following means:
(1)Â
A scheduled curbside pickup of white goods and electronic waste by
the Department of Public Works. Curbside pickup shall occur once a
month on a date set by the Department of Public Works. Residents shall
be responsible to contact the Department of Public Works to schedule
the curbside pickup. There shall be a per-item fee of $10 for curbside
pickup, which shall be paid to the Township of Cranbury by the resident
prior to pickup.
(2)Â
Delivery of white goods and electronic waste by residents to a facility
designated by the Department of Public Works during a time and date
as determined by the Department of Public Works. There shall be no
charge to the resident for the delivery of white goods and electronic
waste.
A.Â
Pursuant to Plan Amendment 2006-2, at the time of issuance of any
building permit, the building code official will provide written instruction
on proper disposal and recycling of construction and demolition waste
and furnish a Notification of Construction/Demolition Activity Form
that must be filled out by the permitted and faxed to the Middlesex
County Division of Solid Waste Management (MCDSWM) within 48 hours
of issuance of a municipal permit. The following mandatory materials
must be kept separate from the garbage and recycled by any construction/demolition
site with Middlesex County:
(1)Â
Corrugated cardboard.
(2)Â
Masonry/paving materials (including concrete, asphalt, brick, block
and cinder).
(3)Â
Wood scraps (for new construction sites only).
(4)Â
Tires.
(5)Â
Paper (newspaper and mixed paper).
(6)Â
Bottles and cans (glass, aluminum, steel and plastic).
(7)Â
Leaves and brush.
(8)Â
White goods (washers, dryers, ranges, refrigerators, and air conditioners).
(9)Â
Fluorescent bulbs, computers and televisions.
B.Â
All waste materials must be brought to a licensed solid waste facility.
All recyclables must be brought to a permitted recycling facility.
Recycling must be in place on site throughout the entire construction
phase.
The enforcement of the Recycling Plan of the Township of Cranbury
shall be provided individually and severally by the Township of Cranbury
with regard to enforcement of this chapter and/or Middlesex County
Improvement Authority, and/or the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection.
Any resident or small business of the Township of Cranbury who
is found to have violated the provisions of the chapter shall be subject
to the following procedures and penalties:
A.Â
A warning on the first three occasions that said chapter is violated;
and thereafter
B.Â
A fine of up to $500 per day of violation depending upon the extent
of and circumstances of the violation to be assessed pursuant to N.J.S.A.
13:1E-9 by the Middlesex County Improvement Authority, as authorized
hereby and pursuant to the inclusion of the section within the Middlesex
County Solid Waste Management Plan.
