[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Forks 9-15-2022 by Ord. No. 386.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 159,
Solid Waste, Art. I, Recycling, adopted 10-18-2012 by Ord. No. 322.
This ordinance also indicated that the ordinance is effective retroactive
to 10-18-2012, and all fees and other charges assessed in accordance
with this ordinance on or after 10-18-2021 are hereby ratified.
A.
Title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The solid
waste and Recycling Ordinance of the Township of Forks."
B.
Intent; applicability.
(1)
Intent. All residential, municipal, commercial, institutional and
industrial recyclables and municipal solid waste accumulated upon
any property within the Township shall be collected, transported and
recycled, as applicable.
(2)
This chapter shall provide for a mandatory recycling program and
govern all aspects of the collection, storage, transportation, processing
and recycling of recyclables in the Township and the mandatory collection,
storage and transportation of municipal solid waste in the Township.
It contains regulations applicable to collectors of municipal solid
waste, collectors of recyclables, individuals, commercial, municipal
and institutional establishments, and community activities.
C.
Purpose. To require the collection of solid municipal waste and recyclables
within the Township; To establish a program for the mandatory source-separation
and separate collection of designated recyclable materials and leaf
waste from residences and properties receiving municipal waste collection
service from or on behalf of the Township of Forks; to prohibit the
disposal of designated recyclable materials with municipal waste;
to fix penalties for violation of this chapter.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meaning indicated, unless a different meaning appears clearly from
the context:
The Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction
Act, Act of July 28, 1988, P.L. 528, No. 101,[1] as now or hereafter amended.
All food and beverage cans made of the light in weight, ductile
and malleable metallic substance or element commonly known as "aluminum."
This description excludes aluminum foil, trays, plates, and miscellaneous
aluminum products.
The residue resulting from the burning of wood, coal, coke,
or any other combustible material.
Refers to a service offered to handicap, elderly, and/or
infirm residents who are unable to manage transporting their municipal
solid waste and recyclables to the curb. This service requires the
driver to leave the truck, retrieve the cart from a location on the
resident's property and visible from the road, empty the contents
and return it to its original location.
The collection of municipal solid waste and/or recyclables
at curbside through the process of using an electronic and/or mechanical
arm to lift and empty carts into the collection truck without the
use of manual labor and/or retrofitted devices on a rear-loader or
other types of trucks, commonly known as "flippers."
Empty food or beverage containers consisting of both steel
and aluminum.
Any items with a weight or volume greater than allowed to
be stored within curbside carts, including, but not limited to, rugs,
furniture, mattresses, and other miscellaneous household items from
a residential unit provided by the Township as part of the automated
collection program. Items excluded from this curbside collection include,
but are not limited to, tires, construction debris, recyclables, metal
goods, appliances, hazardous waste, and electronics pursuant to the
Covered Device Recycling Act (CDRA), Act 108 of 2010.
Refers to a heavy-duty plastic container (approximate size
of 35/65/95 gallons), equipped with wheels, handles and a tight-fitting,
nondetachable cover. Carts shall be capable of curbside municipal
solid waste and recyclable collection. Cart weight, when full, shall
not exceed manufacturer's weight maximum.
Of or pertaining to any wholesale, retail, industrial, manufacturing,
transportation, financial or professional service or office enterprise,
business establishment, and educational institutions.
Refers to Township sponsored events, including, but not limited
to, the Forks Township Community Days.
The process of the biological decomposition of organic solid
waste being biologically decomposed under controlled anaerobic or
aerobic conditions to yield humus-like product.
Also referred to as "C & D" and refers to waste that
includes, but is not limited to, lumber, pipes, bricks, concrete,
rebar, wood, paneling, linoleum, drywall, carpet, plumbing fixtures,
fencing, or roofing materials that result from construction or demolition
activities.
Refers to a watertight, metal or plastic receptacle used
for the collection and storage of municipal solid waste or recyclables
at a residential unit, municipal facility or community event and placed
curbside for Township-wide collection as may be approved from time
to time by the Township.
That location at the edge of any lot, parcel or piece of
land adjacent to a public right-of-way and is the correct location
for the placement of solid waste and recycling containers for the
purpose of collection by the designated hauler, which shall be: a)
adjacent to the residential unit; and b) no more than five feet from
the public street used by collection vehicles.
The Township-wide collection of municipal solid waste and
recyclables from carts or Containers from any residential unit, municipal
facility, or community event by the designated hauler for removal
and delivery thereof to an approved PA DEP approved waste facility
or to a recycling processor.
Any specific site designated by the Township as the specific
place or site to which municipal solid waste or recyclable Materials,
must or may be delivered; or in the absence of a specific site, any
approved site for the delivery of any category of solid waste or recyclable
Materials.
The individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation,
or association performing collection and transportation of municipal
solid waste, recyclables, bulk items, yard waste, and metal goods/appliances
from residential units, municipal facilities, and community events
located in the Township pursuant to a contract with the Township and
transporting same to the designated landfill, designated recycling
vendor, or designated compost facility.
The deposition or placing of solid waste and/or residue as
described herein into a stated permitted site, facility, location,
area, or premises to be used for the disposal of municipal solid waste
in accordance with any and all county, state and federal regulations
and licensed or permitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection.
The process of separating recyclable Materials based upon
the type of recyclable Materials as curbside and/or at the Township
Recycling Center.
Refers to items excluded from the waste stream and as described
in the Covered Device Recycling Act (CDRA), PA Act 108 of 2010.
Vegetable and other food scraps, including meat, dairy products,
grease and bones, paper which has been contaminated with food, fat
or grease, and compostable paper including paper towels, paper plates,
tissue and waxed paper.
A person who produces or creates any municipal solid waste
or recyclables.
All empty food and beverage jars or bottles, the product
being transparent or translucent (clear or colored). Expressly excluded
are noncontainer glass, window or plate glass, light bulbs, and porcelain
and ceramic products.
Lawn waste resulting from mowing of residential and commercial
lawns. For the purpose of this contract, grass clippings shall be
considered solid waste unless the Township chooses to exercise its
option to compost with yard waste.
A general term referring to any person who collects, hauls,
or transports municipal solid waste or recyclables for removal from
premises, and who is in possession of all pertinent permits and licenses
which may be required for the collection, storage or disposal of municipal
solid waste or recyclable Materials.
Any chemical, compound, mixture, substance or article which
is designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
or appropriate agency of the Commonwealth to be hazardous as that
term is defined by or pursuant to Federal or Commonwealth Law.
Bond, copier, letterhead or paper typically sold as "white
ledger" paper, and computer paper.
Of, or pertaining to, any establishment engaged in service
to persons, including, but not limited to, hospitals, nursing homes,
schools, universities, churches and social or fraternal societies
and organizations.
The owner of residential or commercial properties, made subject
to a lease, or such owner's authorized agent.
Includes yard waste, leaves, garden residues, shrubbery and
tree trimmings, and similar material, but not including grass clippings.
The process by which individual(s) manually empty curbside
containers and dump their contents into the hauling truck and return
the empty container(s) to the curbside.
Includes but is not limited to: appliances, hot-water heaters,
BBQ grills, bed frames, bicycles, etc. The exact list of acceptable
items and terms of collection shall be determined and modified by
the Township as necessary from time to time.
Paper suitable for recycling including high-grade office
paper, paperboard (cereal boxes, etc.), colored paper, envelopes,
newsprint, junk mail, paper bags, phone books, magazines, school paper,
etc.
Structures for residential living consisting of four or more
attached residential units.
All facilities owned and/or utilized by the Township, including,
but not limited to, municipal offices, police and fire stations, community
center, public works, and recycling center within the boundaries of
the Township.
Includes policies, procedures, rules, and regulations adopted
and revised from time to time by the Municipality which govern and
pertain to all aspects of the municipality's solid waste and
recycling program, litter, scavenging and moving permits.
Any garbage, refuse, industrial, lunchroom or office waste
and other materials, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained
gaseous material, resulting from operation of residential, municipal
or commercial or institutional establishments, or from community activities
and which are not classified as residual or hazardous waste, except
farm-produced manure, other agricultural waste and food processing
with used on land where such materials will improve the condition
of the soil, the growth of crops or the restoration of the land for
the same purposes, and any sludge not meeting the definition of "residual
or hazardous waste," as defined in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania solid
waste Management Act.[2] This term shall specifically exclude construction debris,
recyclables, leaf waste, yard waste, tires, electronics pursuant to
the PA CDRA Act, and hazardous waste as defined herein.
A report completed and signed by each person who generates,
collects, or transports municipal solid waste or recyclable Materials
within the Township and which specifies, inter alia: a) the source,
type, quantity and delivery point for the municipal solid waste or
recyclable Materials; b) statement indicating materials were collected
within the Township boundaries and not mixed with materials from outside
the Township boundaries, and c) clearly states the months and year
of collection.
Paper which has been used for the production of daily, weekend
and special edition publications commonly known as "newspapers" and
includes glossy advertising inserts.
Any agent, individual, partnership, corporation, association,
institution, cooperative enterprise, municipality, municipal authority,
federal government or agency, state institution or agency, or any
other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject
of rights and duties. In any provisions of this chapter 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 and rinsed plastic food, beverage, and household bottles
clearly marked on the bottom with numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7
(excluding Styrofoam) and enclosed by the recycling triangle and excluding
any and all plastic bags.
Any person, business, or entity properly permitted by the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) and registered
with the Township, to provide collection and transport of solid waste
or recycling services on behalf of residents, municipalities, commercial
businesses, or institutions within the boundaries of the Township.
See "designated hauler" above.
The means by which recyclable Materials are sorted and prepared
for marketing.
Includes office and mixed paper, cardboard and flatboard,
newspapers including colored inserts, manila and brown folders, glossy
paper, magazines, empty aerosol cans, telephone books, bi-metal, tin
and aluminum cans, clear, green, and brown glass bottles and jars,
and plastics (numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7), leaf waste, and yard
waste, and any other items that may be recycled by commercial businesses
or institutions and reported to Northampton County and the PA DEP
annually.
The collection, separation, recovery and sale or reuse of
metals, glass, paper, leaf waste, plastics and other materials which
would otherwise be disposed or processed as municipal waste or the
mechanized separation and treatment of municipal waste (other than
through combustion) and creation and recovery of reusable materials
other than a fuel for the operation of energy.
Any premises utilized primarily as a residential dwelling
unit, but excluding multifamily dwellings and any other residence
otherwise excluded herein.
The removal of recyclable Materials by any unauthorized person.
A recycling collection process, also referred to as "mixed
recyclables" whereby all Township-designated recyclables are placed
unsorted in one or more carts by Township residents at curbside for
collection by the designated hauler. This collection process may also
be employed at designated locations within Township municipal facilities
and at community events.
The ferrous metal food or beverage containers commonly known
as "tin cans."
Refers to placing any municipal solid waste or recyclables
in any other persons waste or recyclables cart or container without
permission.
Refers to the Township of Forks, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
Located at 1051 Frost Hollow Road, this dropoff center provides
for the collection of various residential and commercial recyclables.
Includes chemotherapeutic waste, wet paint, explosives, gas
cylinders, hazardous waste, infectious/pathological waste, radioactive
materials, construction debris, and electronics pursuant to the Pennsylvania
Covered Device Recycling Act, yard waste of any kind specifically
excluded from the waste stream by any local, county, or state law.
Includes leaf waste, plant materials (leaves, branches, brush,
flowers, roots, etc.), debris commonly thrown away in the course of
maintaining yards and gardens. Yard waste shall not include loose
soils, sod, food waste, including food waste from gardens or orchards;
food compost; plastics and synthetic fibers; lumber; tree stumps,
any wood or tree limbs over four inches in diameter; human or animal
excrement; noxious weeds and soil contaminated with hazardous substances.
It shall be unlawful for any person to store, dump, discard
or deposit, or to permit the storage, dumping, discarding or depositing
of any municipal solid waste or recyclables upon the surface of the
ground or underground within the Township, except in proper containers
for purposes of storage or collection, and except where the municipal
solid waste or recyclables are of such size or shape as not to permit
their being placed in such containers, in which case, they shall be
disposed of pursuant to bulk collection. It shall be unlawful for
any person to dump or deposit any municipal solid waste or recyclables
in any stream, body of water or on any public right-of-way within
the Township.
No person shall ignite, cause, feed, permit or maintain any
open fire for the destruction of recyclables or yard waste.
Recyclables and yard waste shall be kept separate from municipal
solid waste, for the purpose of recycling and composting respectively,
to the extent required by the following provisions:
A.
Owners and occupants of all residential properties shall keep separate
the following recyclables for the purpose of curbside recycling: clear
or colored glass containers, aluminum and steel/bi-metallic cans,
plastic bottles with recycling numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, cardboard,
magazines, newspapers, mixed paper, and leaf waste.
B.
Owners and occupants of all commercial, municipal and institutional
establishments and properties and sponsors or organizers of community
activities shall keep separate the following recyclables: clear glass
containers, brown glass containers, green glass containers, aluminum
cans, steel/bi-metallic cans, corrugated cardboard, newspapers, high-grade
office paper, and mixed paper. Yard waste shall also be kept separate
for the purpose of composting. Owners and occupants of commercial,
municipal and institutional establishments may seek an exemption to
the requirements of this section (as specified under Act 101, Section
(c)(1)(iii)[1] if the owners and occupants have otherwise provided for recycling of the materials they are required by this chapter to recycle. To be eligible for an exemption a commercial, municipal or institutional solid waste generator must submit an annual report showing materials that were recycled and the total number of tons recycled to the Township no later than February 15 of each year. Recyclables shall be prepared and stored in accordance with the provisions set forth in § 159-12 of this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S.§ 4000.1501(c)(1)(iii).
A.
Unless otherwise provided for composting, all persons shall keep
yard waste separate from all other forms of municipal solid waste
and separate from recyclables. Leaf waste shall be set out for collection
in a manner to be designated by the Township and shall be delivered
by the contracted or designated hauler to a designated leaf composting
or yard waste facility operating in accordance with Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection's Regulations and Guidelines for
Leaf Composting Facilities. Nothing herein shall require any person
to gather leaf waste or prevent any person from utilizing leaf waste
for compost, mulch, or other agricultural purposes.
B.
The Township shall collect yard waste generated by residential and
commercial properties, located in the Township, at the Township Recycling
Center pursuant to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
(PA DEP) Act 101 rules and regulations.
Carts shall be placed curbside pursuant to municipal regulations
as the Township deems necessary. It shall be a violation of this chapter
to mix or place any designated recyclable Material or leaf waste in
with municipal solid waste.
A.
Carts shall be placed curbside pursuant to Municipal Regulations
for municipal solid waste and recyclables.
B.
The owner, landlord or agent or, when appropriate, the Board of Directors,
of every multifamily dwelling shall require, by a clause in the lease
or other enforceable rule or regulation, that the tenants in such
property comply with the requirements of this chapter governing separation
and/or placement for collection of municipal solid waste and recyclables.
Every such landlord shall set up a convenient and practical location
on such properties for the collection, storage and removal of municipal
solid waste and recyclables generated by the residents of such properties.
C.
The collection system must include suitable containers for collection
and sorting materials, easily accessible locations for the containers
and written instructions to the occupants concerning the use and availability
of the collection system.
D.
Owners, landlords and agents of owners or landlords who comply with
the aforementioned requirements relative to multifamily dwellings
shall not be liable for the noncompliance of occupants of their building.
E.
Owners, landlords and agents of owner or landlords are responsible
for submitting all required Township and Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection required recycling reports.
All private haulers operating within the boundaries of the Township,
and permitted pursuant to the terms of this chapter, shall submit
to the Township or its designee a quarterly recycling report including
any and all weight slips obtained from the facility or facilities
to which the recyclables were delivered or taken. Each such recycling
report shall be submitted on or before the 15th day of the following
month, for the preceding month.
A.
From the time of placement of residentially generated recyclable
items for curbside collection in accordance with the terms of this
chapter, the items shall be and become the property of the designated
hauler or private hauler and the Township. It shall be a violation
of this chapter for any person unauthorized by the Township to collect
or pick up or cause to be collected or picked up 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.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized individual to scavenge
or collect any designated recyclable Material, which has been placed
within the Township without permission of the Township.
C.
No person, except the occupants of the property on which a solid
waste and or recycling container is placed, a designated hauler, a
private hauler, or such person as the Township may designate and the
duly authorized agent or representative of property owners association
or corporation recognized as such by the Township, shall remove the
lids of the container and/or remove the contents thereof.
All recyclable materials shall become the property of and shall
be owned by the Township or the designated hauler (as set forth in
any waste or recycling contract with the Township) when such materials
are collected at curbside. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed
to impair the ownership of recyclables by the person who generated
them prior to such pickup. Collection of recyclables materials by
persons not authorized by the Township is prohibited.
A.
Any person accumulating or storing municipal solid waste and/or recyclables
on private or public property within the Township, including municipal
solid waste and/or recyclables assembled within a development, for
any purpose whatsoever shall place the same, or cause the same to
be placed, in Township approved and/or designated containers.
B.
All recyclables shall be rinsed clean of all food waste, contaminating
liquids, and debris. This is also applicable to placement of recyclables
being placed in containers at the Township Recycling Center.
C.
No person shall place or cause to be placed municipal solid waste
in a recycling container, and no person shall place or cause to be
placed Recycling Materials in a municipal waste container.
D.
Curbside recyclables and municipal solid waste shall be placed in
Township approved carts or containers.
E.
Recyclables and/or municipal solid waste may be set out for collection
in a manner different from the requirements above if an alternative
manner is required by the designated hauler and approved by the Township.
A.
Collection of recyclables and municipal solid waste by the designated
hauler, as set forth herein, shall be mandatory for all residential
units and commercial businesses and institutions in the Township.
B.
No person other than the designated hauler or permitted private hauler
shall collect or remove recyclables or municipal solid waste from
any residential units, commercial businesses or institutions within
the Township unless otherwise provided for herein.
C.
Nothing in this section shall modify the requirements of this chapter
pertaining to separation and collection of recyclables and municipal
solid waste or exempts any person from the mandatory curbside collection
program.
A.
Any person designated hauler or private hauler transporting municipal
solid waste and recyclables within the Township shall prevent or remedy
any spillage or leakage from vehicles or containers used in the transport
of such municipal solid waste and recyclables.
B.
All designated haulers and private haulers shall be required to collect
and remove recyclables and municipal solid waste in motor-driven vehicles
having enclosed, metal, leakproof bodies with metal covers or covers
made of such material as to prevent the contents from escaping.
A.
Designated haulers shall have an affirmative duty to follow and conduct
themselves in accordance with any current license or permit and to
service each of their customers in accordance with the requirements
of this chapter, any failure of which shall be a violation of this
chapter.
B.
Designated haulers shall provide collection and transport of municipal
solid waste and recyclables in accordance with the terms of this chapter.
C.
Designated haulers shall not load any source-separated recyclables
or yard waste into any vehicle that contains municipal solid waste.
Any person granted a license by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
shall not in any manner be construed as an agent, servant or employee
of the Township but shall, at all times, be considered and remain
an independent contractor.
A.
The designated hauler and private hauler shall have a valid agreement
covering the use of an appropriate disposal facility in accordance
with the Northampton County solid waste Management Plan, or such other
law, as may be applicable, which governs the use and maintenance of
any such disposal facility.
B.
In addition all multifamily, commercial, municipal and institutional
establishments contracting for municipal waste collection will be
considered to be contracting for recycling removal and the private
hauler will place appropriate recycling along with waste containers
on the appropriate location of the premises unless a completed Township
recycling waiver is obtained by the owner operator or the agent, from
the waste hauler, and returned to the Township via the waste hauler.
The said business, agent, owner or operator will be responsible for
providing the Township's Recycling Coordinator with an annual
report stating the materials recycled and the yearly tonnages no later
than February 15 of each year. Failure to do so shall be a violation
of this chapter.
The Township reserves the right to direct recyclables and/or
leaf or yard waste to a designated Recycling Processor and or Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection approved yard waste composting
facility.
A.
Nothing contained herein shall impair or prohibit any recognized
civic, fraternal, charitable or benevolent organization, association
or society from undertaking or sponsoring voluntary programs or projects
involving the collection of recyclables from the public. Any such
collection activity can only occur prior to the recyclable Materials
being placed at curbside or similar location for collection by a private
hauler. Prior to initiating such activity, the organization shall
obtain authorization from the Township. It shall be the responsibility
of the organization to report all tonnages they recycle to the Township's
Recycling Coordinator within 14 days of collecting and/or marketing
the recyclables.
B.
All individuals and entities conducting community events held within
Township boundaries, regardless of who is hosting the activity, shall
recycle their recyclable materials in accordance with this chapter
and all Pennsylvania Act 101 mandates.
A.
All carts shall be the sole property of the Township and shall not
be used for any purpose other than the specific designated purpose.
B.
All carts shall remain on the designated property and shall not be
removed therefrom without the expressed consent of the Township. In
the event the property is sold, residents or tenants relocate, the
carts shall remain with the property.
C.
If a recycling cart is lost, stolen, or damaged beyond usability,
the owner of the residential unit shall be charged a fee pursuant
to the Municipal Regulations for replacement as determined by the
Township.
D.
All persons shall store any and all waste and recycling carts on
the side or behind their residences or in a shed or garage located
on the resident's property. Carts must be stored in such a manner
as to not be visible from the road unless carts cannot be stored in
this manner due to topography or lack of side or backyard, resident
must apply for an exception to this requirement.
E.
All carts must be placed curbside by 5:00 a.m. on the date of collection,
no earlier than 5:00 p.m. the day before collection, and must be removed
no later 9:00 p.m. on the date of collection.
Recyclable materials that are collected by the Township shall
be recycled according to Act 101.
A.
Collection fee. Fees for the collection of municipal solid waste
and recyclables shall be in such amounts and calculated in such manner
as may be established from time to time by resolution of the Township
Board of Supervisors.
B.
Payment of municipal waste fee. The above fee shall be designated
on the annual municipal waste and recycling bill sent out quarterly
by the Township. Failure to receive a bill will not exempt the owner
from the waste and recycling fee due. The Township, by resolution,
shall set any applicable discount and discount period on an annual
basis.
C.
Collection of delinquent fees. The Township shall collect, by suit
or otherwise, all municipal waste fees, interest, court costs, reasonable
attorney's fees, fines and penalties due and unpaid in any manner
permitted by law. If for any reason any fee is not paid when due,
the property owner shall be liable for all costs of collection, including
court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
D.
Liens. Municipal waste fees imposed by this article shall be a lien
on the property serviced by the Township or the designated hauler
contracted by the Township, and such municipal waste fees which shall
be delinquent shall be filed as a lien against the property so serviced
which lien shall be filed in the manner provided by law in the office
of the Prothonotary of Northampton County, Pennsylvania and shall
be collected in the manner provided by law for collection of municipal
claims.
A.
Penalties. Any person who violates any provision of this article
or of the regulations adopted hereunder or any person who engages
in unlawful conduct as defined in this article shall, upon conviction
thereof in a summary proceeding before a District Judge, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 and not less than $250. Each
continuing day of any violation of this article or unlawful conduct
as defined in this article shall constitute a separate offense punishable
by a like fine or penalty.
B.
Injunction. In addition to any other remedy provided in this article,
the Township may institute a suit in equity where unlawful conduct
or a public nuisance exists as defined in this article for an injunction
to restrain a violation of this article or any rules, regulations
or resolution promulgated or issued by the Township Board of Supervisors
pursuant to this article.
C.
Concurrent remedies. The penalties and remedies prescribed by this
article shall be deemed concurrent. The existence or exercise of any
remedy shall not prevent the Township from exercising any other remedy
provided by this article or otherwise provided at law or equity.
D.
Authorized collectors who shall violate any provision of this article
may be reported to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
by the Township, and may be subject to the revocation of the Commonwealth's
authorization to transport municipal waste, as described in the amended
Waste Transportation Safety Program, 27 Pa.C.S.A. § 6201
et seq.
