[Adopted 7-22-1980 by Ord. No. 80-6; amended in its entirety 9-11-1990 (Ch. 49A of
the 1966 Code)]
[Amended 3-12-1991; 12-11-2007 by Ord. No. 07-17]
As used in this article, the following is a list of recyclables,
with definitions where the class of recyclable material may contain
more than one type of substance or product:
Food and beverage containers made entirely of aluminum.
An automotive engine coolant consisting of a mixture of ethylene
glycol and water or propylene glycol and water.
All computer paper, all high-grade white paper (including
letterhead, typing paper, copier paper, onionskin, tissue and note
pad).
Asphalt, concrete, brick, cinder block, patio blocks, and
other masonry and paving materials.
Any type of button, coin, cylindrical, rectangular or other
shaped enclosed device or sealed container which is utilized as an
energy source for commercial, industrial, medical, institutional or
household use (does not include lead-acid batteries from vehicles).
Containers, brown grocery bags, and similar paper items,
usually used to transport supplies, equipment, parts or other merchandise.
All glass containers used for packaging food or beverages.
All structural steel or ferrous metal, cast from components.
Batteries from automobiles, trucks, other vehicles and machinery
and equipment, which shall be stored in a manner that protects them
from the elements to avoid corrosion and leakage.
Leaves, brush and other yard trimmings, including grass clippings,
from institutions, commercial or industrial sources.
Magazine stock, white and colored paper and envelopes, telephone
directories and books.
Including fluorescent and compact tubes, high-intensity-discharge
(HID) and neon lamps, electrical switches, thermostats, thermometers
and any batteries containing mercury.
Items listed in computer printout/white ledger category when
mixed with envelopes, manila folders and color paper. Material is
generated by commercial/institutional sources.
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).
Containers such as polyethylene terephthalate (PETE No. 1),
soda bottles, high-density polyethylene (HDPE No. 2), milk, water
and detergent bottles.
Crushed or shredded automobile or truck bodies, excluding
auto shredder residue or fluff.
Includes all garbage and rubbish normally placed at the curb
by the residents and commercial occupants of the Borough of Raritan
for regular municipal collection.
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.
Unfinished wood from land-clearing projects, storm damage
or pruning activities.
Textiles larger than 15 inches by 15 inches (e.g., clean
clothing, drapes, curtains, sheets, towels, cloth, belts, shoes, handbags,
and small stuffed animals).
Any appliance used in a business that includes circuitry.
Includes components and subassemblies of the electronic products.
Examples include computers and peripherals, printers, copiers, VCRs,
televisions, cell phones and fax machines, etc.
A petroleum base 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.
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,
and other nonstructural ferrous scrap.
Unfinished lumber from construction or demolition projects,
including pallets. "Unfinished" shall mean non-chemically treated
(not pressure treated, impregnated with preservatives, insecticides,
fungicides, creosote, or other chemicals, and not painted, resin-coated
or otherwise surface treated and not laminated or bonded and not similarly
altered from its natural condition).
[Amended 3-12-1991; 12-11-2007 by Ord. No. 07-17]
A.
On and after the effective date of this article, it shall be mandatory
for all persons who are owners, lessees and occupants of residences
to separate newspaper, mixed paper (magazines, glossy inserts, computer
paper, junk mail, colored paper and office paper), corrugated cardboard,
telephone books, aluminum cans, glass containers, steel and bimetal
cans, plastic containers (Nos. 1 and 2 plastic bottles), leaves, textiles,
motor oil, consumer batteries, asphalt, concrete and wood waste from
all of the solid waste produced by any such residences and to separately
bundle said items for pickup, collection and recycling.
B.
The owner, operator or occupant of any commercial, industrial, institutional,
government or office park establishment shall recycle aluminum cans,
antifreeze, computer printout/white ledger, concrete consumer batteries,
corrugated cardboard, glass containers, heavy iron, lead-acid batteries,
leaves and brush, magazines and junk mail, mercury-containing devices,
mixed office paper, newspaper, plastic containers (Nos. 1 and 2 plastic
bottles), scrap autos, steel cans, stumps, logs and tree parts, textiles,
used consumer electronics, used motor oil, white goods and light iron
and wood scrap.
The owner or occupant of any building within the Borough of
Raritan who shall place for disposal, removal or collection the following
shall do so in strict conformity with the following regulations:
A.
Said newspapers shall be bundled separately and secured in bundles
not to exceed 30 pounds and shall not be contained in plastic bags.
B.
Glass shall be contained in suitable occupant- or owner-supplied
containers, except those of newspaper or cardboard materials.
C.
Aluminum shall be contained in suitable occupant- or owner-supplied
containers.
It is prohibited and will be deemed a violation hereof for any
owner, lessee or occupant of any residential, commercial or institutional
property in the Borough of Raritan to put into or cause to be put
into the solid waste collection system of the Borough of Raritan any
leaves.
[Added 12-11-2007 by Ord. No. 07-17]
At the time of issuance of any building permit, the building
code official will provide written instruction on proper disposal
and recycling of construction and demolition waste (that require removal
of 21 or more cubic yards of waste materials) and furnish a notification
of construction/demolition activity form that must be filled out by
the permittee and faxed to the Somerset County Department of Health,
CEHA Operations, within 48 hours of the issuance of a municipal permit.
[Added 12-11-2007 by Ord. No. 07-17]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.13a and 13:1E-99.16c:
A.
Any application to the Planning Board of the Borough of Raritan for
subdivision or site plan approval for the construction of multifamily
dwellings of three or more units, single-family developments of 50
or more units or any commercial, institutional, or industrial development
for the utilization of 1,000 square feet or more of land must include
a recycling plan. This plan must contain, at a minimum, the following:
(1)
A detailed analysis of the expected composition and amounts of solid
waste and recyclables generated at the proposed development; and
(2)
Locations documented on the applicant's site plan that provide
for convenient recycling opportunities for all owners, tenants, and
occupants. The recycling area shall be of sufficient size, convenient
location and contain other attributes (signage, lighting, fencing,
etc.) as may be determined by the Municipal Recycling Coordinator.
B.
Prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy by the Borough
of Raritan, the owner of any new multifamily housing or commercial,
institutional, or industrial development must supply a copy of a duly
executed contract with a hauling company for the purposes of collection
and recycling of source-separated recyclable materials in those instances
where the municipality does not otherwise provide this service.
C.
Provision shall be made for the indoor, or enclosed outdoor, storage
and pickup of solid waste, to be approved by the Municipal Engineer.
[Amended 3-12-1991]
From the time of placement at the curb by any person or establishment listed in § 305-12A and B of used newspapers, glass, aluminum, post-consumer bottles, tin-plated steel and bimetal food and beverage cans, corrugated cardboard and high-grade office paper for collection by the Borough of Raritan in accordance with the terms hereof, such used newspapers, glass, aluminum, post-consumer bottles, tin-plated steel and bimetal food and beverage cans, corrugated cardboard and high-grade office paper shall be and become the property of the Borough of Raritan or its authorized agent. It shall be a violation of this article for any person unauthorized by the Borough of Raritan to collect or pick up or cause to be collected or picked up any such newspapers, glass, aluminum, post-consumer bottles, tin-plated steel and bimetal food and beverage cans, corrugated cardboard and high-grade office paper. Each such collection in violation hereof from one or more residences and/or establishments as listed in § 305-12A and B shall constitute a separate and distinct offense punishable as hereinafter provided.
The Superintendent of Public Works hereby is authorized and
directed to enforce this article. He shall monitor compliance with
this article by a random sampling of the weekly garbage pickups to
determine if recyclable materials are being improperly disposed of.
He shall report to the Police Department any violations and cause
a summons to be issued.
Any person, firm, corporation or institutional establishment
who violates or neglects to comply with any provision of this article
or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punishable by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than
$2,000, imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days and/or a period
of community service not exceeding 90 days.
The Borough Council may, in accordance with procedures of N.J.S.A.
40A:12-1 et seq., enter into agreements granting a franchise or license
to qualified persons, partnerships or corporations to authorize them
to collect all used newspapers, glass and aluminum at curbside. The
Borough Council may, in accordance with the procedures of N.J.S.A.
40A:11-1 et seq., enter into agreements to have all used newspapers
collected at curbside; provided, however, that the Borough Council
shall sell said used newspapers for an amount greater than the cost
of collection. The Borough Council may, if it elects, use Borough
personnel to collect used newspapers, glass and aluminum at curbside
and sell said used newspapers, glass or aluminum pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40A:12-1 et seq.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any person
who is an owner, lessee or occupant may donate or sell used newspapers,
glass or aluminum to any person, partnership or corporation, whether
operating for profit or not for profit. Said person, partnership or
corporation may not, however, under any circumstances, pick up said
used newspapers, glass or aluminum from the curbside in the Borough
of Raritan, whether or not said used newspapers, glass or aluminum
are placed at curbside on or immediately preceding regular curbside
collection.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any person
who is an owner, lessee or occupant may wrap solid waste in used newspapers
and discard same with regular solid waste.
