Part 1 of this chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Waste Management Ordinance of the Township of Pittsgrove."
For the purpose of Part 1 of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
Any person, firm or corporation that accepts payment from
any other person, firm or corporation for the picking up, hauling
and disposing of waste and/or recyclable materials.
A combining of nonputrescible, source-separated recyclable
materials for the purpose of recycling.
Those materials designated within the Salem County Solid
Waste Management Plan to be source-separated for the purpose of recycling
by residential, commercial, institutional and industrial sectors.
These materials cannot be deposited in the landfill and include:
Residential:
Glass containers (05): all glass containers
used for packaging food or beverages.
Batteries, lead-acid (13): batteries from automobiles,
trucks, other vehicles, machinery and equipment. This does not include
consumer batteries.
Aluminum cans (06): food and beverage containers
made entirely of aluminum.
Newspaper (03): all paper marketed as newsprint
or newspaper and containing at least 70% newsprint, or newspaper (American
Paper Institute Grade Nos. 6, 7 and 8.
Mixed office (02): all computer paper and all
high-grade white paper (including letterhead, typing paper, copier
paper, onionskin, tissue, and notepad).
Corrugated (01): containers and similar paper
items, usually used to transport supplies, equipment, parts, or other
merchandise; includes brown paper bags.
Other paper/magazines/junk mail (04): all magazine
stock, white and colored paper and envelopes.
Plastic (08): containers such as polyethylene
terephthalate (PETE No. 1) soda bottles and high-density polyethylene
(HDPE No. 2) milk, water or detergent bottles.
Yard trimmings (19): leaves (19), grass clippings
(18), stumps (20), brush (17), and other lawn and garden trimmings
from homes, institutions, and commercial or industrial sources.
Steel Cans (07): rigid containers made exclusively
or primarily of steel, tin-plated steel, and composite steel and aluminum
cans used to store food, beverages, paint, and a variety of other
household and consumer products.
White goods and light iron (11): all large appliances,
such as washers, dryers, refrigerators, etc., as well as products
made from sheet iron, such as shelving, file cabinets, metal desks,
recycled or reconditioned steel drums, stainless steel and other nonstructural
ferrous scrap.
Food scraps (23): food plate waste and food
processing wastes. Food processing wastes include food processing
vegetative waste (material generated in trimming and reject sorting
operations from the processing of fruits and vegetables in canneries
or similar industries, e.g., tomato skins, pepper cores, bean snips,
cranberry hulls, etc.), food processing residuals and animal processing
wastes. If the material is transported and processed as animal feed,
it may be identified as such.
Textiles (29): cloth material, such as cotton,
linen, wool, nylon, polyester, etc., derived from clothing, cloth
diapers, linens, etc.
Concrete (22): concrete, cement or cinderblock
materials from construction or renovation. Brick and stonework are
excluded.
Commercial:
Glass containers (05): all glass containers
used for packaging food or beverages.
Batteries, lead-acid (13): batteries from automobiles,
trucks, other vehicles, machinery and equipment. This does not include
consumer batteries.
Aluminum cans (06): food and beverage containers
made entirely of aluminum.
Newspaper (03): all paper marketed as newsprint
or newspaper and containing at least 70% newsprint or newspaper (American
Paper Institute Grade Nos. 6, 7 and 8 news).
Mixed office (02): all computer paper and all
high-grade white paper (including letterhead, typing paper, copier
paper, onionskin, tissue, and notepad).
Corrugated (01): containers and similar paper
items, usually used to transport supplies, equipment, parts, or other
merchandise; includes brown paper bags.
Other paper/magazines/junk mail (04): all magazine
stock, white and colored paper and envelopes.
Plastic (08): containers such as polyethylene
terephthalate (PETE No. 1) soda bottles and high-density polyethylene
(HDPE No. 2) milk, water or detergent bottles.
Steel cans (07): rigid containers made exclusively
or primarily of steel, tin-plated steel, and composite steel and aluminum
cans used to store food, beverages, paint, and a variety of other
household and consumer products.
Tires (15): rubber-based scrap automotive, truck,
and specialty tires (e.g., forklift tires).
Used motor oil (16): a petroleum-based or synthetic
oil which, through use, storage or handling, has become unsuitable
for its original purpose due to the presence of impurities or loss
of original properties. Used motor oils containing solvents, antifreeze,
or motor oil filters are excluded.
White goods and light iron (11): all large appliances,
such as washers, dryers, refrigerators, etc., as well as products
made from sheet iron, such as shelving, file cabinets, metal desks,
recycled or reconditioned steel drums, stainless steel and other nonstructural
ferrous scrap.
Food scraps (23): food plate waste and food
processing wastes. Food processing wastes include food processing
vegetative waste (material generated in trimming and reject sorting
operations from the processing of fruits and vegetables in canneries
or similar industries, e.g., tomato skins, pepper cores, bean snips,
cranberry hulls, etc.), food processing residuals and animal processing
wastes. If the material is transported and processed as animal feed,
it may be identified as such.
Textiles (29): cloth material, such as cotton,
linen, wool, nylon, polyester, etc., derived from clothing, cloth
diapers, linens, etc.
Concrete (22): concrete, cement or cinderblock
materials from construction or renovation. Brick and stonework are
excluded.
The person or persons appointed by the Township of Pittsgrove who shall be authorized to enforce the provisions of Part 1 of this chapter, and any rules and regulations that may be promulgated hereunder. This appointee shall also be responsible to assure that all materials recycled in the municipality are properly reported and recorded.
The person or persons appointed by the Township of Pittsgrove who shall be authorized to enforce Part 1 of this chapter as directed by the Municipal Recycling Coordinator.
All solid waste generated at residential, commercial and
institutional establishments within the boundaries of the municipality
of Pittsgrove Township.
Those materials that would otherwise become solid waste and
which may be collected, separated, or processed and returned to the
economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
Any owner or tenant of property in the Township of Pittsgrove,
Salem County, New Jersey, or anyone who conducts a business permanently
located within said Township.
Recyclable materials that are separated from solid waste
at the point of generation by the generator thereof for the purposes
of recycling.
The process by which recyclable materials are separated at
the point of generation by the generator thereof from solid waste
for the purposes of recycling.
Includes but shall not be limited to ashes; nonrecyclable
plastic material; ceramics; pottery; blue, flat and window glass;
garbage; inorganic solid waste; aluminum food trays and cake pans;
empty paint cans; contaminated paper and cardboard; carpets and floor
tiles; mattresses; sofas and chairs; kitchen cabinets; wood furniture
and doors; and clothing. Leaves and grass clippings are recyclable
materials and are excluded as waste.
