[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Vernon 3-28-1988 by Ord. No. 88-2. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Dumping and littering — See Ch. 227.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section:
ALUMINUM
Products made of aluminum, including aluminum cans, screen frames, lawn chair frames and similar items.
BIMETAL (TIN) CANS
Cans of the type commonly used for packaging of food products excluding any cans used for paints, pesticides or similar products.
CORRUGATED CARDBOARD
Box-type products made from paper commonly used in packaging and shipping.
GLASS
Products made from silica or sand, soda ash and limestone, the product being transparent or translucent and being used for packaging or bottling, and other material commonly known as glass, excluding blue and flat glass and glass commonly known as window glass.
HIGH-GRADE PAPER
Uncontaminated paper of the type commonly used in offices, such as white bond, white stationery, white notepad paper, computer printout paper and white paper forms, excluding carbon or carbonized paper.
PLASTIC
All plastic PET bottles (soda bottles) and HDPE jugs commonly used for packaging of milk, water, and juice.
SALVAGE PAPER PRODUCTS
Uncontaminated paper material, including such as material as used newspaper, magazines, paperback books, the colored or glossy/inserts and advertisement materials.
YARD WASTE
Grass clippings, leaves and small tree branches.
All persons, firms and corporations, public and private, shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. Firms and corporations may make arrangements for disposal of their recyclables through private contracts, provided that monthly reports (log sheets) shall be submitted, indicating items recycled and the specific weights for the month. Such reports shall be filed no later than the 10th day of the following month. An annual report on total tonnage recycled for the year shall also be filed no later than January 10. Such reports shall be filed with:
The Township of Vernon
Municipal Center
Office of Recycling
Church Street
Vernon, New Jersey 07462
The occupant or owner of any building within the Township of Vernon shall deliver for disposal the following named items and shall do so in conformity with the following regulations:
A. 
Salvage paper products may be deposited loose, bundled or in paper bags not to exceed 50 pounds and shall not be permitted in plastic bags.
B. 
Glass shall be rinsed, lids, metal rings and plastic covers removed. Containers must also be separated by color, clear, brown (amber) and green.
C. 
Aluminum. Aluminum cans shall be rinsed, aluminum scrap shall be neatly bundled and bundles not to exceed 50 pounds.
D. 
Bimetal (tin) cans. Cans shall be rinsed and lids and labels removed.
E. 
Plastic containers shall be rinsed and caps, metal rings, and labels (whenever possible) removed.
F. 
Yard waste shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter from September 1 through December 31, and shall be placed in nonopaque biodegradable bags, and branches must be no longer than four feet nor larger than four inches in diameter and bundled not to exceed 50 pounds. Alternatively it may be composted.
G. 
High-grade paper shall be separated and kept dry, flat in a paper or cardboard box and free of contaminants. No carbon or carbonized paper shall be included.
H. 
Corrugated cardboard shall be crushed flat and bundled. Each bundle shall not exceed 50 pounds.
All recyclables shall be disposed of at designated recycling centers or, when available, to an authorized contractor picking up recyclables at curbside.
From the time of placement at the recycling center (or at the curb should there be a contract for curbside pickup of recyclables), all recyclables described herein shall be and become the property of the Township of Vernon or its authorized agent. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person unauthorized by the Township of Vernon to cause to be removed any of these items from the recycling center (or curb). Violators of this section, upon conviction, will be subject to a fine of no less than $500 for each offense.
Any person, business or institution which violates any provision of this chapter or any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not less than $100 and not to exceed $1,000.