Town of Bloomsburg, PA Recycling.

Owners or occupants of all residential properties shall separate the recyclables listed above from municipal waste generated at residences and shall store the materials until they are collected for recycling in accordance with the provisions of § 20-112 and § 20-113 below. An owner, landlord or agent of an owner or landlord, of a multifamily housing property shall be deemed to have complied with its separation responsibilities if it establishes a collection system at each property in accordance with § 20-113 below.

Owners and occupants of all commercial, municipal and institutional establishments and properties and sponsors or organizers of community activities shall keep separate the following recyclables:

(1)

Clear glass containers.

(2)

Brown glass containers.

(3)

Green glass containers.

(4)

Aluminum and bimetallic food and beverage cans.

(5)

Steel food and beverage cans.

(6)

Corrugated paper and high-grade office paper.

(7)

Newspaper.

Owners and occupants of all commercial, municipal and institutional establishments and properties and sponsors or organizers of community activities shall separate the recyclables listed above from municipal waste generated at the properties or locations of community activities, respectively, and shall store the materials until they are collected for recycling in accordance with the provisions of § 20-114 below. An owner, or agent of an owner, of a commercial, municipal or institutional establishment or property, or a sponsor or organizer of community activities, shall be deemed to have complied with its separation responsibilities if it establishes a collection system at each property, or location of community activities, respectively, in accordance with § 20-114 below.

Newspaper shall be placed in easy-to-manage bundles in paper bags or corrugated paper boxes and kept dry. Glass containers shall be emptied, cleaned and separated into clear, brown and green and double paper-bagged or placed in corrugated paper boxes. Food and beverage cans (including plastic, aluminum, steel and bimetallic) shall be emptied, have both ends removed (if possible), cleaned and placed in paper bags or corrugated paper boxes. Aluminum and bimetallic cans may be mixed together, but steel cans and plastic containers shall be kept separate. High-grade office paper shall be placed in boxes. Recyclables may be placed in any type of rigid and waterproof open top container that does not exceed 30 gallons. Each category of recyclables listed in subsections (1)(A), (1)(B) and this subsection shall be kept separate from one another.

§ 20-112 Disposal or placement for removal of recyclables — residential (other than multifamily housing properties).

[Ord. 862, 6/9/2003, § 12]

For residential properties other than multifamily housing properties, all recyclables which are required to be kept separate in residential properties pursuant to § 111(1)(A), above, shall be placed at the curbside to be collected at times designated by the Town. Materials not accepted at curbside may be taken directly to Bloomsburg's recycling center.

The Town Council or its agent is empowered to designate the day(s) of each month on which recyclables shall be collected, removed and disposed of from a particular area.

§ 20-113 Disposal or placement for removal of recyclables — multifamily housing properties.

[Ord. 862, 6/9/2003, § 13]

For multifamily housing properties, all recyclables which are required to be kept separate in residential properties pursuant to § 20-111(1)(A) above, shall either be delivered directly to a recycling center or shall be picked up by a private hauler separately from municipal waste, in a prearranged manner, as shall be provided in the recycling plan required pursuant to § 20-115 below.

Unless arrangements have been made in accordance with § 20-123(3), recyclables generated in multifamily housing properties shall not be placed at the curbside for collection by the Town or its agent, such curbside collection being intended solely for the placement of recyclables generated in residential properties other than multifamily housing properties.

The landlord of every multifamily housing property shall require, by a clause in the lease or other enforceable rule or regulation, that the tenants in such property comply with the requirements of this Part governing separation and disposal or placement for removal of recyclables in multifamily housing properties. Every such landlord shall set up a convenient and practical system in such properties for the collection, storage and regular disposal or placement for removal of recyclables generated by the residents of such properties. A Code Enforcement Officer will verify that a recycling system exists during annual inspection visits.

§ 20-114 Disposal or placement for removal of recyclables — commercial, municipal, institutional and community activities.

[Ord. 862, 6/9/2003, § 14]

All recyclables which are required to be kept separate in commercial, municipal and institutional establishments and properties and community activities pursuant to § 20-111(1)(B) above, shall either be delivered directly to a recycling center or shall be picked up by a private hauler separately from municipal waste, in a prearranged manner, as shall be provided in the recycling plan, required pursuant to § 20-116 below. Commercial, municipal and institutional establishments and community activities shall not place recyclables at the curbside for collection by the Town or its agent, such curbside collection being intended solely for the placement of recyclables generated in residential properties other than multifamily housing properties.

§ 20-115 Recycling plan and reports for multifamily housing properties.

[Ord. 862, 6/9/2003, § 15]

The landlord of every multifamily housing property shall annually complete a form to be designated "Recycling Plan for Multifamily Housing Properties," to be provided by the Town, on which the landlord shall set forth his planned method for removal of recyclables. One such plan shall be completed and submitted for each property. All pertinent information requested on the plan shall be provided prior to submission. Each such recycling plan shall set forth the name and address of the landlord, the address of the property to which the plan pertains, and the name and address of the private hauler who regularly services the property. The recycling plan shall further set forth the name and business address of the employee or other person responsible for arranging disposal or removal of municipal waste and recyclables within the property, the method by which recyclables will be removed from the property, who will remove the recyclables and the destination of the recyclables. The recycling plan required hereby must be submitted annually to the Town at its designated office and shall be acted upon and either approved or disapproved by the Town's designated official within 60 days of proper filing thereof. If no action is taken within 60 days, then the plan shall be deemed approved. Any person required by this Section to complete and submit a recycling plan and obtain approval thereof, and who fails to do so, shall be guilty of a violation of this Part. If, during any calendar year, the identity of the landlord, the method of disposing of recyclables or the identity of the private hauler regularly servicing the property shall change, then the landlord of such multifamily housing property shall, at the time of such change(s), submit a revised recycling plan for the balance of the calendar year, accurately setting forth such change(s).

In addition to the recycling plan, the landlord of every multifamily housing property shall submit a form to be designated "recycling report" in accordance with the following terms:

If the recyclables generated at the property in question are delivered or taken to Bloomsburg's recycling center, then a recycling report, indicating that the property's recyclables were delivered or taken there, shall be submitted annually to the Town at its designated office, on or before January 31, of each calendar year. In such cases, Bloomsburg's recycling center shall be the agent of the property's landlord for purposes of reporting the actual delivery of the property's recyclables to Bloomsburg's recycling center.

If the recyclables generated at the property in question are delivered or taken to any facility other than Bloomsburg's recycling center, then a recycling report and all weigh slips obtained from the facility or facilities to which the recyclables were delivered or taken, shall be submitted quarterly to the Town at its designated office. For purposes of submitting such weigh slips quarterly to the Town, the collector who removed the recyclables from the property shall be the agent for the landlord. Each such quarterly recycling report shall be submitted on or before the 20th day of the first month of each quarter, for the preceding quarter. Quarters shall run on a calendar-year basis, thus; January through March, April through June, July through September and October through December.

§ 20-116 Recycling plan and reports for commercial, municipal and institutional establishments and community activities.

[Ord. 862, 6/6/2003, § 16]

Every commercial, municipal and institutional establishment and community activity sponsor or organizer shall annually complete a form to be designated "Recycling Plan for Commercial, Municipal and Institutional Establishments and Community Activities," to be provided by the Town, on which the establishment or sponsor shall set forth its planned method for removal of recyclables.

On the recycling plan, each establishment shall set forth its name, the address of the premises to which the plan pertains, the name and address of the building owner, the name and address of the private hauler who regularly services the establishment, the method of municipal waste disposal utilized by the establishment if no private hauler is used, and, in such case, where the waste is disposed of.

The recycling plan shall further set forth the name and business address of the employee or other person responsible for arranging disposal or removal of municipal waste and recyclables within the establishment, the method by which recyclables will be removed by the establishment, who will remove the recyclables and the destination of the recyclables.

The operator of the business or other establishment occupying the premises, whether or not such person is the owner of the building, shall be responsible for filing the recycling plan. For community activities, the sponsor or organizer shall be responsible for filing the recycling plan.

The recycling plan required hereby must be submitted annually to the Town at its designated office and shall be acted upon and either approved or disapproved by the Town's designated official within 60 days of proper filing thereof. If no action is taken within 60 days, then the plan shall be deemed approved. Any person required by this Section to complete and submit a recycling plan and obtain approval thereof, and who fails to do so, shall be guilty of a violation of this Part.

If, during any calendar year, the identity of the commercial, municipal or institutional establishment or community activity sponsor, the method of removing recyclables, or the identity of the private hauler regularly servicing the property shall change, then the establishment or sponsor shall, at the time of such change(s), submit a revised recycling plan for the balance of the calendar year, accurately setting forth the change(s).

In addition to the recycling plan, the operator of every commercial, municipal and institutional establishment and the sponsor or organizer of every community activity shall submit a form to be designated "recycling report" in accordance with the following terms:

If the recyclables generated at the property in question are delivered or taken to Bloomsburg's recycling center, then a recycling report, indicating that the property's recyclables were delivered or taken there, shall be submitted annually to the Town at its designated office, on or before January 31, of each calendar year. In such cases, Bloomsburg's recycling center shall be the agent of the establishment or sponsor for purposes of reporting the actual delivery of the establishment's or activity's recyclables to Bloomsburg's recycling center.

If the recyclables generated at the property in question are delivered or taken to any facility other than Bloomsburg's recycling center, then a recycling report and all weigh slips obtained from the facility or facilities to which the recyclables were delivered or taken, shall be submitted quarterly to the Town at its designated office. For purposes of submitting such weigh slips quarterly to the Town, the collector who removed the recyclables from the property shall be the agent for the operator of the establishment or sponsor of the activity. Each such quarterly recycling report shall be submitted on or before the 20th day of the first month of each quarter, for the preceding quarter. Quarters shall run on a calendar-year basis, thus; January through March, April through June, July through September and October through December.

§ 20-117 Collection by unauthorized persons.

[Ord. 862, 6/9/2003, § 17]

From the time of placement for collection of residentially generated recyclable items for collection by the Town of Bloomsburg, whether the Town collects or contracts for collection, in accordance with the terms of this Part, the items shall be and become the property of the Town of Bloomsburg or its authorized agent. It shall be a violation of this Part for any person unauthorized by the Town to collect or pick up or cause to be collected or picked up any such items. Any and each such collection in violation hereof from each location shall constitute a separate and distinct offense punishable as hereinafter provided.

It shall be unlawful for a person to collect, remove or dispose of municipal waste which contains recyclables, required by that person to be separated, combined therewith.

§ 20-118 Presumption of ownership of municipal waste.

[Ord. 862, 6/9/2003, § 18]

The presence of any articles containing a person's name among municipal waste or recyclables shall create a rebuttable presumption, for purposes of this Part, that said municipal waste or recyclables are the property of the person whose name is found therein. This presumption can only be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.