The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
ACUA
The Atlantic City Utilities Authority.
ALUMINUM CANS
All aluminum beverage containers and all aluminum pet food
or other containers. A magnet will not adhere to an aluminum can.
CARDBOARD or CORRUGATED PAPER
Clean, heavy box materials, commonly known as "cardboard
boxes," and similar heavy paper packaging containers that are free
of plastic, foam and other contaminants, also including food packaging
boxes and other commercial packaging that is free of food contaminants,
plastic, wax and foam materials that would make it undesirable for
recycling purposes. All cardboard and packaging must be opened and
flattened for ease of handling.
CITY
The City of Atlantic City.
COMMINGLED
The permitted combining of designated recyclables as defined
elsewhere in the chapter.
COMPOSTING
A process by which organic materials are turned into humus
(similar to topsoil).
FERROUS CONTAINERS
Empty steel or tin food or beverage containers, commonly
known as metal or bimetal containers. A magnet will adhere to a ferrous
container.
FOOD SCRAPS
Animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and/or consumption of food.
GLASS CONTAINERS
Bottles and jars made of clear, green or brown glass devoid
of metal caps and rings. Expressly excluded are noncontainer glass,
plate glass, blue glass, porcelain and ceramic products.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Those facilities that house or serve groups of people, including
but not limited to hospitals, schools, nursing homes, libraries and
government offices.
MUNICIPAL REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICE
A service providing for the collection of nonrecyclable refuse
and food scraps from residential dwellings and other establishments
as provided by Ordinance No. 95 of 1985, as amended.
PAPER
Newsprint and other forms of paper and paper products such
as magazines, telephone books, catalogs, junk mail, white office paper,
computer paper, etc., excluding those soiled (i.e., containing carbon,
adhesive or plastic) or unfit due to health and/or sanitary reasons.
Newspapers shall also be deemed soiled if they have been exposed to
substances rendering them unusable for recycling (i.e., water).
PERSON
Every owner, lessee and occupant of a residence, commercial
or institutional establishments within the boundaries of the City
of Atlantic City. This shall include any natural person, corporation,
partnership or organization.
PLASTIC CONTAINERS
Plastic soda, juice, liquor, laundry, dish detergent and
bleach bottles; in addition, any plastic bottles or containers that
have the recycling symbol or the initials P.E.T.E. or H.D.P.E. stamped
on the container.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Those materials which would otherwise become municipal solid
waste and which may be collected, separated or processed and returned
to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
RESIDENCE
Any occupied single-family or multifamily dwelling having
up to four dwelling units per structure from which a municipal or
private hauler collects solid waste.
SOLID WASTE
Garbage, refuse and other discarded solid material normally
collected for disposal by a municipal or private hauler, as defined
in Ordinance No. 95 of 1985, as amended.
SOURCE SEPARATED
Recyclable materials, including but not limited to paper,
aluminum, ferrous containers, glass, noncommingled food waste, office
paper and plastic which are kept separate and apart from residential,
commercial and institutional solid waste by the generator thereof
for the purposes of collection, disposition and recycling.
VOLUNTARY DROP-OFF SITES
City-designated areas providing for the voluntary depositing
of recyclables which have been placed in suitable containers.
WHITE GOODS
Common household appliances encased in sheet metal, including
but not limited to washers, dryers, refrigerators, hot water heaters
and stoves.