[Adopted 2-13-1991 as Ord. No. 487]
The short title of this Article shall be the "Borough of Freedom Recycling
Ordinance," and the same may be cited in that manner.
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Empty all-aluminum beverage and food containers.
Empty food or beverage containers of steel and aluminum.
Those properties used primarily for commercial or industrial purposes
and those multiple-dwelling residential buildings containing more than four
(4) dwelling units.
Church, social, school, civic, service group, municipal functions
and all other such functions.
Structured paper material with an inner core shaped in rigid parallel
furrows and ridges.
Empty steel or tin-coated steel food or beverage containers.
Bottles and jars made of clear, green or brown glass. Excluded are
plate glass, automotive glass, blue glass and porcelain and ceramic products.
All white paper, bond paper and computer paper used in commercial,
institutional and municipal establishments and in residences.
Those facilities that house or serve groups of people such as hospitals,
schools, day-care centers and nursing homes.
Include but are not limited to automotive, truck and industrial batteries
that contain lead.
Leaves from trees, bushes and other plants, garden residue, chipped
shrubbery and tree trimmings but not including grass clippings.
Printed matter containing miscellaneous written pieces published
at fixed or varying intervals. Expressly excluded are all other paper products
of any nature whatsoever.
Any properties having four (4) or more dwelling units per structure.
The Borough of Freedom, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
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 glossy advertising
inserts often included with newspapers.
Owners, lessees and occupants of residences, commercial or institutional
establishments.
Empty plastic containers. Due to the large variety of types of plastic,
the recycling regulations may stipulate specific types of "plastic" which
may be recycled.
Those materials separated at the point of origin for the purpose
of being recycled, including those materials listed in Act 101[1] and by the municipality to be recycled.
Any occupied single- or multifamily dwelling having up to four (4)
dwelling units per structure for which the municipality provides waste collection
service.
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.
There is hereby established a program for the mandatory separation of
recyclable materials from solid waste by persons residing in single dwellings
or multifamily dwellings having up to four (4) dwelling units per structure
for the Borough of Freedom, hereinafter referred to as the "municipality,"
to provide private waste collection service.
Recyclable materials from residential dwellings shall be placed at the
curb or other designated place separate from solid waste for collection or
taken to dropoff sites at such times, dates and places as may be herein established
by regulation. Materials to be recycled are clear glass and colored glass;
steel, aluminum and bimetallic cans; and plastic.
The owner, landlord or agent of an owner or landlord of multifamily
housing properties of four (4) or more units shall establish a collection
system for recyclables at each property. Materials to be separated are clear
glass and colored glass; aluminum cans, steel cans and bimetallic cans; and
plastic. The collection system must contain suitable containers for collecting
and sorting materials, easily accessible locations for the containers and
written instructions to the occupants concerning the use and availability
of the collection system. Owners, landlords and agents of owners or landlords
shall not be liable for noncompliance of the occupants of their building.
No person may place a used lead acid battery in mixed municipal solid
waste, discard or otherwise dispose of a lead acid battery except by delivery
to an automotive battery retailer or wholesaler, to a secondary lead smelter
permitted by the Environmental Protection Agency or to a collection or recycling
facility authorized under the laws of the commonwealth.
It shall be a violation of this Article for any person(s) not authorized
by the Borough of Freedom to collect or pick up or cause to be collected or
picked up any such recyclable material. Each such collection in violation
hereof shall constitute a separate and distinct offense punishable as hereinafter
provided.
Any person may donate or sell recyclable materials to individuals or
organizations. These materials must be delivered to the individual's
or organization's site (or they may be placed at the curb for collecting
by said individual or organization on days not indicated as recyclable material
collection days by the Borough of Freedom). Said individuals or organizations
may not collect recyclable materials within twenty-four (24) hours of a regularly
scheduled curbside collection day.
It shall be a violation of this Article for the authorized collector
of recyclable materials to deliver such materials to a landfill or incinerator
for the purpose of disposal unless the markets for such materials no longer
exist. The authorized collector will provide to the Borough of Freedom the
weight receipts of the recyclable materials.
The Borough of Freedom may enter into agreement(s) with public or private
agencies or firms to authorize them to collect all or part of the recyclable
material from curbside or from dropoff collection points.
Any action by any person, firm, corporation or other entity which violates
any section of this Article or any regulations thereof shall be punishable
by a fine not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600.) and costs of prosecution
or, in default of payment thereof, by imprisonment for not more than thirty
(30) days.
