[Ord. 2-1991, 8/19/1991, § 1]
This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "North Lebanon Township Waste Reduction and Recycling Ordinance."
[Ord. 2-1991, 8/19/1991, § 1]
1. 
It is the purpose of this Part to:
A. 
Require waste reduction and recycling as a means of managing municipal waste, conserving resources and supplying energy.
B. 
Protect the public health, safety and welfare from the short- and long-term dangers of collection, transportation, processing and storage of municipal waste.
C. 
Utilize, wherever feasible, the capabilities of private enterprise in accomplishing the desired objectives of an effective, comprehensive solid waste management program.
D. 
Establish and implement with[in] the Township of North Lebanon a recycling program to return valuable materials to productive use, to conserve energy and to protect capacity at municipal waste processing or disposal facilities.
E. 
Educate the public on the economic, environmental, and energy value of recycling and waste reduction, and encourage through a variety of means to participate in recycling.
[Added by Ord. No. 5-2020, 4/20/2020[1]]
1. 
The following words, terms and phrases when used in this Part 2 shall have the meaning hereinafter ascribed to them, except when the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Events that are sponsored by public or private agencies or individuals that include but are not limited to fairs, bazaars, socials, picnics, and organized sporting events attended by 200 or more individuals per day.
LEAF WASTE
Includes leaves, garden residues, shrubbery, tree trimmings, Christmas trees, and similar materials, but does not include grass clippings.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Source-separated recyclable materials, including materials listed in Section 1501 of Act 101 of 1988, known as the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, as amended,[2] and materials identified by North Lebanon Township to be recycled, as designated periodically by Township resolution. Such materials may include the following: clear glass, colored glass, aluminum, steel and bimetallic cans, high-grade office paper, newsprint, corrugated cardboard and certain plastics.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 4000.1501.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also renumbered former §§ 20-203 through 20-205 as §§ 20-204 through 20-206, respectively.
[Ord. 2-1991, 8/19/1991, § 3; as amended by Ord. 1-1999, 8/16/1999, § XXVIII; by Ord. 2-2001, 12/26/2001, § IX; and by Ord. 5-2005, 12/19/2005, § IX[2]]
1. 
Recycling Fee (20, Part 2; Recycling Exemption Permits for Nonresidential, $50; Businesses must recycle privately and supply a written annual report to the Township.
2. 
The Township of North Lebanon hereby establishes and implements a source separation and collection program for recyclable materials. The source separation and collection program shall include the following regulations:
A. 
All persons, including individuals, partnerships, companies, associations, corporations, or other groups or entities within North Lebanon Township, are hereby required to separate materials, deemed appropriate hereafter by resolution of the Township, from other municipal waste generated at their homes, apartments, and other residential establishments and to store such material until collection. The Township shall adopt a resolution specifying whether items will be commingled or separated. Nothing in this Part shall be deemed to impair the ownership of separate materials by the person who generated them unless and until such materials are collected or recycled.
[Amended by Ord. No. 5-2020, 4/20/2020]
B. 
All persons, including individuals, partnerships, companies, associations, corporations, or other groups or entities within North Lebanon Township, are hereby required to separate leaf waste from other municipal waste generated at their homes, apartments, and other residential establishments unless those persons have otherwise provided for the lawful composting of leaf waste, as defined in § 20-203.
[Amended by Ord. No. 5-2020, 4/20/2020]
C. 
North Lebanon Township shall allow an owner, landlord or agent of an owner or landlord of multi-family rental housing properties with four or more units to comply with its responsibilities under this Part by establishing a collection system for recyclable materials at each property. The collection system must include suitable containers for collecting and sorting materials, easily accessible locations for the containers, and written instructions to the occupants concerning the use and availability of the collection system. Owners, landlords and agents of owners or landlords who comply with this Part shall not be liable for the noncompliance of occupants of their buildings.
D. 
All persons, including individuals, partnerships, companies, associations, corporations, or other groups or entities within North Lebanon Township, are hereby required to separate high-grade office paper, aluminum, corrugated cardboard, leaf waste, and other material deemed appropriate generated at commercial, municipal, or institutional establishments and from community activities, as defined in § 20-203, and to store the materials until collection. The Township of North Lebanon shall exempt persons occupying commercial, institutional, and municipal establishments within its municipal boundaries from the requirements of this Part if those persons have otherwise provided for the recycling of materials they are required by this Part to recycle. To be eligible for an exemption under this subsection, a commercial or institutional solid waste generator must, annually, apply for a permit to do so and pay a fee established pursuant to resolution, and provide written documentation to the Township of the total number of tons recycled.
[Amended by Ord. No. 5-2020, 4/20/2020]
E. 
All persons, including individuals, partnerships, companies, associations, corporations, or other groups or entities, within North Lebanon Township are hereby required at least twice per month to have the separated recyclable materials placed at the curbside or recycled at such other location as may be designated by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of North Lebanon Township as an approved recycling location.
[Amended by Ord. No. 5-2020, 4/20/2020]
F. 
All collectors who collect refuse and recyclables within the Township shall be licensed. The collectors shall make application to the county on the form as provided by the county. All rules, regulations and fees which are applicable to the collectors shall be as provided by county regulations. The licensed collector shall collect recyclable materials from curbside or similar locations designated at least twice per month from each residence or any other person generating municipal waste in the Township and shall submit a written report to the county at such times as specified by the county. All collectors in North Lebanon Township shall be required to keep separate the recyclables from the garbage and/or refuse that is collected from any pickup location within North Lebanon Township.
G. 
The burning of recyclables is prohibited in North Lebanon Township and any person, firm or company violating this section, upon summary conviction before a district magistrate, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100 and the costs of prosecution, such fines to be collected as like fines are now collected by law, and/or shall undergo imprisonment not exceeding 10 days or both. Each day of a violation shall be considered as separate offense. North Lebanon Township shall also have the right to file an equity action in the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania requesting the court to issue a mandatory injunction prohibiting the person, firm or company from burning recyclables within the Township, and in such case, Township shall be entitled to collect the aforementioned fine, court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
[1]
Editor's Note: The current Fee Schedule is included at the front of this Code.
[2]
Editor's Note: Section X of Ord. No. 5-2005 also repealed former §§ 205, 211, 221, 222 and 223.
[Ord. 2-1991, 8/19/1991, § 4; as amended by Ord. 1-1997, 1/20/1997, § V]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this provision of the Code of Ordinances of North Lebanon Township shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, and/or to be imprisoned for a period not to exceed 90 days. A separate offense shall arise for each day or portion thereof in which a violation is found to exist.
__________ Quarter 19__________
(1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Qtr.)
1.
Name of Business
ADDRESS OF BUSINESS
2.
Recyclable Materials Information:
COMMERCIAL TONNAGE ONLY
Newspaper
_____lbs.
Co-mingled
_____lbs.
Corrugated Paper
_____lbs.
High-grade Office Paper
_____lbs.
Total Pounds Recycled __________
Equivalent TonsBY2000) __________
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that all the information on this Quarterly Municipal Recycling Report is accurate and can be proven if requested by the Township with the proper weight tickets or receipts.
COLLECTORS NAME
PHONE NUMBER
ADDRESS
By
PRINT NAME OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REP
DATE
Please forward on a quarterly basis to North Lebanon Township, Attn: Candie Johnson, 725 Kimmerlings Road, Lebanon, PA 17046.
[Res. 18-1999, 8/16/1999, § 12; as amended by Ord. 5-2005, 12/19/2005, § XI]
1. 
Standard types and sizes of receptacles for recycling is required within North Lebanon Township. When issued by North Lebanon Township, the size and type of receptacles issued shall be the type approved. Should the garbage and refuse customer replace receptacles that are provided by the Township, they shall be replaced with the same size and type as the Township issue. Any other types of receptacles that are utilized for recycling within North Lebanon Township must be approved by the Township.
2. 
Recycling receptacles that are issued by the Township may not be used by the owner or tenant for garbage, trash or any use other than for the storing of permitted recyclables.