[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Wyckoff 3-1-1988 as Ord. No. 1025.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Littering — See Ch. 133.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 152.
Solid waste disposal — See Ch. 161.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed
former Ch. 155, Recycling, adopted 12-30-1985 as Ord. No. 976.
It is the purpose of this chapter to comply
with the mandatory, statewide recycling program, P.L. 1987, c. 102,
and the Clean Communities and Recycling Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1E-92 et
seq.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
All products made from aluminum and being used as containers
for various matter, and any and all materials known by this term.
Source-separated nonputrescible recyclable material generated
from the construction, alteration, repair, maintenance and/or demolition
of structures within Bergen County. This material shall include concrete,
bricks, block, ferrous and nonferrous scrap, asphalt, asphalt shingles,
recyclable wood scrap and any and all other material generated from
the construction, alteration, repair, maintenance and/or demolition
of a structure or structures within Bergen County that a municipality
may deem recyclable.
[Added 9-21-1993 by Ord. No. 1178]
Those recyclable materials, including metal (white goods),
glass, aluminum, paper or plastic containers, food and waste, corrugated
and other cardboard, newspaper, magazines or high grade office paper
designated in this chapter to be source separated.
Transportation, placement, reuse, sale, donation, transfer
or temporary storage for a period not exceeding six months of designated
recyclable material for all possible uses except for disposal as solid
waste.
Includes printers, modems, televisions, computer monitors,
computer scanners, keyboards, scanners, speakers, power sources, hard
drives, lap tops, stereo equipment, iPod, CD, DVD and VCR players.
[Added 5-5-2009 by Ord. No. 1599]
All metal scrap containing steel and/or cast iron.
[Added 9-21-1993 by Ord. No. 1178]
Includes all products made from silicon or sand, soda ash
and limestone (the product being used for packaging or bottling of
various matter) and all other material known by this term, excluding,
however, blue, white and flat glass commonly known as "window" or
"plate glass."
Green herbage sending up spike-like shoots or blades.
[Added 9-21-1993 by Ord. No. 1178]
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.
[Added 1-17-1995 by Ord. No. 1212]
Includes all magazines or periodicals printed on glossy stock
or paper of heavier quality than that commonly recognized as newsprint.
Source-separated 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.
[Added 9-21-1993 by Ord. No. 1178]
All residential, commercial, industrial and institutional
solid waste generated within the boundaries of the Township as measured
in tons.
Includes 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.
Includes all newspaper, high grade office paper, fine paper,
bond paper, offset paper, Xeroxed paper, mimeo paper, duplicator paper
and related types of cellulosic material containing not more than
10% by weight or volume of noncellulosic material, such as laminates,
binders, coatings or saturants.
Any paper items or commodities, including but not limited
to paper napkins, towels, corrugated and other cardboard, construction
material, toilet tissue, paper and related types of cellulosic products
containing not more than 10% by weight or volume of noncellulosic
material, such as laminates, binders, coatings or saturants.
Includes all individuals, partnerships, corporations, owners,
tenants, lessees, firms, societies, schools, churches, associations
and institutions, either profit or nonprofit.
A hermetically sealed, or made airtight with a metal or plastic
cap, container with a minimum wall thickness of not less than 0.010
inch and composed of thermoplastic synthetic polymeric material.
Those materials which would otherwise become municipal solid
waste which may be collected, separated or processed and returned
to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
Any paper product consisting of not less than fifty-percent
secondary wastepaper material.
Any paper having a total weight consisting of not less than
fifty-percent secondary wastepaper material.
Any process by which materials which would otherwise become
solid waste or collected, separated or processed and returned to the
economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
Any facility designed and operated solely for receiving,
storing, processing and transferring source metal, glass, paper, plastic
containers, corrugated and other cardboard or other recyclable materials
approved by the Department of Environmental Protection.
The person appointed and authorized to coordinate the Township's
recycling program and assist with the enforcement of the provisions
of this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.
The services provided by persons engaged in the business
of recycling, including the collection, processing, storage, purchase,
sale or disposition or any combination thereof of recyclable materials.
Recyclable materials, including but not limited to paper,
metal (white goods), glass, food waste, office paper and plastic,
which are kept separate and apart from residential, industrial, 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.
[Added 9-21-1993 by Ord. No. 1178]
Used appliances such as refrigerators, washers, dryers and
stoves.
[Added 9-21-1993 by Ord. No. 1178]
There is hereby created the position of Wyckoff
Recycling Coordinator. He/she shall work in coordination with the
Environmental Commission and report to the Township Administrator
on all recycling projects. The Recycling Coordinator shall be appointed
by the Township Administrator, with approval of the Township Committee,
for a term of one year, expiring December 31 of each year. The term
of the person first appointed as Recycling Coordinator shall expire
December 31 of the year of that person's appointment.
[Amended 9-21-1993 by Ord. No. 1178]
The following materials are designated as recyclable:
A.
Residential sector.
(1)
Corrugated cardboard.
(2)
Newspaper.
(3)
Mixed paper.
(4)
Glass beverage containers.
(5)
Aluminum cans.
(6)
Leaves.
(7)
White goods.
(8)
Tin cans.
(9)
Grass.
(10)
Plastics.
(11)
Ferrous scrap.
(12)
Household-generated batteries.
[Added 1-17-1995 by Ord. No. 1212]
(13)
Construction
and demolition debris (concrete, brick, tree parts, nonferrous/ferrous
metal, asphalt, corrugated cardboard; where practical).
[Added 5-5-2009 by Ord. No. 1599]
(14)
Electronics
and computer equipment.
[Added 5-5-2009 by Ord. No. 1599]
B.
Commercial sector.
(1)
High-grade paper.
(2)
Corrugated cardboard.
(3)
Glass beverage containers.
(4)
Ferrous scrap.
(5)
White goods.
(6)
Aluminum cans.
(7)
Mixed paper.
(8)
Construction and demolition debris (concrete, brick,
tree parts, nonferrous/ferrous metal, asphalt, corrugated cardboard;
where practical).
[Amended 5-5-2009 by Ord. No. 1599]
(9)
Plastic.
(10)
Leaves and grass.
(11)
Electronic
and computer equipment.
[Added 5-5-2009 by Ord. No. 1599]
[Amended 7-17-1990 by Ord. No. 1101; 9-21-1993 by Ord. No.
1178]
A.
On and after the effective date of this chapter, it shall be mandatory for all persons who are owners, lessees or occupants of residential or commercial property in the Township of Wyckoff to separate the recyclable materials designated in § 155-4 above or in the administrative rules and regulations adopted pursuant to § 155-14 herein from all other solid waste.
B.
The owner, lessee or occupant of every residential or commercial property within the Township shall source-separate leaves and grass from solid waste generated at that property. During the respective collection periods, leaves shall be placed at the edge of the property, spread along the entire frontage but not placed in the roadway or transported by the property owner to the Township's Recycling Center in accordance with the administrative rules and regulations adopted pursuant to § 155-5 adopted herein.
[Amended 9-20-2005 by Ord. No. 1510]
C.
All newspaper and mixed paper and corrugated cardboard
shall be bundled securely to ensure that they will not be capable
of being windblown or distributed in the public streets, and provided
further that the maximum weight of any bundle does not exceed 50 pounds
[approximately 12 inches high].
D.
Recyclable materials delivered to the Wyckoff Recycling
Center at West Main Street shall be placed in the appropriate designated
collection containers. Materials will be accepted from Wyckoff residents
and businesses only. All materials delivered to the Center shall emanate
from Wyckoff.
E.
Recyclable materials placed at the curb for curbside
collection shall not be placed at the curbside pickup point for collection
before 6:00 p.m. on the date prior to the collection day, nor shall
any empty containers be allowed to remain at the curbside pickup point
after 7:00 p.m. of the day of the collection. No containers shall
at any time be placed in the street or roadway nor be placed upon
the sidewalk in such a manner as to obstruct or interfere with pedestrian
passage.
Collection of domestic or household bulky items,
such as washing machines, refrigerators, stoves, dryers and other
household appliances, shall be placed at the curbside pickup point
for collection.
Collection from the curbside pickup point of
paper and leaves, as well as other solid waste, shall be made by Township
employees or by contract for outside services as directed by the Township
Committee, with primary administrative supervision under the control
of the Township Administrator.
The Recycling Coordinator may be authorized
from time to time to sell and deliver, by bid or by contract approved
by the Township Committee, recyclable materials so collected in order
to obtain the best possible price.
[Amended 9-21-1993 by Ord. No. 1178]
A.
Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit
any residential or commercial person, owner, lessee or occupant from
disposing of recyclable materials privately through a sale or gift,
provided that in no event shall such recyclable materials be left
at the curb for any private pickup, and further provided that in no
event shall any such recyclable materials be disposed of as part of
the solid waste collection by the Township of Wyckoff in accordance
with its normal collection program. Such person, owner, lessee or
occupant, however, shall submit a report to the Recycling Coordinator
monthly, following the effective date of this chapter, designating
the type and tonnage of recyclable materials disposed of privately.
[Amended 5-5-2009 by Ord. No. 1599]
B.
In the event that any person, including an owner,
tenant, contractor or builder, during the course of a demolition activity,
shall discover the existence of construction and demolition debris
recyclable items, the same shall be recycled and documentation shall
be reported to the Recycling Coordinator within 30 days.
From the time recyclable materials are placed
at the curb by the owner, lessee or occupancy for collection by the
Township of Wyckoff, such recyclable materials shall become the property
of the Township. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any such
person unauthorized by the Township to collect or pick up or cause
to be collected or picked up any such recyclable materials for any
purpose whatsoever once placed at the curbside pickup point. Each
violation of this section from one or more premises shall constitute
a separate and distinct offense and violation, punishable as hereinafter
provided.
The Recycling Coordinator shall annually submit
a recycling tonnage report to the New Jersey Office of Recycling.
[Amended 9-20-2005 by Ord. No. 1510]
The Recycling Coordinator shall notify all persons
owning, leasing or occupying property within the Township of Wyckoff
of the Township's recycling opportunities and the source-separation
requirements of this chapter. This notice shall be accomplished by
placing an advertisement in a newspaper circulating in the Township
of Wyckoff or by posting this information on the Township's Website
and by mailing this information contained in the municipal calendar.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed
to limit volunteer, charitable or other organizations from conducting
newspaper drives. The date, time, place and nature of these collections
shall be presented in advance and in writing to the Township Administrator
who shall approve or disapprove the date, time, place and nature of
the recycling in accordance with the regulations promulgated.
This chapter shall be referred to the Planning
Board of the Township of Wyckoff for a revision of the Master Plan
in accordance with N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.16c, specifically with regard
to the collection, disposition and recycling of designated recyclable
materials within any development proposal for the construction of
50 or more units of single-family residential housing or 25 or more
units of multifamily residential housing or any commercial or industrial
development proposal for the utilization of 1,000 square feet of land.
The Planning Board shall also make recommendations to the Township
Committee for amendments to the Township's Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision
and Site Plan Ordinance in accordance with this section.[1]
This chapter may be enforced by the Recycling
Coordinator, Municipal Departments of Health, Police, Engineering
and Construction Code Enforcement, Zoning Officer or Assistant Zoning
Officer and such other employees or departments of the Township as
designated in writing by the Township Administrator. The Recycling
Coordinator, in conjunction with the Environmental Commission and
subject to the approval of the Township Committee, shall establish
and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations as to the manner,
days and times for the collection, storing, transportation, sale and/or
marketing of recyclable materials in order to encourage the preservation
of material resources while minimizing the costs of the recycling
program to the Township of Wyckoff. Said rules and regulations are
subject to change, modification, repeal or amendment by the Township
Committee.
[Amended 5-5-2009 by Ord. No. 1599]
Any person, firm or corporation violating or
neglecting to comply with any provision of this chapter or any rule
or regulation promulgated pursuant thereof shall, upon conviction
thereof, be fined in an amount not to exceed $25 for a first offense,
not to exceed $250 for a second offense and not to exceed $500 or
up to 90 days in jail, or both, for any third or all subsequent offenses.
As an alternate penalty, any convicted person may be ordered to perform
community services in the recycling program, for a period not to exceed
90 days. Each day such violation or neglect is committed or permitted
to continue shall constitute a separate offense and be punishable
as such. The fines for a first and second offense may be paid through
the Violations Bureau without the necessity of a court appearance.
