The reduction of the amount of solid waste and conservation
of recyclable materials is an important public concern because of
the growing problem of solid waste disposal and its impact on the
environment. The collection of recyclable materials from residences
in the Township will serve the interest of the general public and
will result in a financial benefit to the residents and taxpayers
of the Township by reason of the income realized from the sale of
these recyclable materials. Collection regulations must be established
to implement the program, facilitate the accomplishment of its objectives
and to encourage the fullest possible citizen participation.
Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following
words and phrases used throughout this article shall have the following
meanings:
A can made of exclusively the metal aluminum or any of its
alloys but not combined with any other metal part, such as an aluminum
top combined with a steel or bimetal body.
A food container commonly known as a "tin can," consisting
of a tin-plated sheet steel cylinder used for food preservation.
Newspaper which has not been exposed to substances or conditions
rendering it unfit for recycling purposes.
All products made from silica or sand, soda ash and limestone,
the product may be transparent, translucent, or colored, and may be
used as a container for packaging or bottling of various matter, and
all other material commonly known as "glass," but not including any
plate or window glass or lead crystal glass.
Paper of the type commonly referred to as "newsprint" and
distributed at stated intervals, usually daily or weekly, having printed
thereon news and opinions and containing advertisements and other
matters of public interest.
Includes a lessee as well as an owner of a residence, and
includes a person, firm or corporation which owns a residence.
Aluminum beverage cans, bimetal food containers, glass, and
clean and uncontaminated newspapers.
Any single-family or other dwelling from which the Township
collects solid waste.
All garbage and refuse normally placed by a resident for
regular collection by the Township.
The Township of Upper Moreland.
The Township hereby establishes a mandatory program for the
separate collection of recyclable materials from all residences in
the Township of Upper Moreland for which garbage and rubbish collection
is provided by the Township. Collection thereof shall be made periodically
by the Township for recycling purposes.
The Superintendent of the Public Works Department is hereby
authorized and empowered to establish and promulgate regulations on
the manner, days and times of collections of recyclable materials,
and the bundling, handling, location and time of placement of such
materials for collection.
All persons who are residents of the Township shall separate
all recyclable materials from all other solid waste produced at their
residence, and shall place such recyclable materials for collections
by the Township in accordance with the regulations established hereunder.
The duty to comply with these regulations shall be and is hereby imposed
upon the owner or owners of record of any property ("record owner"),
as reflected by the tax duplicate prepared by the Board of Assessment
of Montgomery County, as updated from time to time. In the event that
the record owner is a lessor of the property, it shall be the duty of such lessor to inform the lessee
of the various requirements of these regulations, as amended from
time to time, by an appropriate provision in the lease agreement,
by posting a copy of this article in the property, or otherwise in
any fashion reasonably designed to provide actual notice of such regulations,
and it shall be the duty of the record owner as lessor to cause the
lessee to conform to the requirements of these regulations.
All separated recyclable materials placed by the resident for
collection by the Township pursuant to this article and regulations
hereunder shall, from the time of placement, become the property of
the Township.
It shall be a violation of this article for any person, firm
or corporation other than the Township or one authorized by the Township
to collect recyclable materials placed by a resident for collection
by the Township, unless such person, firm or corporation has prior
written permission to make such collection. Each unauthorized collection
in violation hereof from one or more residences on one calendar day
shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
Any resident may donate or sell recyclable material to any person,
firm or corporation, whether operating for profit or not, provided
that the receiving person, firm or corporation shall not collect such
donated or solid waste from the collection point of a residence without
prior written permission from the Township to make such collection.
A.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate the provisions of § 279-20 shall receive an official written warning of noncompliance for the first and second offense. Thereafter, all such violations shall be subject to the penalties hereinafter provided.
B.
Except as hereinbefore provided, any person, firm or corporation
who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more
than $1,000 and costs of prosecution for each and every offense or,
in default of payment of such fine and cost, to undergo imprisonment
for not more than 30 days for each violation.
