[Adopted by Ord. No. 403-88, as amended through Ord. No. 515-94]
A.
The conservation of recyclable materials is an important
national and local concern.
B.
Conservation of recyclable materials is necessary
to improve our environment.
C.
The Mayor and Council deem it to be in the best interests
of the residents of the Borough of Old Tappan to establish a recycling
program which provides for the collection of certain recyclable materials.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A lightweight, silver-white, metallic element which is used
to make beverage cans.
Source-separated nonputrescible recyclable material generated
from the construction, alteration, repair, maintenance and/or demolition
of structures. This material shall include concrete, bricks, block,
ferrous and nonferrous scrap, asphalt, asphalt shingles, recyclable
wood scrap, and any other recyclable material generated from the construction,
alteration, repair, maintenance and/or demolition of a structure or
structures.
Cardboard of the type used to make cardboard boxes, cartons,
pasteboard and similar corrugated and kraft paper material.
All metal scrap containing steel and/or cast iron.
All products made from silica or sand, soda ash and limestone
which are transparent or translucent and used for packaging or bottling
of various matter and all other materials commonly known as glass;
excluding, however, blue and flat glass, commonly known as window
glass.
Green herbage sending up spike-like shoots or blades.
White typing and ledger paper, white note pad paper, copier
paper, carbonless computer printout, Manila tab cards and file folders.
Any type of button, coin, cylindrical, rectangular or other
shaped, enclosed device or sealed container consisting of a combination
of two or more voltaic or galvanic cells, electrically connected to
produce electric energy, composed of lead, lithium, manganese, mercury,
mercuric oxide, silver oxide, cadmium, zinc, copper or other metals,
or any combination thereof, and designed for household use, including
any alkaline, manganese, lithium, mercuric oxide, silver oxide, zinc-air
or zinc-carbon battery, nickel-cadmium rechargeable battery or sealed
lead rechargeable battery.
Those materials naturally formed from trees and bushes that
are suitable for composting and mulching purposes.
A mixture of all types of paper including, but not limited
to, corrugated, high-grade paper, newspaper, magazines, telephone
directories, wrapping paper, box board, books, grocery bags and junk
mail.
Paper of the type commonly referred to as "newsprint" and
distributed at stated intervals, usually daily or weekly, having printed
thereon news and opinions and containing advertisements and other
matters of public interest. Expressly excluded, however, are all magazines
or similar periodicals as well as all other paper periodicals of any
nature whatsoever.
Any facility designed and operated solely for receiving,
storing, processing and transferring source-separated nonputrescible
or source-separated commingled nonputrescible metal, glass, paper,
plastic containers and corrugated and other cardboard or other recyclable
materials approved by the Department of Public Works.
Such rules, implementations, dates, schedules of times and
such other requirements promulgated by the Recycling Coordinator in
conjunction with the Superintendent of the Department of Public Works
and approved by the Mayor and Council as may be necessary to carry
out the purposes and objectives of this article.
All garbage and rubbish normally produced by the occupants
of commercial, industrial and residential property and disposed of
by private or public pickup.
Recyclable materials, including, but not limited to, aluminum
cans, construction and demolition debris, corrugated cardboard, ferrous
scrap, glass, grass, high-grade paper, household-generated batteries,
leaves, mixed paper, newspaper, tin cans, used motor oil and white
goods, which are kept separate and apart from residential, commercial
and institutional solid waste by the generator thereof for the purposes
of collection, disposition and recycling.
Cans made of steel or tin. The most common are tin-plated
steel cans which contain food.
Domestic or household bulky items, including washing machines,
dryers, refrigerators, stoves, water heaters, dishwashers and household
appliances, of primarily ferrous metal.
A.
The position of Recycling Coordinator is hereby created
and established within the Borough of Old Tappan.
B.
The Recycling Coordinator shall be appointed by the
Borough Council for a term of one year, expiring December 31 of each
year. The term of the person first appointed as Recycling Coordinator
shall expire as of the next annual reorganization meeting following
his/her appointment.
[Amended 7-20-2009 by Ord. No. 990-09]
A.
All persons
who are owners, lessees or occupants of residential property in the
Borough shall separate aluminum cans, glass beverage containers (clear,
green and brown), grass, household-generated batteries, leaves, newspaper,
corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, Type 1 and Type 2 plastic containers,
construction and demolition debris (concrete, tree parts, nonferrous
and ferrous metals and asphalt, where practical)
B.
Commercial
and institutional owners, lessees and occupants shall separate the
same recyclable materials as residents and, in addition, high-grade
paper.
C.
The procedures
for pickup, collection and recycling of these source-separated recyclable
materials shall be specified in the regulations promulgated pursuant
to this article.
A.
Aluminum cans and tin cans, separately, shall be reasonably
rinsed and secured in suitable reusable containers supplied by the
owner, lessee or occupant.
B.
Glass shall be separated and reasonably rinsed, and
metal caps shall be removed. This glass shall be contained in suitable
reusable containers supplied by the owner, lessee or occupant. Containers
constructed of paper or cardboard materials or plastic bags shall
be deemed not suitable for this purpose, but reusable wood, metal
or plastic containers shall be deemed suitable.
D.
Newspapers shall be bundled in units not to exceed
12 inches in height. Bundles may be placed in paper bags or string
tied or in such a manner designated by the regulations promulgated
by this article. Such bundles shall not be contained in plastic bags.
E.
White goods shall not be placed at the curb for collection
unless special arrangements have first been made with the Superintendent
of the Department of Public Works.
F.
For pickup of a refrigerator, freezer, air conditioner
or dehumidifier, the owner, lessee or occupant shall fill out a request
on a form to be supplied by the Borough Clerk and pay such fees at
the time as may reimburse the borough for the cost to the borough
for disposing of the refrigerator, freezer, air conditioner or dehumidifier.
The Recycling Coordinator, in conjunction with
the Superintendent of the Department of Public Works, shall promulgate
reasonable regulations establishing the commencement dates for mandatory
separation of recyclable materials and the manner, dates and times
for the collection of same in accordance with the terms of this article.
Any such regulations promulgated by the Recycling Coordinator, in
conjunction with the Superintendent of the Department of Public Works,
shall be approved by the Mayor and Council and may be changed, modified,
repealed or amended in whole or in part by the Mayor and Council.
A copy of such regulations promulgated by the Recycling Coordinator,
in conjunction with the Superintendent of the Department of Public
Works, as approved, modified or amended, shall be available for public
inspection at the office of the Borough Clerk during regular office
hours. Recyclable materials may be delivered to a recycling center
in accordance with such published regulations.
It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose
of used motor oil in any manner other than through an authorized used
oil collection site. On and after the enactment of this article, and
in accordance with existing state regulations, N.J.S.A. 14A:3-11,[1] all service stations and motor vehicle reinspection stations
with used oil holding tanks shall accept up to five gallons at a time
of used motor oil from individuals changing oil from cars, lawn mowers
or motorcycles. Residents may also deliver used motor oil to a recycling
center.
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.36.
From the time recyclable materials are placed
at the curb by the owner, lessee or occupant for collection by the
borough such recyclable materials shall become the property of the
borough. It shall be a violation of this article for any person not
authorized by the borough to collect or pick up, or cause to be collected
or picked up, any such recyclable materials for any purpose whatsoever
once the same has been placed at the curb. Any and each such collection
in violation hereof from one or more premises shall constitute a separate
and distinct offense punishable as hereinafter provided.
No person shall collect, transport or dispose
of solid waste to landfill or incineration which contains source-separated
recyclable materials.
No provision herein shall be construed to prohibit
groups or individuals who shall be authorized by the Superintendent
of the Department of Public Works from collecting or picking up recyclable
materials at curbside or otherwise in such a manner and under such
terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Superintendent.
No such collection or pickup shall conflict or interfere with pickup
and collection by the borough and its duly authorized agent(s).
The Recycling Coordinator, the Police Department
and the Department of Public Works are each hereby authorized and
directed to enforce this article.
Any person who violates any provision of this
article or the regulations issued pursuant hereto following a maximum
of two warnings, shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine
of not less than $25 nor more than $500.
