As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Any noncompactible material such as wood crating materials, glass, sawdust powder, furniture and appliances and recreational equipment or material used in packing, protecting, bracing or holding property while in transit.
Yard trimmings, rags, wood, cardboard and other combustible waste solids of a nonvolatile or explosive nature.
A combining of nonputrescible source-separated recyclable materials for the purpose of recycling.
Those materials designated within the Sussex County.
The Sussex County Solid Waste Management Plan for residential and nonresidential generators.
Animal or vegetable waste solids resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Any building or structure, or complex of buildings, in which two or more dwelling units are owner-occupied or rented or leased, or offered for rental or lease, for residential purposes (see N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.13a) and shall include hotels, motels, or other guesthouses serving transient or seasonal guests as those terms are defined in the Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law, N.J.S.A. 55:13A-1 et seq.
The person or persons appointed by the municipal governing body and who shall be authorized to, among other things, enforce the provisions of this chapter and any rules and regulations which may be promulgated hereunder.
All solid waste generated at residential, commercial, and institutional establishments within the boundaries of the Borough of Franklin.
All solid waste material which does not burn.
Recycling Code | Description |
|---|---|
01 | ALUMINUM CANS — Food and beverage containers made entirely of aluminum. |
02 | ANTIFREEZE — An automotive engine coolant consisting of a mixture of ethylene glycol and water or propylene glycol and water. |
03 | COMPUTER PRINTOUT/WHITE LEDGER — All computer paper, all high-grade white paper (including letterhead, typing paper, copier paper, onionskin, tissue and note pad). |
04 | CONCRETE, ASPHALT AND MASONRY/PAVING MATERIAL — Asphalt, concrete, brick, cinder block, patio blocks, and other masonry and paving materials. |
05 | CONSUMER BATTERIES — 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). |
06 | CORRUGATED — Containers, brown grocery bags, and similar paper items, usually used to transport supplies, equipment, parts or other merchandise, dunnage. |
07 | GLASS CONTAINERS — All glass containers used for packaging food or beverages. |
08 | HEAVY IRON — All structural steel or ferrous metal, cast-iron components. |
09 | LEAD-ACID BATTERIES — 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. |
10 | LEAVES AND BRUSH — Leaves, brush and other yard trimmings, including grass clippings, from institutions, commercial or industrial sources. |
11 | MAGAZINE AND JUNK MAIL — Magazine stock, white and colored paper and envelopes, telephone directories and books. |
12 | MERCURY-CONTAINING DEVICES — Includes fluorescent and compact tubes, high-intensity-discharge (HID) and neon lamps, electrical switches, thermostats, thermometers and any batteries containing mercury. |
13 | MIXED OFFICE PAPER — Items listed in computer printout/white ledger category when mixed with envelopes, manila folders and colored paper. Material is generated by commercial/institutional sources. |
14 | NEWSPAPER — 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). |
15 | PLASTIC CONTAINERS — Containers such as polyethylene terephthalate (PETE No. l) soda bottles, high-density polyethylene (HDPE No. 2) milk, and water or detergent bottles. |
16 | SCRAP AUTOS — Crushed or shredded automobile or truck bodies, excluding auto shredder residue or "fluff." |
17 | STEEL CANS — 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. |
18 | STUMPS, LOGS AND TREE PARTS — Unfinished wood from land-clearing projects, storm damage or pruning activities. |
19 | TEXTILES — Textiles larger than 15 inches by 15 inches (e.g., clean clothing, drapes, curtains, sheets, towels, cloth, belt, shoes, handbags, and small stuffed animals). |
20 | TIRES — Rubber-based scrap automotive and truck tires. |
21 | USED CONSUMER ELECTRONICS — Any appliance used in a business that includes circuitry. Includes components and subassemblies of the electrode products. Examples include computers and peripherals, printers, copiers, VCRs, televisions, cell phones and fax machines, etc. |
22 | USED MOTOR OIL — 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 in its original purpose due to the presence of impurities or loss of original properties. |
23 | WHITE GOODS AND LIGHT IRON — 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. |
24 | WOOD SCRAP — Unfinished lumber from construction or demolition projects, including pallets. "Unfinished" shall mean nonchemically 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). |
25 | NONFERROUS AND ALUMINUM SCRAP — All noncontainer aluminum, stainless steel, copper, zinc, brass, and other metals which generally do not rust. |
Those materials which 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.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, and solid market and industrial wastes, whether combustible or noncombustible.
Each separate and distinct residential living unit with a separate address such as a single-family house, townhouse, condominium, or apartment. A separate living area in mother/daughter style house shall be a separate residential unit.
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes.
Recyclable materials which are separated at the point of generation by the generator thereof from solid waste 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.