The short title of this chapter shall be the "Murrysville Recycling
Ordinance," and the same may be cited in that manner.
The following words and phrases used throughout this chapter shall have
the following meanings:
ACT 101
The Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act of
1988.
ALUMINUM
All empty aluminum beverage or food cans.
COLLECTOR
Any entity or entities permitted by the Municipality to collect and
convey recyclable material and municipal waste for compensation within the
limits of the Municipality.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Those properties used primarily for commercial or industrial purposes
and multiple-dwelling residential buildings with central waste collection
systems provided by the owner or landlord.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Events that are sponsored by public or private agencies or individuals
that include but are not limited to fairs, bazaars, socials, picnics and organized
sporting events attended by 200 or more individuals per day.
CORRUGATED PAPER
Structural paper material with an inner core shaped in rigid parallel
furrows and ridges.
COUNCIL
The Council of the Municipality of Murrysville.
GLASS CONTAINERS
Bottles and jars made of clear, green or brown glass. Expressly excluded
are noncontainer glass, plate glass, automotive glass, light bulbs, blue glass
and porcelain and ceramic products.
HIGH-GRADE OFFICE PAPER
All white paper, bond paper and computer paper used in commercial,
institutional and municipal establishments and in residences.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Those facilities that house or serve groups of people, including
but not limited to hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, churches, day-care
centers, schools and universities.
LEAD ACID BATTERIES
Includes, but is not limited to, automotive, truck and industrial
batteries that contain lead.
LEAF WASTE
Leaves from trees, bushes and other plants, garden residues, chipped
shrubbery and tree trimmings, but not including grass clippings.
MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS
Printed matter containing miscellaneous written pieces published
at fixed or varying intervals. Expressly excluded are all other paper products
of any nature whatsoever.
MULTIFAMILY RENTAL PROPERTIES
Any properties having more than one dwelling unit per structure for
which the owner, landlord or agent authorizes municipal waste collection services.
Properties with more than one unit per structure for which individual occupants
authorize municipal waste collection services are to be considered as residences.
MUNICIPAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Public facilities operated by the Municipality and other governmental
and quasi-governmental authorities.
MUNICIPAL WASTE
Any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or other material, including
solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material, resulting from the
operation of residential, municipal, commercial or institutional establishments
and from community activities and any sludge not meeting the definition of
"residual waste" or "hazardous waste" in the Solid Waste Management Act from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply treatment
plant, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution control facility. The term
does not include source-separated recyclable materials.
NEWSPAPERS
Paper of the type commonly referred to as "newsprint" and distributed
at fixed intervals, having printed thereon news and opinions, containing advertisements
and other matters of public interest. Expressly excluded are newspapers which
have been soiled, color comics, glossy advertising inserts and advertising
inserts printed in colors other than black and white often included with newspapers.
PERSON(S)
Owners, lessees and occupants of residences and commercial, municipal
and institutional establishments.
PLASTIC CONTAINERS
Empty plastic food and beverage containers. Due to the wide variety
of types of plastics, the Municipality may stipulate specific types of plastic
which may be recycled.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Materials generated by residences and commercial, municipal and institutional
establishments which are specified by the Municipality and can be separated
from municipal waste and returned to commerce to be reused as a resource in
the development of useful products. Recyclable materials may include but are
not necessarily limited to clear glass, colored glass, aluminum, steel and
bimetallic cans, high-grade office paper, newsprint, corrugated paper, leaf
waste, plastics and any other items selected by the Municipality or specified
in future revisions to Act 101. The recyclable materials selected by the Municipality
may be revised from time to time as deemed necessary by the Municipality.
RECYCLING
The collection, separation, recovery and sale or reuse of metals,
glass, paper, leaf waste, plastics and other materials which would otherwise
be disposed or processed as municipal waste, or the mechanized separation
and treatment of municipal waste (other than through combustion) and creation
and recovery of reusable materials.
RESIDENCES
Any occupied single- or multifamily dwellings for which individual
occupants authorize municipal waste collection service.
WASTE
A material whose original purpose has been completed and which is
directed to a disposal or processing facility or is otherwise disposed. The
term does not include source-separated recyclable materials or material approved
by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources for beneficial use.
Disposal by persons of lead acid batteries with other municipal wastes
is prohibited and shall be a violation of this chapter.
All recyclable materials placed by persons for collection by the Municipality or authorized collector pursuant to this chapter shall, from time of placement at the curb, become the property of the Municipality or the authorized collector, except as otherwise provided by §
182-9 of this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to impair the ownership of separated recyclable materials by the generator unless and until such materials are placed at the curbside for collection.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person, firm or corporation,
other than the Municipality or one authorized by the Council or other entity
responsible for providing for collection of recyclable materials, to collect
recyclable materials placed by residences or commercial, municipal and institutional
establishments for collection by the Municipality or an authorized collector,
unless such person, firm or corporation has prior written permission from
the occupant, owner or landlord or agent of the occupant, owner or landlord
to make such collection. In violation hereof, unauthorized collection from
one or more residences or commercial, municipal and institutional establishments
on one calendar day shall constitute a separate and distinct offense punishable
as hereinafter provided.
Any residence or commercial, municipal or institutional establishment
may donate or sell recyclable materials to any person, firm or corporation,
whether operating for profit or not, provided that the receiving person, firm
or corporation shall not collect such donated recyclable materials from the
collection point of a residence or commercial, municipal or institutional
establishment without prior written permission from the Chief Administrator
of the Municipality to make such a collection.
Disposal by persons of recyclable materials with wastes is prohibited
and shall be a violation of this chapter. The collected recyclable materials
shall be taken to a recycling facility. Disposal by collectors or operators
of recycling facilities of source-separated recyclable materials in landfills
or by burning in incinerators is prohibited unless markets do not exist and
the collectors or operators have notified the Chief Administrator of the Municipality
in writing.
The Municipality may enter into an agreement(s) with public or private
agencies or firms to authorize them to collect all or part of the recyclable
materials from curbsides.
The Municipality may, from time to time, modify, add to or remove from the standards and regulations herein and as authorized in §
182-11.