[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:
Products made of aluminum, including aluminum cans, screen
frames, lawn chair frames and similar items.
Cans of the type commonly used for packaging of food products
excluding any cans used for paints, pesticides or similar products.
Box-type products made from paper commonly used in packaging
and shipping.
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.
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.
All plastic PET bottles (soda bottles) and HDPE jugs commonly
used for packaging of milk, water, and juice.
Uncontaminated paper material, including such as material
as used newspaper, magazines, paperback books, the colored or glossy/inserts
and advertisement materials.
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:
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The Township of Vernon
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Municipal Center
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Office of Recycling
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Church Street
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Vernon, New Jersey 07462
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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.
