[Adopted by Ord. No. 500-93, as amended through Ord. No. 541-95]
The following words for the purpose of this article shall have the following meanings:
REGULAR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE
The scheduled pickup and removal of solid waste from residential, commercial or institutional premises located within the boundaries of the borough at least once a week.
RESPONSIBLE SOLID WASTE GENERATOR
Any property owner, tenant or occupant of any single-family dwelling or multiple dwelling, or the owner of any commercial or institutional building or structure located within the boundaries of the borough, who generates solid waste at those premises.
SOLID WASTE
Garbage, refuse, and other discarded materials resulting from industrial, commercial and agricultural operations, and from domestic and community activities, and shall include all other waste materials including liquids, except for solid animal and vegetable wastes collected by swine producers licensed by the State Department of Agriculture to collect, prepare and feed such wastes to swine on their own farms. Solid waste that is reduced to compost on the property of the solid waste generator or recycled shall not be included in this definition of "solid waste," provided that, where solid waste is reduced to compost, the compost does not emit a noxious odor or otherwise become a detriment to the public health.
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SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
The activity related to pickup and transportation of solid waste from its source or location to a solid waste facility or other destination.
SOLID WASTE CONTAINER
A receptacle, container or bag suitable for the depositing of solid waste.
SOLID WASTE FACILITIES
The plants, structures and other real and personal property acquired, constructed or operated or to be acquired, constructed or operated by any person pursuant to the provisions of any statute, including transfer stations, incinerators, resource recovery facilities, sanitary landfill facilities or other plants for the disposal of solid waste, and all vehicles, equipment and other real and personal property and rights therein and appurtenances necessary or useful and convenient for the collection or disposal of solid waste in a sanitary manner.
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 161, Littering, § 161-9.
In the case of single-family residential housing, multifamily residential housing, commercial and institutional buildings and structures located within the borough, each responsible solid waste generator, if he or she has not already done so, shall enter into a contract for regular solid waste collection service with any person lawfully providing private solid waste collection services within the borough.
In addition to the foregoing, it shall be the responsibility of the owner of a multiple dwelling to provide a sufficient number of appropriate solid waste containers for the deposit of nonrecyclable waste materials to be disposed of as solid waste.
A. 
The requirements of this article shall not apply to solid waste generators who transport the solid waste which is generated at his or her residential premises directly to the solid waste facility utilized by the borough for disposal. A solid waste generator who is transporting the solid waste which is generated at his or her residential premises directly to the solid waste facility utilized by the borough for disposal shall furnish proof that the responsible solid waste generator is transporting the solid waste which is generated at his or her residential premises directly to the solid waste facility utilized by the borough for disposal to the Borough Clerk at least once every 12 months. In order to fulfill the requirements of this section, the responsible solid waste generator may include the proof of service with the municipal tax payment mailed to the Borough Tax Collector.
B. 
Persons who do not generate solid waste at his or her residential premises such as one who recycles and/or composts all of his or her solid waste shall not be subject to the requirements of this article.