These regulations, to be effective on December 1, 2007, shall be known as the "Hanover Township Recycling Regulations" and may be referred to as the "recycling regulations."
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
BROWN PAPER
Single or multilayered brown craft bags/paper free of objectionable liners and content; grocery bags free of food contaminants, waxes, laminates or other nonbag waste such as plastic handles, stitching, hot-melt glues, twine, metal or plastic liners.
GREY PAPER
Boxboard/chipboard of single-walled construction. Boxes include cereal boxes, cracker boxes, pizza boxes, egg cartons, etc.
THIRD-CLASS MAIL
Paper products only, including envelopes (with or without windows), flyers, brochures, advertisements, folders and postcards.
YARD WASTE
Materials such as brush, branches and tree and shrub trimmings.
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Editor's Note: See also § 148-1.
This section establishes a recycling program for persons living in homes, multifamily housing, rental housing properties with four or fewer units, and other residential establishments in Hanover Township not otherwise classified by the Hanover Township Recycling Ordinance.
A. 
Outline of program.
(1) 
Act 101, the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Act, regulations items from a list that includes the following: clear glass, colored glass, aluminum, steel and bimetallic cans, high-grade office paper, newsprint, corrugated paper and plastic. Ordinance No. 02-01, Chapter 148, the Hanover Township Recycling Ordinance, specifies that the Township will name the items to be recycled in the regulations accompanying the Ordinance. The items to be recycled must include at least three items from the list part of "mandated recyclables" in § 148-1 of Ordinance No. 02-01.[1]
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Editor's Note: See the definition of "mandated recyclables" in § 148-1 of this chapter.
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In order to procure the greatest benefit for the community, Hanover Township has established a comprehensive recycling list. The recycling program benefits the community by conserving landfill space and conserving our natural resources through the reutilization of recyclable materials. Therefore, as of the effective date of these regulations, the persons listed under this section shall be required to exclude the following items from their municipal waste: aluminum, clear glass, colored glass, corrugated paper, junk mail, magazines, telephone books, bimetallic cans consisting of aluminum and steel, plastics: PET and HDPE, newsprint, leaf waste and other yard waste. The yard waste will be included as recyclable items on a seasonal basis only. The period during which these items shall be recycled will run from the beginning of May through the end of October each year or at other dates as advertised by the Township.
(3) 
The persons listed under this section must separate yard waste from other municipal waste. Hanover Township may provide yard waste collection at limited times as authorized by the Board of Supervisors. At other times, persons shall provide their own transportation of such waste to the composting site provided by Hanover Township through the City of Bethlehem or use the yard waste for any purpose not prohibited by law. Specific instructions in regard to the collection times and preparation of leaf waste for collection shall be set by the Township Manager.
(4) 
Collectors shall furnish weight receipts for all residential recyclables collected with the annual recycling report to the Recycling Coordinator. The Recycling Coordinator may require other information, as needed, to enhance recycling performance and to comply with DEP requests for information, as well as information needed by the Township, to obtain grants for the recycling program.
(5) 
Persons participating in a curbside collection program under this section shall recycle in conjunction with the program provided by Hanover Township. Once the recyclables are placed curbside, they become the property of the licensed hauler authorized to collect them. The licensed hauler shall collect and market for recycling the recyclable materials it collects from its residential curbside recycling service to residential customers. The hauler shall market for recycling all of the materials required to be recycled under this section of these regulations. The hauler shall landfill any recyclables which are received at the point of collection in a contaminated condition that makes them unmarketable. Failure to comply with any of these provisions is a separate violation of the regulations and may be construed as a separate violation for each time the violation occurs or every day upon which the violation occurs.
B. 
Preparation of recyclables.
(1) 
The recyclables, which are to be collected by a hauler contracted through Hanover Township, shall be placed in a container marked in such a way that it will be plainly evident that the contents of the container are recyclable materials. All recyclables shall be commingled in the recycling container with the exception of newsprint, junk mail, magazines, catalogs, corrugated cardboard and yard waste.
(a) 
Newsprint should be bundled with twine and tied in neat, flat bundles not exceeding 12 inches in height.
(b) 
Third-class mail should be bundled and bagged (brown paper bags only) separately and, if bagged, labeled "third-class mail."
(c) 
Magazines may be bundled with twine in neat, flat bundles not exceeding 12 inches in height, or they may be bundled and placed in brown paper bags.
(d) 
Corrugated boxes should be flattened and bundled together. The bundles must not be larger than two feet by two feet.
(e) 
Brush shall be tied in bundles not to exceed three feet in length or 50 pounds in weight.
(2) 
The Township Manager shall establish policies for the preparation of yard waste and its collection in Hanover Township.
(3) 
Paper items should not be placed outside unprotected if rain is expected at the time of collection. In the event of rain, any paper should be bundled and stored in a covered container labeled in such a way that it will be plainly evident that the contents of the container is recyclable materials.
(4) 
The recyclable materials are to be prepared as follows:
(a) 
Rinse out all bottles, jars, pie tins and cans, and remove all lids and caps.
(b) 
The glass to be collected shall include clear, green and brown. (Broken glass, light bulbs, window glass, plate glass, drinking glass, heat resistant oven wear, crystal, ceramic, porcelain, laminated glass, wired glass, blue glass, milk glass, automobile glass and mirrors are not considered recyclable glass for the purposes of the Hanover Township recycling program.)
C. 
Frequency of collection. The frequency of collection for these materials, other than yard waste, by a designated hauler of Hanover Township shall be biweekly. Yard waste will be collected, as needed, on a seasonal basis.
D. 
When recyclables are placed out for collection. The recyclables shall be placed out at the curbside no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the night before the scheduled day of collection.
E. 
Containers. Hanover Township shall make available one recycling container to each household participating in the program (i.e., persons living in homes, multifamily housing, rental housing properties with four or less units, and other residential establishments not otherwise classified). Additional containers may be available from the Township. In the event that containers are not available from the Township, the persons participating in this program shall supply their own containers. Such containers shall have no greater than a thirty-five-gallon capacity. The container shall be labeled plainly in lettering no smaller than two inches indicating that the container contains recyclable materials.
This section establishes a recycling program by the owner, landlord or agent of an owner or landlord of multifamily rental housing programs in Hanover Township with five or more units.
A. 
Outline of program.
(1) 
Act 101 requires that at least three items be chosen from the following list to be recycled at multifamily rental housing properties: clear glass, colored glass, aluminum, steel and bimetallic cans, high-grade office paper, newsprint, corrugated paper and plastics (PET and HDPE). The Township hereby requires that all of these items be recycled. In addition, brown paper, grey paper, polycoated paper containers, empty aerosol cans, telephone books, magazines, third-class mail, leaf waste and other yard waste are hereby added to the items required to be recycled. The owner, landlord or agent of an owner or landlord shall set into operation a collection system for these recyclables. The program for recycling yard waste may be conducted on a seasonal basis.
(2) 
The owner, landlord or agent of an owner or landlord of multifamily housing properties with five or more units, shall provide for the Hanover Township Recycling Coordinator an accounting showing the number of pounds or tons of recyclable materials marketed during the calendar year. The weight for each recyclable item shall be kept separately. Weight receipts should be collected and saved as documentation for the tonnage recycled. The owner, landlord or agent of an owner or landlord shall be required to report this information concerning the recyclables listed above to the Township Recycling Coordinator.
(3) 
If the owner, landlord or agent of any owner or landlord hires a hauler licensed in Pennsylvania to perform all or part of his recycling, the licensed hauler shall report information concerning the material recycled to the Hanover Township Recycling Coordinator, in the same manner as required for residential collection. The owner, landlord or agent for an owner or landlord shall report information concerning material recycled other than that collected by a licensed hauler.
B. 
Frequency of collection. The owner, landlord or agent for an owner or landlord shall provide for recyclables, other than seasonal items, to be collected and transported to recycling facilities at least once per month.
This section establishes a recycling program by commercial, municipal and institutional establishments and at community activities in Hanover Township.
A. 
Outline of program.
(1) 
Act 101 of 1988 requires that commercial businesses must separate high-grade office paper, aluminum, cardboard and leaf waste for recycling and other materials deemed appropriate by the municipality.
(2) 
The following items shall be recycled by commercial, municipal or institutional establishments and at community activities organized by these institutions: high-grade office paper, aluminum, clear glass, colored glass, cardboard, third-class mail, magazines, telephone books, brown paper, grey paper, bimetallic cans consisting of aluminum and steel, plastics (PET and HDPE), newspaper, leaf waste and other yard waste. The program for recycling leaf waste and other yard waste may be conducted on a seasonal basis.
(3) 
The commercial, municipal or institutional establishment must arrange to have an individual or a company licensed in Pennsylvania as a hauler to transport its recyclables to a processing center or a market; the commercial, municipal or institutional establishment shall report this information to the Recycling Coordinator in a quarterly recycling report on a calendar-year basis. A summary annual report may also be required at the end of the year. The establishment should also maintain weight receipts to document the weight of recyclables marketed or instruct its hauler to maintain these records. The Recycling Coordinator may request copies of these receipts in order to document that the recyclable materials have been marketed.
B. 
Frequency of collection. Commercial, institutional and municipal establishments shall provide for recyclables, other than seasonal items, to be collected and transported to recycling facilities at least once a month.
C. 
Reporting. Any licensed hauler that collects recyclables at commercial, municipal or institutional establishments located in Hanover Township shall be required to furnish a quarterly recycling report to the Township unless otherwise instructed by the Hanover Township Recycling Coordinator. The report shall contain the approximate weights and types of recyclables collected at these facilities. The licensed hauler shall provide weight receipts to the Recycling Coordinator on an annual basis to document the materials recycled. If for any reason the licensed hauler fails to report for his recycling customer, it shall become the responsibility of the commercial, municipal or institutional establishment to provide a report concerning the weight and types of the materials recycled to the Hanover Township Recycling Coordinator for its recycling performance which occurs after such notification is given.
Community activities which are organized by persons other than commercial, municipal and institutional establishments are encouraged to recycle those materials appropriate to that particular activity.
Hanover Township shall establish a comprehensive public information and education program concerning the recycling program. At least once every six months, Hanover Township shall advertise the requirements of the ordinance to all persons occupying residential, commercial, institutional and municipal premises within the Township. Such advertisement may be completed through any combination of mailings, public postings, community information programs and newspaper/newsletter articles or advertisements.
A. 
Authorized collectors in Hanover Township shall provide information as requested by the Hanover Township Recycling Coordinator which is reasonably designed to show that the recyclables collected in Hanover Township have been marketed for reuse rather than landfilled with municipal waste. The Township shall receive a recycling report annually from each collector, signed by an authorized representative to certify its accuracy. Weight receipts are to be furnished with the report, along with a summary showing the weight on each receipt and a total weight of all the materials recycled during the year.
B. 
Upon the request of the Recycling Coordinator, any collector in the Township shall disclose to the Township the names and addresses of its recycling customers within Hanover Township.
C. 
The hauler shall provide to the Recycling Coordinatior written documentation of the tonnage of recyclables marketed, in sufficient detail so that the Township may meet the standards of the Department of Environmental Protection for its annual reports required of the Township, as well as for completing DEP recycling grant applications.