[Ord. 91-O-10, 11/18/1991, § 1]
The short title of this Part shall be cited "Newtown Township
Recycling Ordinance," and the same may be cited in that manner.
[Ord. 91-O-10, 11/18/1991, § 2]
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
Empty all-aluminum beverage and food containers.
Any establishment engaged in non-manufacturing or nonprocessing
business, including, but not limited to, stores, markets, offices,
restaurants, shopping centers and theaters.
Cardboard containers including old corrugated containers
used to ship merchandise and other Kraft papers such as grocery bags.
Bottles and jars made of clear, green or brown glass. Expressly
excluded from recycling are noncontainer glass, plate glass, and porcelain
and ceramic products.
Waste paper composed primarily of bleached (white) papers,
that have gone through a printing operation of some type, including,
but not limited to, computer printout paper and copier paper.
Any establishment or facility engaged in services, including,
but not limited to, hospitals, nursing homes, schools and universities.
Leaves, garden residues, shrubbery and tree trimmings, and
similar material, but not including grass clippings.
All types of paper discarded from offices and homes such
as colored papers, envelopes, magazines and catalogs.
Paper of the 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
from recycling are newspapers which have been soiled.
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipality, municipal authority, Federal
government or agency, State institution or agency or other legal entity
recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. In any provisions
of this Part prescribing a fine, imprisonment, or penalty, or any
combination of the foregoing, the term "person" shall include the
officers and directors of any corporation or other legal entity having
officers and directors.
Empty plastic containers. Due to the large variety of types
of plastic, the recycling regulations may stipulate specific types
of plastic which shall be recycled or be excluded from recycling.
Those materials specified by Newtown Township to be recycled.
This list of materials is specified in the recycling regulations resulting
from this Part and may be revised from time to time as deemed necessary
by Newtown Township.
Any occupied single or multi-family dwelling from which the
private hauler collects solid waste.
All refuse (garbage and rubbish) and other discarded solid
material normally collected by a private hauler.
Empty food or beverage containers consisting of ferrous sides
and bottom, including tin-plated and bimetal cans.
[Ord. 91-O-10, 11/18/1991, § 3]
There is hereby established a program for the mandatory separation
of recyclable materials and leaf waste from solid waste by all persons
within the Township of Newtown.
[Ord. 91-O-10, 11/18/1991, § 4]
Recyclable materials shall be placed at the curb or other designated
collection point separate from solid waste for collection at such
times and dates as may be hereinafter established by regulation. Failure
to properly separate recyclable materials and leaf waste from solid
waste may result in the noncollection of solid waste. Failure to properly
separate recyclable materials may result in the noncollection of recyclable
materials.
[Ord. 91-O-10, 11/18/1991, § 5]
It shall be a violation of this Part for any person(s), unauthorized
by Newtown Township, to collect or pick up or cause to be collected
or picked up any such recyclable material. Each such violation hereof
shall constitute a separate and distinct offense punishable as hereinafter
provided.
[Ord. 91-O-10, 11/18/1991, § 6]
Newtown Township is authorized and directed to enforce this
Part. The same is hereby authorized and directed to establish and
promulgate reasonable regulations as to manner, days and times for
the collection of recyclable materials in accordance with the terms
hereof and any other matters required to implement this Part. Newtown
Township may change, modify, repeal or amend any portion of said rules
and regulations at any time. All licensed haulers are authorized to
enforce the provisions of § 104 of this Part concerning
the improper separation of recyclable materials by means of noncollection
of said materials. In addition, all licensed haulers are authorized
to tag improperly separated materials and to report such improper
separation to Newtown Township.
[Ord. 91-O-10, 11/18/1991, § 7]
Any action by any person, firm, corporation or other entity
which violates or does not comply with any provision of this Part
or any regulation thereof shall be punishable by a fine to be established
by resolution of the Board of Supervisors which in no event shall
exceed $1,000 per violation. No enforcement of §§ 103
and 104 of this Part shall be made for three months from the effective
date of regulations authorized to be promulgated hereunder.
[Ord. 91-O-10, 11/18/1991, § 8]
Newtown Township shall have the power to license haulers of
solid waste and recyclable materials in Newtown Township. Only those
haulers which are licensed by Newtown Township shall be permitted
to collect recyclable materials in Newtown Township. Any hauler licensed
to collect solid waste in Newtown Township shall also collect recyclable
materials. All licensed haulers shall provide recycling collection
services to all customers served by the hauler.
[Ord. 91-O-10, 11/18/1992, § 9]
Any persons may donate or sell recyclable materials to individuals
or organizations authorized by Newtown Township 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 or
other designated collection point for collection by said individual
or organization on days not indicated as recyclable material collection
days by Newtown Township.
[Res. 2009-R-29, 10/28/2009]
1.
Leaf waste shall be defined as set forth in Act 101 and its regulations
which provide that leaf waste includes leaves, garden residue, shrubbery
and tree trimmings, and similar material, but not grass clippings.
2.
Leaf waste must be collected for composting and deposited at a Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection ("PADEP") approved leaf composting
facility. Leaf waste shall not be collected for disposal in the municipal
trash.
3.
Haulers operating in Newtown Township shall collect leaf waste the
months of October, November and May. The actual day of collection
shall be determined by the haulers. Collection schedules shall be
distributed to the customers and the Township in advance.
4.
Haulers may use any collection vehicle, system and manpower combination
that they deem appropriate.
5.
Haulers must report tonnage collection from each collection to the
Township. Haulers must also provide the Township with receipts (weight
slips) from a PADEP approved composting facility to certify that leaf
waste was received.
6.
Leaf waste shall be separated, prepared and bundled as directed by
the haulers. Haulers may reject leaf waste in plastic bags or bags
contaminated by non-leaf waste.
7.
In any month other than a month of collection of leaf waste by haulers,
Township residents may deposit leaf waste at Warwick Green Grinders.
Commercial, industrial and professional entities may dispose of leaf
waste at Warwick Green Grinders Farm Composting facility in accordance
with a separate agreement reached between Warwick Green Grinders Farm
Composting and the property owner.
