[Adopted 5-12-1988 by Ord. No. 10-88]
For purposes of this article, the following
terms shall be defined as follows:
Equipment, instruments, utensils and fomites
of a disposable nature from the rooms of patients who are suspected
to have or have been diagnosed as having a communicable disease.
Laboratory wastes which includes all tissues,
specimens, cultures, blood elements, excreta and secretions obtained
from patients or laboratory animals, and disposable fomites (any inanimate
object that may harbor or transmit pathogenic organisms).
Surgical operating room pathological specimens
and disposable fomites attendant thereto and similar disposable materials
from outpatient areas and emergency rooms.
All waste generated during the treatment of a patient, both
infectious and noninfectious and includes all instruments, supplies,
containers, gloves, tubing, bandages, examination paper, disposable
gowns, bibs, etc., used by health care practitioners and facilities.
Any gross and/or microscopic biological tissue removed surgically
or at autopsy and which meets the definition of solid waste as described
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA).
[Amended 4-8-2010 by Ord. No. 12-10]
No person shall set or place out for collection
any garbage, ashes, refuse or other material other than grass cuttings,
leaves and brush along Route No. 10 and Ridgedale Avenue in the Township
of Hanover for collection by the Public Works, Buildings and Grounds
and Park Maintenance Department of the Township of Hanover or by any
private scavenger before 6:00 p.m. on the day prior to the day the
refuse is to be collected. All refuse receptacles placed along Route
No. 10 and Ridgedale Avenue are to be removed by 12:00 noon on the
same day refuse has been collected.
[Amended 4-8-2010 by Ord. No. 12-10]
No person shall set or place out for collection
any garbage, ashes, refuse or other material other than grass cuttings,
leaves and brush along any other streets or public thoroughfares in
the Township of Hanover, other than Route No. 10 and Ridgedale Avenue,
for collection by the Public Works, Buildings and Grounds and Park
Maintenance Department of the Township of Hanover or by any private
scavenger before 6:00 p.m. of the day prior to the collection day
for garbage, ashes, refuse, etc., for said property. All refuse receptacles
placed along any streets within the Township of Hanover, other than
Route No. 10 and Ridgedale Avenue, shall be removed by 7:00 p.m. of
the same day refuse has been collected.
A.
Garbage, ashes, refuse and like material shall be
placed in strong watertight metal or plastic receptacles equipped
with proper handles and tight-fitting covers or plastic bags which
are sealed in a satisfactory manner. Such receptacles shall be kept
tightly covered and the weight thereof, including the contents, shall
not exceed 50 pounds. Garbage shall be drained and shall be wrapped
in paper or plastic bags before it is deposited into the receptacles.
Garbage receptacles shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition
and placed at the curb for collection.
B.
All brush and tree limbs must be cut into pieces no
more than four feet in length, tied into bundles and placed at the
curb for collection.
C.
No grass clippings, hedge or hedge clippings, shrubbery,
shrubbery clippings, tree cuttings or other similar material shall
be placed, pushed, raked or swept in or onto any public walk, sidewalk,
gutter, road, roadway or public thoroughfare, except that during the
months of October and November, leaves and leaves only may be raked
or pushed into the gutter in connection with the leaf collection program.
For purposes of collection of such items as grass clippings, hedge
or hedge clippings, tree cuttings or other similar material, these
items shall be bagged or placed in cans or boxes, the total weight
of each receptacle shall not exceed 50 pounds and shall be placed
at the curb.
[Amended 4-8-2010 by Ord. No. 12-10]
No person shall place out for collection by the Public Works, Buildings and Grounds and Park Maintenance Department of the Township of Hanover any pathological or infectious waste as defined in § 154-18 of this article.
A.
Small generators of medical waste, which include doctor
and dentist offices, health-care facilities and veterinary clinics,
shall not place out for collection by the Public Works, Buildings
and Grounds and Park Maintenance Department of the Township of Hanover
any pathological, infectious or medical waste. This waste shall be
disposed of by licensed, private scavengers contracted by the generator.
[Amended 4-8-2010 by Ord. No. 12-10]
B.
Small generators of medical waste shall dispose of
all infectious or pathological waste in accordance with the procedures
set forth in N.J.A.C. 8:43B-3.6, Pathological and Infectious Waste
Disposal.
A.
Residential generators of medical waste shall not
place out for collection by the Public Works, Buildings and Grounds
and Park Maintenance Department of the Township of Hanover any pathological
or infectious waste.
[Amended 4-8-2010 by Ord. No. 12-10]
B.
Residential generators of medical waste may place
out for collection by the Public Works, Buildings and Grounds and
Park Maintenance Department noninfectious, nonpathological medical
waste. Noninfectious, nonpathological waste shall be disposed of on
a day-to-day basis to prevent accumulation.
[Amended 4-8-2010 by Ord. No. 12-10]
C.
Solid sharp or rigid items such as needles and syringes
shall be sterilized by autoclave, dry clave or other methods approved
of by the Township of Hanover Health Department, prior to disposal.
Needles and syringes shall be destroyed as stipulated in N.J.S.A.
2A:170-25.17[1] and disposed of in a rigid, puncture resistant sealed
container.
[1]
Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 2A:170-25.17 was repealed
by P.L. 1999, c. 90. See now N.J.S.A. 2C:36-6.1.
D.
In converting an infectious waste to a noninfectious
medical waste, residents must utilize methods which are acceptable
to the Township of Hanover Health Department.
E.
All noninfectious medical waste shall be placed in
a heavy-duty plastic bag, tied closed, then placed into a second heavy-duty
plastic bag which is tied closed before discarding.
The Police Department and the Health Department
of the Township of Hanover are hereby authorized to enforce this article.
[Amended 7-11-1991 by Ord. No. 16-91; 4-8-2010 by Ord. No.
12-10]
The owner or user of any property whereon a
violation of this article occurs or any person employed in connection
therewith shall each be guilty of a separate misdemeanor and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000
and/or imprisonment up to 90 days, or both. Each and every day such
a violation occurs shall be deemed a separate and distinct violation.
In addition to the fine imposed, violators shall be required to pay
any increase in tipping fees or related costs as a result of the inclusion
for collection by the Municipal Department of Public Works, Buildings
and Grounds and Park Maintenance, items prohibited by this article.
