The following items shall have the meanings indicated and shall
be recognized as forms of solid waste in accordance with this chapter:
BULKY WASTE
Large items of solid waste, such as household appliances,
furniture, large auto parts, trees, branches and other oversized items,
whose size precludes or complicates handling by normal collection.
COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE
Solid waste generated by stores, offices and other activities
that do not actually turn out a product.
INSTITUTIONAL SOLID WASTE
Solid waste originating from religious, educational, health
care and research facilities, from parks, playgrounds and pools and
from public buildings, including the Borough buildings and structures.
NONRESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE
Solid waste from an agricultural, commercial, industrial
or institutional agency, or a building or group of buildings consisting
of five or more dwellings.
RUBBISH
A general term for solid waste, excluding food waste and
ashes taken from residences, commercial establishments and institutions.
The Borough shall collect and dispose of certain curbside rubbish,
including bulky waste, residential solid waste, commercial solid waste
and institutional solid waste, but excluding industrial solid waste,
as defined in this chapter, within the boundaries of the Borough of
Collingswood by means of soliciting bids and awarding a contract to
a properly qualified private waste hauler.
The Borough Administrator is authorized to prepare specifications
in conformance with this chapter and in conformance with statutory
and other lawful regulation of solid waste disposal in order to secure
the most economical and beneficial methodology of curbside solid waste
collection.
It shall be unlawful for any housekeeper, tenant, property owner or occupant of any property to place or cause to be placed any solid waste in the same container as recyclables and yard waste (as those terms are defined in Chapter
233 of the Borough Code).
No person, storekeeper, merchant or corporation shall encumber
or obstruct or permit to be encumbered or obstructed the sidewalk
in front of or alongside of his or its residence or place of business
with solid waste, including signs, boxes, baskets, barrels, goods,
wares or merchandise or any other obstacles, articles or things.
It shall be unlawful for any ragpicker, scavenger or other person
to cut, untie or otherwise unbundle on any street, highway or public
place any paper or other rubbish so tied or fastened together and
placed for collection by any householder, owner or occupant or tenant
on the sidewalk in front of or alongside of the property of such householder,
owner, occupant or tenant.
No employee or contractor of the Borough of Collingswood engaged
in the collection of solid waste shall, in the course of his employment,
negligently or carelessly distribute or cause to be distributed any
papers, ashes or other solid waste in or along any of the streets,
highways or public places.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person to place
motor oil in any receptacles used for solid waste, or to otherwise
comingle motor oil with solid waste. Residents must bring motor oil
in a sealed and labeled container to the Borough Garage, located at
713 North Atlantic Avenue, between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Monday
thru Friday.
The Borough Administrator is hereby authorized to promulgate
rules and regulations governing curbside rubbish collection and disposal,
subject to approval of such rules and regulations by the Borough Commissioners.
Any person or persons, partnership or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not
to exceed $1,000, imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 90
days or a period of community service for not more than 90 days, or
any combination thereof, in the discretion of the court. Each day
that any of the provisions of this chapter shall be violated shall
constitute a separate offense and shall be subject to be punished
by fine, imprisonment and/or community service as above provided.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Police Department, Public
Works Department, and the Nuisance Officer of the Borough of Collingswood.