A program for the mandatory source-separation and collection
of recyclable materials and leaf waste within the Township is hereby
established. No person shall dispose, collect, treat, remove or transport
recyclable materials or leaf waste within the Township except in accordance
with this chapter. The use of a municipal waste collector shall not
relieve any person from compliance with this chapter. The Board of
Supervisors is hereby authorized to establish or amend from time to
time, by resolution, a list of recyclable materials for collection
and other such rules and regulation.
Nothing in this chapter or any regulation promulgated pursuant
hereto shall be deemed to impair the ownership of separated materials
by the persons who generated them unless and until separated materials
are placed at curbside or similar location and collected by a municipal
waste collector.
From the time of collection of recyclable materials by a municipal
waste collector pursuant to the provisions of this article and any
rules and regulations adopted hereunder, the recyclable materials
shall become and be the property of the municipal waste collector.
It shall be a violation of this article for any person not a municipal
waste collector to collect or pick up or cause to be collected or
picked up any recyclable materials placed at the curb or other designated
place for collection by a municipal waste collector pursuant to the
provisions of this article. Any and each such unauthorized collection
in violation hereof from one or more residences shall constitute a
separate and distinct offense punishable as hereinafter provided in
this article.
A.
All municipal waste collectors providing municipal waste collection
services in the Township shall establish a program for the collection,
transportation and recycling of recyclable materials, which shall,
at a minimum, comply with the following:
(1)
Provide for the collection, removal and recycling of designated recyclable
materials, which are separated from municipal waste, from each residence,
commercial, municipal and institutional establishment and community
activity served. The collection and removal of recyclable materials
from each residence, commercial, municipal and institutional establishment
shall occur at least once every other week.
(2)
Provide each customer served with a reusable container or containers
for the storage and collection of recyclable materials. Said containers
shall be at least 12 gallons in size, shall be made of durable plastic
and shall be clearly marked as recycling containers.
(3)
Establish procedures for the separation, storage and collection of
recyclable materials and provide all customers adequate written notification
of the procedures. Such procedure shall be consistent with this chapter,
any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant hereto, and federal,
state and local law and regulations.
(4)
Issue warning notices of violations to customers failing to comply
with procedures for the separation, storage and collection of recyclable
materials and leaf waste and provide a copy of any such warning to
the Township.
(5)
Provide annual written documentation and certification to the Township
of the total number of tons of municipal waste and tons and types
of materials recycled and the place of disposition of materials recycled.
Reports shall be provided by January 31 of every calendar year for
the previous calendar year.
B.
The Township shall periodically monitor the materials preparation
and collection practices in the Township.
A.
Source-separation of recyclable materials shall be performed by all
residents of the Township. Residents shall separate recyclable materials
from municipal waste generated at their properties. Other than leaf
waste, the separated recyclable materials may be commingled in a single
recycling container provided by the municipal waste collector. When
placed at the curb for collection in accordance with the provisions
of this article, recyclable materials shall be placed in reusable
containers which clearly identify the contents as recyclables provided
by the municipal waste collector. The preparation for collection of
recyclable materials shall be made in accordance with the instructions
provided by the municipal waste collector and which are consistent
with the terms of this article.
B.
An owner, landlord or agent of an owner or landlord of multifamily
residential housing properties with four or more units or the residents
of multifamily residential properties acting by and through a duly
constituted homeowners' association who may contract a common
municipal waste collector and aggregate municipal waste or recycling
collection points shall establish a collection system for recyclable
materials at each property and pickup by a municipal waste collector.
Such a collection system must include suitable containers for collecting
and sorting materials, easily accessible locations for the containers
and written instructions to the occupants or residents concerning
the use and availability of the collection system. In addition, such
owners, landlords, agents and homeowners' associations shall
annually provide written documentation and certification to the Township
of the total number of tons of municipal waste and tons and types
of materials recycled and the place of disposition of materials recycled.
Reports shall be provided by January 31 of every calendar year for
the previous calendar year. Such owners, landlords, agents and homeowners'
associations may comply with the reporting requirements hereunder
by requiring their municipal waste collector to provide said documentation
and certification directly to the Township. Owners, landlords and
agents of owners or landlords who comply with this article under this
subsection shall not be liable for the noncompliance of occupants
of their building.
All persons occupying commercial, municipal and institutional
establishments within Pocopson Township shall separate and segregate
from municipal waste clear and colored glass, plastic milk and beverage
containers, aluminum containers, metal/bimetal cans, high-grade office
paper, junk mail, magazines, phone books, corrugated cardboard, leaf
waste and such other recyclable materials as may be specified from
time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. In addition
to the separation and segregation of above items generated at such
establishments, each person shall store the materials until collection
for recycling by a municipal waste collector; make arrangements to
have a municipal waste collector collect and recycle the recyclable
materials at a minimum of once every other week; and annually provide
written documentation and certification to the Township of the total
number of tons of municipal waste and tons and types of materials
recycled and the place of disposition of materials recycled. Reports
shall be provided by January 31 of every calendar year for the previous
calendar year. Such persons may comply with the reporting requirements
hereunder by requiring their municipal waste collector to provide
said documentation and certification directly to the Township.
Community activities shall have provisions for recycling containers
to, at a minimum, collect commingled (aluminum, glass and plastic)
beverage containers. The sponsor of the event shall be responsible
for providing the containers and collection and transport by a municipal
waste collector for these events. The sponsor shall provide written
documentation and certification to the Township of the total number
of tons of municipal waste and tons and types of materials recycled
and the place of disposition of materials recycled. Reports shall
be provided within 30 days of the event. Such persons may comply with
the reporting requirements hereunder by requiring their municipal
waste collector to provide said documentation and certification directly
to the Township. Community activity recycling shall be reported independently
of normal routine weekly pickups at the location.
