[Adopted 1-16-1996 by Ord. No. 096.03]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
This agreement for the provision of recycling and marketing
services, executed by and between the Authority and the municipality.
Food and beverage containers made entirely of aluminum.
The Middlesex County Improvement Authority, a public body
corporate and politic of the State of New Jersey, organized by the
county pursuant to the County of Improvement Authorities Law (N.J.S.A.
40:37A-44 et seq.)
The following designated recyclables generated within the
geographic boundaries of the municipality: newspaper, glass containers,
aluminum cans, corrugated cardboard from residential and commercial
sources, steel cans, plastic containers, mixed paper and textiles.
The Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Middlesex,
New Jersey.
Branches, woody plants, and other like vegetative material
that do not exceed five inches in diameter, and Christmas trees. Brush
does not include leaves and grass clippings.
The date upon which the Authority and the municipality agree
that the Authority, through its contractor, will commence the provision
of recycling services.
Twenty gallon, plastic containers to be used by the Residents
to place plastic containers, glass containers, aluminum cans and steel
cans at the curb for collection by the contractor, or such other container
designated by the Authority for such use.
The contractor selected by the Authority to provide the recycling
services pursuant to the recycling contract.
Boxes and packaging generally made from wood pulp and consisting
of two smooth sides with a corrugated inner layer. Brown paper grocery
bags are included.
The County of Middlesex, New Jersey.
The Middlesex County District Solid Waste Management Plan,
adopted by the Board pursuant to the Solid Waste Management Act (N.J.S.A.
13:1E-1 et seq.), which provides for the collection, disposal and/or
recycling of solid waste generated with the geographic boundaries
of the county, as the same may be amended from time to time.
The collection and marketing program for authority-collected
recyclables established by the county and the Authority for all participating
municipalities in the county and funded, in part, with RRIT funds
allocated for this purpose.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection or
any successor agency.
All recyclable materials that are designated by the county
in the county plan as materials that must be source-separated from
municipal solid waste at the point of generation. On the date of execution
of this agreement, the recyclables designated by the county in the
county plan from residential (including multifamily), commercial,
industrial and institutional, governments and office parks are newspaper,
aluminum cans, glass containers, corrugated cardboard, steel cans,
plastic containers, mixed paper, textiles, leaves, motor oil, and
brush. The county may add or delete certain recyclable materials to
designated recyclables from time to time pursuant to a duly adopted
amendment to the county plan approved by the DEP.
All glass containers used for packaging food or beverages.
The amendments to the county plan (Nos. 1994-2 and 1994-3),
adopted by the Board on June 1, 1994, that, among other things, establishes
the county-wide recycling program.
Fallen leaves excluding brush and grass clippings.
Glossy inserts, magazines, junk mail, colored paper, computer
paper, office paper and fine paper.
A covered fourteen-gallon container in which residents will
place mixed paper at the curb for collection by the contractor, or
such other container designated by the Authority for such purpose.
A petroleum-based or synthetic oil whose use includes, but
is not limited to, lubrication of internal combustion engines, which
through use, storage or handling has become unsuitable for its original
purpose due to the presence of impurities or loss of original properties.
The Borough of Dunellen, a municipal corporation of the State
of New Jersey.
I.D. Type 10 waste as defined by N.J.A.C. 7:26-2.13(g)(1)(i).
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.
Soda bottles made of PETE (SPI Code No. 1) and milk, water
and laundry product bottles made of HDPE (SPI Code No. 2).
Ordinance Nos. 5-87 and 96.01 of the Borough of Dunellen (Article I of this chapter), the ordinance enacted by the municipality establishing the mandatory municipal recycling program implemented in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Act and the county plan, as the same will be amended by the municipality to include the additional designated recyclables as set forth in Ordinance Nos. 96.01 (amendment to Article I) and 96.02 (this Article II), and as the same may be amended in the future from time to time for other purposes.
All of the duties, obligations, and services to be provided
by the contractor that are related to the collection, transportation,
separation, processing, storage, sale or disposition, or any combination
thereof, of the Authority-collected recyclables and the return of
same to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
Private, commercial and institutional residents of the municipality
that are required to recycle designated recyclables pursuant to the
Recycling Ordinance.
Tin-plated, bimetal and other ferrous food and beverage containers.
A special bag to be provided by the Authority for the collection
for textiles, or such other container to be designated by the Authority
for such purpose.
Clean, dry clothing or other fabric measuring at least one
foot by one foot in size.
All residents of Borough of Dunellen shall recycle,
or cause to be recycled, the following categories of recyclables:
Pursuant to the Recycling Act, each resident
of the Borough of Dunellen shall be required to comply with the recycling
plan of the Borough of Dunellen, adopting the Middlesex County recycling
plan, to meet the state-mandated recycling goals. To effectuate and
implement the Borough recycling plan, it is hereby required that:
A.
The Borough of Dunellen hereby adopts this section
to provide for recycling within its borders pursuant to the Recycling
Act adopting herein the Middlesex County recycling plan as its official
municipal recycling program; and
B.
All residential and commercial contracts for solid
waste collection and/or disposal within the Borough of Dunellen shall
be consistent with this section and the Middlesex County recycling
plan.
C.
The Borough of Dunellen shall heretofore provide for a collection system for leaves generated from residential premises, and require that persons occupying residential premises within these municipal boundaries shall source-separate leaves from solid waste generated at those premises and, unless leaves are stored or recycled for composting or mulching by the generator, place the leaves for collection in the manner provided in Article I of this chapter.
D.
The Borough of Dunellen shall heretofore provide for a collection system for brush generated from residential premises within these municipal boundaries. Brush shall be source-separated from solid waste generated at those premises, and the brush placed for collection in the manner provided in Article I of this chapter.
E.
The Borough of Dunellen shall, at a minimum, within
30 days after the adoption of this section and at least once every
six months thereafter, notify all persons occupying residential, commercial,
and institutional premises within these municipal boundaries of recycling
opportunities and the source separation requirements of its ordinance
and the Middlesex County recycling plan. In order to fulfill the notification
requirements of this subsection, this municipality may, in its discretion,
place an advertisement in a newspaper circulating in the municipality,
post a notice in public places where public notices are customarily
posted, include a notice with other official notifications periodically
mailed to residential taxpayers, or any combination thereof, as the
municipality deems necessary and appropriate.
F.
The Borough of Dunellen shall prepare and distribute
additional literature and other educational materials describing,
among other things, the municipal recycling program established pursuant
to the Recycling Ordinance; the County-wide recycling program and
the recycling services to be provided within the geographic boundaries
of the municipality; the designated recyclables to be source-separated;
the manner or method of preparing source-separated material for collection;
and the location and schedules for collection. All such literature
and other educational materials shall be prepared in accordance with
written guidelines established by the Authority and shall be approved
by the Authority prior to distribution.
G.
On the commencement date, the Authority will cause
the contractor to commence the provision of recycling services for
the Authority-collected recyclables for all residents. The Authority-collected
recyclables shall be collected by the contractor at curbside at:
(1)
All single-family or duplex residential locations.
(2)
All multifamily dwellings with four or fewer units,
and all small businesses. All multifamily dwellings with five units,
schools, public buildings, hospitals and other institutions shall
deposit the Authority-collected recyclables in on-site containers
to be provided by the contractor.
H.
The contractor shall collect Authority-collected recyclables
on a biweekly basis. Collections will occur Monday through Friday
and, at the contractor's option, on Saturday, except for legal holidays,
between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
I.
At the time of placement of recyclable materials designated
for collection by the recycling plan of the Borough of Dunellen at
the curb or street side of residential units, said materials shall
be considered the sole property of the Middlesex County Improvement
Authority and shall be considered a conscious contribution by that
resident to the county recycling system for collection by the Middlesex
County Improvement Authority or its agent.
J.
Scavenging is prohibited (except by approval of town
and MCI).
A.
The contractor will be responsible for collecting
at the curbside only Authority-collected recyclables that have been
separated and prepared for collection as follows: newspaper and corrugated
cardboard must be placed at the curb in segregated, tied bundles with
string or card only (no wire or tape) not greater than 12 inches in
height; mixed paper, including office paper, must be placed at the
curb in the mixed-paper container; glass containers, aluminum cans,
plastic containers and steel cans shall be commingled in a commingled
container; and textiles shall be segregated in the textile bag. Any
Authority-collected recyclables that are not prepared for collection
in this manner will be left at the curb by the contractor.
B.
The Borough will be responsible for collecting leaves
and brush at the curb.
(1)
Leaves shall be placed between the sidewalk and the
curb for pickup. Leaves containing branches, vines, grass clippings
and other debris will not be picked up by the Borough.
(2)
Brush. The Borough will collect tree branches, shrubbery,
other yard clippings and Christmas trees (when appropriate) on or
about the third Wednesday of every month. Residents must notify the
Public Works Department of requests for chipping services by the Monday
before the third Wednesday of the month. Materials should be tree
branches and shrub branches preferably longer than three feet. All
materials should be stacked at the curb or as near to the curb as
possible. Hedge clippings, twigs, small branches less than three feet
(but not less than one foot) must be bundled with string only (no
wire) and must be free of foreign debris, such as stones, dirt, metal,
sweepings and rakings. No lumber, construction materials or roots
are permitted. All material to be chipped should be placed at the
curb by 8:00 a.m. on the collection day. Any material placed at the
curb that does conform with these specifications will not be picked
up by the Borough.
The enforcement of the recycling plan of the
Borough of Dunellen shall be provided individually and severally by
the Borough of Dunellen with regard to enforcement of this article,
and/or by the Borough's duly authorized agent and/or the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection.
Any resident of the Borough of Dunellen who
is found to have violated the provisions of this article shall be
subject to the following procedures and penalties:
A.
A warning on the first three occasions that said article
is violated, and thereafter;
B.
A fine up to $500 per day of violation depending upon
the extent of and circumstances of the violation to be assessed pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 13:1E-9 by the duly authorized municipal officer or his
designee, as authorized hereby and pursuant to the inclusion of this
section within the Middlesex County Solid Waste Management Plan.
