This article shall be known as the "Alloway Township Recycling
and Waste Ordinance."
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different
meaning:
COMMINGLED
A combining of nonputrescible source-separated recyclable
materials for the purpose of recycling.
DESIGNATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
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:
A.
Residential.
(1)
Glass containers (05): all glass containers used for packaging
food or beverages.
(2)
Aluminum cans (06): food and beverage containers made entirely
of aluminum.
(3)
Newspaper (03): all paper marketed as newsprint or newspaper
and containing at least seventy-percent newsprint or newspaper (American
Paper Institute grades #6, #7 and #8 news).
(4)
Mixed office (02): all computer paper, all high-grade white
paper (including letterhead, typing paper, copier paper, onionskin,
tissue, and notepad).
(5)
Corrugated (01): containers and similar paper items, usually
used to transport supplies, equipment, parts, or other merchandise.
(6)
Other paper/magazines/junk mail (04): all magazine stock, white
and colored paper and envelopes.
(7)
PETE (08): containers such as polyethylene terephthalate (PETE - #1) soda bottles, high-density polyethylene (HDPE - #2) milk, water or detergent bottles.
(8)
Yard trimmings (19): leaves (19), grass clippings (18), stumps
(20), brush (17), and other lawn and garden trimmings from homes,
institutions, commercial or industrial sources.
(9)
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.
(10)
Tires (15): rubber-based scrap automotive, truck, and specialty
tires (e.g., forklift tires).
(11)
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.
(12)
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.
(13)
Textiles (29): cloth material such as cotton, linen, wool, nylon,
polyester, etc., derived from clothing, cloth diapers, linens, etc.
B.
Commercial.
(1)
Glass containers (05): all glass containers used for packaging
food or beverages.
(2)
Aluminum cans (06): food and beverage containers made entirely
of aluminum.
(3)
Newspaper (03): all paper marketed as newsprint or newspaper
and containing at least seventy-percent newsprint or newspaper (American
Paper Institute grades #6, #7 and #8 news).
(4)
Mixed office (02): all computer paper, all high-grade white
paper (including letterhead, typing paper, copier paper, onionskin,
tissue, and notepad).
(5)
Corrugated (01): containers and similar paper items, usually
used to transport supplies, equipment, parts, or other merchandise.
(6)
Other paper/magazines/junk mail (04): all magazine stock, white
and colored paper and envelopes.
(7)
PETE (08): containers such as polyethylene terephthalate (PETE - #1) soda bottles, high-density polyethylene (HDPE - #2) milk, water or detergent bottles.
(8)
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.
(9)
Tires (15): rubber-based scrap automotive, truck, and specialty
tires (e.g., forklift tires).
(10)
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.
(11)
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.
(12)
Textiles (29): cloth material such as cotton, linen, wool, nylon,
polyester, etc., derived from clothing, cloth diapers, linens, etc.
MUNICIPAL RECYCLING COORDINATOR
The person or persons appointed by the municipal governing
body and who shall be authorized to enforce the provisions of this
article, 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.
MUNICIPAL RECYCLING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
Person or persons appointed by the Township of Alloway (municipality
governing body) who shall be authorized to enforce the article as
directed by the Municipal Recycling Coordinator.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW) STREAM
All solid waste generated at residential, commercial and
institutional establishments within the boundaries of the municipality
of Alloway Township.
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL
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.
SOURCE SEPARATION
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.
There is hereby established a program for the mandatory separation
of recyclable materials within the Township of Alloway.
The owner of each property shall be responsible for compliance
with this article. For multifamily units, including but not limited
to condominium complexes and seasonal hotel/motels and guesthouses,
the management or owner is responsible for setting up and maintaining
the recycling system, including collection of source-separated recyclable
materials. Violations and penalty notices will be directed to the
owner or management in those instances where the violator is not easily
identifiable. The owner or management shall issue notification and
collection rules regarding recycling requirements to all new tenants
when they arrive and with a reminder a minimum of every six months
during their occupancy.
The following items may be brought to the Township collection
site for disposal under the following conditions:
A. Bulk trash must be placed or loaded as directed by the Township Official
or employee in charge.
B. Brush and trees or parts thereof less than four inches in diameter
will be received, but not stumps.
All persons shall display an Alloway Township identification
sticker on their vehicle and, in addition, if requested by the Township
Officer or employee in charge, shall identify themselves by placing
their signature and vehicle tag identification on a sign-in sheet
before depositing any material or trash at the Township facilities.
The Township Committee shall have the authority to make such
other rules and regulations as may be necessary from time to time
in order to facilitate the recycling of reusable materials. Such determinations
by the Township Committee may be made by resolution or ordinance and
may include the designation of additional materials to be separated
and recycled.
Any person or entity who shall violate any provision of this
article, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of
no less than $100 and no more than $2,000, or by imprisonment for
a term not to exceed 90 days or by a period of community service not
to exceed 90 days. Any person who is convicted of violating any provision
of this article within one year of the date of a previous violation
of this same article and who was fined for the previous violation,
shall be sentenced by a court to an additional fine as a repeat offender.
The additional fine imposed by the court upon a person for a repeated
offense shall not be less than the minimum or exceed the maximum fine
fixed for a violation of the article, but shall be calculated separately
from the fine imposed for the violation of the article.
[Added 12-21-2017 by Ord.
No. 497]
The fees for the disposal of certain items is set forth as follows:
Item
|
Fee
|
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Plant material:
|
|
Evergreen trees
|
$5/per tree
|
Brush
|
$10/per pickup truckload
|
White goods with refrigerant
|
$6/per good
|
Tires without rims (per tire):
|
|
Auto/truck
|
$3
|
Large truck (tractor-trailer)
|
$15
|
Heavy equipment/industrial
|
$50
|
Tires with rims (per tire):
|
|
Auto/truck
|
$4
|
Large truck (tractor-trailer)
|
$18
|
Heavy equipment/industrial
|
$50
|