[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Parkside 4-28-2004 by Ord. No.
433.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Food-handling establishments — See Ch. 89.
Garbage, rubbish and refuse — See Ch. 95.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch.
145, Recycling, adopted 2-20-1985 by Ord. No. 328, as amended.
The short title of this chapter shall be the "Borough of Parkside
Recycling Ordinance," and the same may be cited in that manner.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Empty aluminum beverage and food containers.
Empty food or beverage cans consisting of steel and aluminum.
Those properties used primarily for commercial or industrial
purposes and those multiple-dwelling residential buildings containing
more than four dwelling units.
Structural paper material with an inner core shaped in rigid
parallel furrows and ridges.
The scheduled collection and transportation of recyclable
materials placed at the curbline by residents.
Bottles and jars made of clear, green or brown glass. Expressly
excluded are noncontainer glass, plate glass, blue glass and porcelain
and ceramic product.
All white paper, bond paper and computer paper used in commercial,
institutional and municipal establishments.
Those facilities that house or serve groups of people, such
as hospitals, public and private schools, churches, day-care centers,
and nursing homes.
Leaves from trees, bushes and other plants, garden residue,
chipped shrubbery and tree trimmings, but not including grass clippings.
Any properties having more than four dwelling units per structure.
Public facilities operated by the municipality and other
governmental and quasi-governmental authorities, including public
and private schools.
The paper of a type commonly referred to as "newsprint" and
distributed at fixed intervals, having printed thereon news and opinions,
containing advertisements and other matters of public interest. Expressly
excluded, however, are newspapers that have been soiled.
Owners, corporations, firms, lessors, and occupants of residences.
Those materials specified by the municipality to be recycled.
This list of materials is specified in the recycling regulations adopted
pursuant to this chapter and may be revised from time to time as deemed
necessary by the municipality.
Those rules and directives established by resolution by the
Parkside Borough Council from time to time, as revised or amended.
Any occupied single or multifamily dwelling fronting on a
public street having up to four dwelling units per structure.
A material whose original purpose has been completed and
which is directed to a disposal or processing facility or is otherwise
disposed. The term does not include source-separated recyclable materials
or materials approved by the Department for beneficial use.
There is hereby established a program for the mandatory separation
of recyclable materials from solid waste of all persons within the
Borough of Parkside, hereinafter referred to as the "municipality."
Recyclable material shall be placed at the curbside separate
from solid waste for collection at such times and dates as may be
hereinafter established by regulation.
A.
The Borough Council shall, from time to time, by resolution, determine
which recyclable materials, from among the recyclables allowed or
required by law to be recycled, shall be collected in the Borough.
B.
Such recyclables determined as aforesaid, shall be placed at the
curbside separated from solid waste for collection at such times and
such dates as may be hereinafter established by resolution of the
Borough Council of Parkside.
C.
All resolutions enacted pursuant to this section shall refer to the
same and shall contain separate determinations for residential recycling
as one category and separate determinations for commercial, institutional
and municipal establishments as a separate and distinct category.
Borough Council shall give such notice as it determines to be appropriate
from time to time with regard to the items which must be recycled
by the various categories.
Any commercial, institutional or residential living group or
unit utilizing private trash pickup, or any commercial, institutional
or multifamily property utilizing Borough personnel for trash pickups,
as of the date of the passage of this chapter shall be required to
provide for the private pickup and disposal of all recyclables pursuant
to the terms of this chapter and the recycling regulations. Any private
vendor who shall pickup and dispose of recyclables within the Borough
must register with the Borough office on an annual basis, setting
forth the name of vendor, address of the vendor, and those properties
which the vendor will be servicing. It is further required that all
vendors must provide a written report to the Borough on a quarterly
basis, setting forth the tonnage of all recyclables collected within
the Borough.
It shall be unlawful to dispose of leaf waste from any property
in the Borough with residential, commercial, or institutional waste.
Only residential leaf waste will be collected by the Borough of Parkside.
Recyclables shall become the property of the Borough or its
authorized agent from the time of placement of recyclables at the
curb. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person not registered
by the Borough to collect or pick up or cause to be picked up or collected
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.
The Borough of Parkside is authorized and directed to enforce
this chapter. The same is hereby authorized and directed to establish
and promulgate recycling regulations as to the manner, days, and times
for the collection of recyclable materials in accordance with the
terms hereof and any other matters required to implement this chapter.
The Borough of Parkside may change, modify, repeal or amend any portion
of said rules and regulations at any time.
Any action by any person, firm, corporation or other entity which violates or does not comply with any provision of this chapter, or any regulation thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $25 upon a first conviction; $50 upon a second conviction; and $100 upon a third or subsequent conviction. The above items shall not be applicable to a conviction for § 145-6, Separation and disposal of leaf waste, hereof which shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $300. No enforcement of § 145-3, Establishment of program, or § 145-4, Separation of recyclables and placement for disposal, of this chapter shall be made until three months from the effective date of regulations authorized to be promulgated hereunder.
No person shall dispose of recyclables with ordinary municipal
waste. Recyclables shall be taken to a recycling facility. It shall
be a violation of this chapter to dispose of recyclables in landfills
or incinerators except with the written permission of the Borough
of Parkside.
The municipality may enter into an agreement 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 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 curbside for
collection by said individual or organization on days not indicated
as recyclable material collection days by the municipality. Said individuals
or organizations may not collect recyclable materials on or immediately
preceding (within 24 hours) a regularly scheduled curbside collection
day.
