[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Teterboro as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-15-1970 by Ord. No. 125]
For the purposes of this article, the following
words and terms shall be deemed to have the meanings set forth herein:
Residue, coals and clinkers from a furnace, fireplace or
stove.
All waste, animal, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetable matter
resulting from the use and storage of food for human consumption.
Any metallic or plastic container or containers of like composition
with a proper cover.
Grass clippings, weeds, shrubbery, shrub clippings, leaves
and like materials generated by normal maintenance of lawn, garden
and grounds.
Any person, partnership, corporation or association of persons.
All wooden boxes, appliances, furnishings, household, industrial
and commercial equipment and any other material which is not constituted
as garbage, trash and garden refuse, but excluding rocks, soil and
building and construction materials which by bulk or weight exceed
the limitations of containers used for trash.
All glassware, bric-a-brac, household utensils, house sweepings, old clothing, cardboard and like materials generated by the normal maintenance of household industrial and commercial uses, not subject to recycling under the terms of Article II, as amended.
[Amended 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 408]
A.
All garbage is to be stored and collected from watertight,
covered containers which shall not be filled to a level higher than
three inches below the top thereof.
B.
All trash, garden refuse and ashes are to be stored
and collected from covered containers. Plastic bags may be used, provided
that they are durable and meet manufacturer's specifications as garbage
bags, and such bags must be sealed.
C.
Cans, receptacles or containers shall be supplied
and maintained by each householder or industrial or commercial facility
and must be kept tightly covered at all times to prevent the scattering
of the contents thereof over abutting roads or properties.
[Added 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 408]
No person shall bring in, place or deposit or
cause to be brought into, placed or deposited in the borough any garbage,
refuse, trash, paper, hazardous waste and/or material or ashes originating
outside the borough for the purpose of disposing of the same in the
borough or for the purpose of having the same collected by the borough
or by a solid waste collector operating in the borough.
[Added 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 408]
No person who is a resident of the borough or
owner, lessee or person in control of real property within the borough
shall permit any person to bring in, place or deposit garbage, refuse,
trash, paper, hazardous waste and/or material or ashes originating
outside the borough on any real property owned or leased by him or
her or under his or her control.
[Amended 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 408]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this article or any order promulgated hereunder shall, upon conviction,
be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000, a term of imprisonment
not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding
90 days, or any combination thereof, and each violation of any of
the provisions of this article and each day that such violation shall
continue shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.
[Adopted 4-12-1988 by Ord. No. 278]
[Amended 10-11-1988 by Ord. No. 281]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Recyclable aluminum cans. Does not include pie plates, ferrous
metals or other metal by-products.
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 8-10-1993 by Ord. No. 341]
Structural material shaped in parallel furrows and ridges
for rigidity, used to make packing and shipping containers primarily
for commercial/industrial operations.
Products made of metal exclusive of aluminum, excluding washers,
dryers, refrigerators, water heaters, tire rims, bicycles and scrap
metal.
[Added 5-9-1989 by Ord. No. 290]
All products made from silica or sand, soda ash and limestone,
the product being transparent or translucent and being used for packaging
or bottling of various matter, and all other materials commonly known
as "glass," excluding, however, blue and flat glass commonly known
as "window glass."
All glass containers used for packaging beverages.
[Added 3-10-2009 by Ord. No. 511]
Green herbage sending up spike-like shoots or blades.
[Added 8-10-1993 by Ord. No. 341]
Paper used in offices, such as computer paper, white typing
ledger paper, white notepad paper, copier paper, computer printout
paper and manila tab cards.
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 2-14-1995 by Ord. No. 348]
Those materials naturally formed from trees and shrubs that
are suitable for composting and mulching purposes.
Source-separated mixture of all types of paper, including
but not limited to corrugated, high-grade paper, newspaper, magazines,
telephone directories, wrapping paper, boxboard, books, grocery bags
and junk mail.
[Added 8-10-1993 by Ord. No. 341]
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. Magazines and periodicals as well as any
other paper products are not considered newspaper.
Includes all garbage and rubbish usually disposed of by regular
scavenger service for the residential and nonresidential occupants
of the Borough of Teterboro.
Cans made of steel or tin. The most common are tin-plated
steel cans which contain food.
[Added 8-10-1993 by Ord. No. 341]
Containers such as polyethylene terephthalate (PETE-1), soda
bottles, high-density polyethylene (HDPE-2), milk, water or detergent
bottles.
[Added 3-10-2009 by Ord. No. 511]
Used appliances, such as refrigerators, washers, dryers and
stoves.
[Added 8-10-1993 by Ord. No. 341]
A.
On and after the date fixed and promulgated by regulations issued as hereinafter provided and in accordance with the terms hereof, it shall be mandatory for all residential, commercial/industrial and institutional facilities to separate the recyclable materials designated in § 153-8 hereof from all other solid waste produced by any such facilities and to separately bundle such materials for pickup and collection for recycling, in accordance with regulations hereinafter set forth.
[Amended 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 408]
B.
It is anticipated that most of the commercial/industrial
and institutional facilities in the Borough of Teterboro will elect
to file an exemption request form, in which event such facilities
shall be obligated to comply only with those provisions hereof pertaining
to recyclable materials and the separation thereof, but shall not
be obligated by the collection requirements of this article. The borough
will not supply containers to the commercial/industrial and institutional
facilities.
[Amended 10-11-1998 by Ord. No. 281]
A.
Separation and placing for removal; containers. The
owner or occupant of any building, residential, commercial/industrial
or institutional, within the Borough of Teterboro who shall place
for disposal, removal or collection the following items shall do so
in strict conformity within the following regulations:
(1)
Aluminum cans shall be placed in containers supplied
by the borough and placed at curbside for pickup in accordance with
a schedule as authorized herein.
[Amended 1-11-2000 by Ord. No. 417]
(2)
Glass and glass containers, as defined herein, shall
be separated into clear, brown and green glass and contained in Borough-supplied
containers and placed at curbside for pickup in accordance with the
schedule as authorized herein.
[Amended 1-11-2000 by Ord. No. 417; 3-10-2009 by Ord. No.
511]
(3)
Corrugated paper shall be collected for recycling
purposes by industrial/commercial facilities which are exempt from
regulatory provisions of this article by reason of filing with the
borough an exemption request form and acceptance thereof.
(4)
Newspapers shall be bundled separately, secured by
cord, the bundles not to exceed 50 pounds in weight. Newspapers shall
not be bundled in plastic bags. No magazines shall be mixed with newspapers.
Newspapers shall be collected at curbside in accordance with the schedule
as authorized herein.
(5)
High-grade office paper shall be collected for recycling
purposes by industrial/commercial facilities which are exempt from
regulatory provisions of this article by reason of filing with the
borough an exemption request form and the acceptance thereof. If other
than an industrial/commercial/institutional facility, then such paper
shall be placed in plastic bags in quantities not to exceed 50 pounds
in weight and placed at curbside for collection in accordance with
schedules as authorized herein.
(6)
Leaves. Between January l and December 31 of each
year, leaves, unless stored or recycled for composting or mulching
or voluntarily delivered to a composting area, shall be placed at
curbside in plastic bags for pickup in accordance with a schedule
as authorized herein. Under no circumstances shall leaves be placed
for collection or disposal as solid waste.
[Amended 5-2-1990 by Ord. No. 294]
(7)
Ferrous scrap. To be collected for recycling purposes
by industrial/commercial/institutional facilities which are exempt
from regulatory provisions of this article by filing with the borough
an exemption request. Other than industrial/commercial/institutional
facilities, such ferrous scrap shall be placed into containers as
referred to herein or, if in no container, placed at curbside for
collection in accordance with schedules as authorized herein.
[Added 5-9-1989 by Ord. No. 290]
(8)
White goods shall be placed at curbside for pickup
in accordance with the schedule as authorized herein.
[Added 8-10-1993 by Ord. No. 341]
(9)
Tin cans shall be placed in containers supplied by
the borough and placed at curbside for pickup in accordance with the
schedule as authorized herein.
[Added 8-10-1993 by Ord. No. 341; amended 1-11-2000 by Ord. No.
417]
(10)
Grass. Grass shall be placed at curbside in
plastic bags for pickup in accordance with the schedule as authorized
herein.
[Added 8-10-1993 by Ord. No. 341]
(11)
Mixed paper. Mixed paper shall be collected
for recycling purposes by industrial/commercial facilities which are
exempt from regulatory provisions of this article by reason of filing
with the borough an exemption request form and acceptance thereof.
[Added 8-10-1993 by Ord. No. 341]
(12)
Construction and demolition debris shall be
collected for recycling purposes by industrial/commercial facilities
which are exempt from regulatory provisions of this article by reason
of filing with the borough an exemption request form and acceptance
thereof.
[Added 8-10-1993 by Ord. No. 341]
(13)
Household-generated batteries shall be placed
in containers supplied by the borough and placed at curbside for pickup
in accordance with the schedule as authorized herein.
[Added 2-14-1995 by Ord. No. 348; amended 1-11-2000 by Ord. No.
417]
(14)
Type
1 and 2 plastic containers shall be placed at curbside by residential
owners or occupants for pickup by the DPW in accordance with the schedule
as authorized herein. Industrial/commercial owners or occupants may
deliver Type 1 or Type 2 plastic containers to the Teterboro DPW or
may dispose of same independently in accordance with the regulations
and schedule as authorized herein.
[Added 3-10-2009 by Ord. No. 511]
B.
The containers referred to herein to be supplied by
the borough shall not exceed a ten-gallon capacity and shall not be
supplied to the commercial/industrial and institutional facilities.
C.
Commercial, industrial and institutional facilities
can obtain exemption from the regulatory provisions hereof by filing
an exemption request form with the borough, acceptance thereof by
the borough and the filing with the borough a registration and semiannual
report form setting forth the quantities and type of materials recycled.
[Added 4-11-1989 by Ord. No. 288]
[Amended 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 408; 1-11-2000 by Ord. No.
417]
From the time of placement at curbside for delivery
to a depot by and on behalf of any residential facility, all recyclable
materials shall become the property of the Borough of Teterboro or
its authorized agent. It shall be a violation of this article for
any unauthorized person to collect, pick up, deliver or cause to be
collected, picked up or delivered any such recyclable materials. Any
such collection, pickup or delivery in violation of this article shall
constitute a separate and distinct offense punishable as hereinafter
provided.
A.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any person who is an owner, lessee or occupant may donate or sell recyclables to any person, partnership or corporation, whether operating for profit or not for profit. All industrial, commercial and institutional facilities electing to file with the borough a form of Request for Exemption shall be exempt from the collection regulations of § 153-8 hereof but shall be required to separate and remove such classified materials for recycling purposes.
B.
The borough is hereby authorized to contract with
a recycling service for the purchase of recyclables collected by or
on behalf of the borough. Any such contracts shall be in writing and
subject to approval by resolution of the Borough Council.
[Amended 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 408]
The Recycling Coordinator, the Construction
Code Official and the Police Department are hereby authorized and
directed to enforce this article. The Borough Clerk is hereby authorized
and directed to establish and promulgate rules and regulations as
to the manner, days and times for collection or delivery of recyclable
materials as defined herein and initially, in accordance with the
terms hereof. Such regulations shall be promulgated no later than
three months from the date hereof. Within 30 days from the date of
the promulgation and publication of said regulations, the Borough
Council may, by resolution, change, modify, repeal or amend any portion
of said rules and regulations.
[Amended 10-11-1988 by Ord. No. 281; 4-11-1989 by Ord. No.
288; 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 408]
Any person, firm or corporation who violates or neglects to comply with any provision of this article or any regulation promulgated pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000, a term of imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof. No enforcement of §§ 153-7 and 153-8 shall be made until six months from the effective date of regulations authorized to be promulgated hereunder. A maximum of two warning notices shall be issued before the issuance of a Summons and Complaint for all violations hereunder.
