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For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words
and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless
their use in the text of this chapter clearly demonstrates a different
meaning.
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BATTERY
BULKY WASTE
BRUSH
CITY-ISSUED SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLABLE CONTAINERS
COLLECTION or COLLECTING
COMMINGLED
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE
CONTAINER
CONTAINERIZED YARD WASTE
COVERED PROJECT
CURBSIDE DESIGNATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
CURBSIDE DESIGNATED SOLID WASTE
DESIGNATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
ELECTRONIC WASTE
FOOD WASTE
GARBAGE
GENERATION
GLASS
LITTER
LITTER RECEPTACLE
METAL
MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY
MUNICIPAL RECYCLING COORDINATOR
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW) STREAM
PERSON
PLASTICS
PUTRESCIBLE WASTE
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
RECYCLING
REFUSE
SCRAP METAL
SHOPPING CENTER
SINGLE-STREAM RECYCLING
SOLID WASTE
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(2)Â
(3)Â
(4)Â
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SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING UTILITY
SOURCE-SEPARATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
SOURCE SEPARATION
SPENT MATERIAL
STREET
SURFACE WATER
TIRES
TRANSPORTATION or TRANSPORTING
USED OIL
WASTEPAPER PRODUCTS
WHITE GOODS
YARD WASTE
When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present
tense include the future tense, words used in the plural number include
the singular number, and words used in the singular number include
the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely
discretionary.
Any device consisting of one or more electrically connected
electrochemical cells that is designed to receive, store and deliver
electric energy. An electrochemical cell is a system consisting of
an anode, cathode and electrolyte, plus such connections (electrical
and mechanical) as may be needed to allow the cell to deliver or receive
electrical energy. The term "battery" also includes an intact, unbroken
battery from which the electrolyte has been removed.
Any large items of solid waste which, because of their size
or weight, require handling other than normally used for municipal
waste. Bulky waste includes, but is not limited to, such household
items as white goods, furniture and mattresses. Bulky waste shall
not include tree trunks, auto parts, or construction and demolition
waste.
[Amended 5-25-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-29]
Any branches, woody plants and other like vegetative material.
Leaves and grass do not constitute brush.
City-issued sixty-four- and ninety-six-gallon plastic containers
identified by numbers thereon are and shall remain the property of
the City and assigned to such residential properties subject to solid
waste and recyclables pickup by the City, referred to as "totes" and
are not to be defaced or removed from the property to which they are
assigned. Solid waste totes are identifiable as being grey in color
and recyclable totes are identifiable as being gray and having a red
lid.
[Added 5-25-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-29]
The act of picking up solid waste at its point of generation
or storage.
Any combining of nonputrescible source-separated recyclable
materials for the purpose of recycling.
Any waste building material and rubble resulting from construction,
renovation, remodeling, repair or demolition operations on houses,
commercial buildings, pavements and other structures. The following
materials may be found in construction and demolition waste: treated
and untreated wood scrap; tree parts, tree stumps and brush; concrete,
asphalt, bricks, blocks and other masonry; plaster and wallboard;
roofing materials; corrugated cardboard and miscellaneous paper; ferrous
and nonferrous metal; nonasbestos building insulation; plastic scrap;
dirt; carpets and padding; glass (window and door); and other miscellaneous
materials; but shall not include other solid waste types.
Any closable and disposable trash bag, in which material
is stored, transported, treated, disposed of or otherwise handled.
Only grass clippings may be placed in such containers for City pickup.
[Amended 5-25-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-29]
The placement of yard waste in a trash can, bucket, bag or
other vessel, so as to prevent the yard waste from spilling or blowing
out into the street and coming into contact with stormwater.
Any construction, renovation, remodeling, repair or demolition
project for which a building permit or a demolition permit is required,
and for which a dumpster or roll-off container shall be placed on
premises for the purpose of placement of solid waste materials.
All colored and clear glass food and beverage containers
with the lids removed and rinsed of any material. Metal caps and lids,
aluminum, tin, and metal food and beverage containers, empty aerosol
containers, Plastics with recycling symbol numbers "1" and "2," including
soda, milk, water, detergent, shampoo and other similar containers,
carton juice boxes (no straws), gable-top milk containers, soup and
broth containers (all lids removed), all newsprint, magazines, catalogs,
glossy inserts, unwanted mail, empty cereal, cracker, pasta, tissue
boxes, brown paper bags, all corrugated cardboard boxes (flattened
to fit into totes) clean pizza boxes and all similar items referred
to as "Class A" recycling materials.
[Added 5-25-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-29]
All household-generated garbage, refuse and household vegetative
materials such as cut grass and single-use plastic bags.
[Added 5-25-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-29]
Any materials designated within the 2007 Cumberland County
Solid Waste Management Plan Update to be source separated for the
purpose of recycling. These materials include glass jars and bottles;
aluminum beverage cans; steel, tin, and bimetal food containers; PET#1
and HDPE#2 plastic containers; newspaper; mixed paper/magazines; white
goods; leaves and branches; empty aerosol containers; and universal
wastes (i.e., used oil; antifreeze; lead-acid batteries; asphalt;
concrete, block, and brick; and tires) for the residential sector.
These materials further include aluminum beverage cans; glass jars
and bottles; PET#1 and HDPE#2 plastic containers; high-grade paper;
corrugated cardboard; food waste; mixed paper/magazines; materials
unique to an industry; empty aerosol containers; electronic waste;
and universal wastes (i.e., fluorescent light bulbs/ballasts; mercury
switches/thermostats; used oil; antifreeze; lead-acid batteries; asphalt;
concrete, block and brick; ferrous scrap; nonferrous scrap; tires;
and white goods) for the commercial, industrial and institutional
sector.
Any appliance used in a home or business that utilizes circuitry,
including but not limited to, any computer central processing units
and associated hardware, such as keyboards, modems, printers, scanners,
copiers and fax machines; VCRs; stereos; cathode ray tubes, cathode
ray tube devices, flat-panel displays or similar video display devices
with a screen that is greater than four inches measured diagonally
and that contains one or more circuit boards (e.g., televisions);
and telecommunication devices (e.g., cell phones); and microwaves.
[Amended 5-25-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-29]
Any food processing by-products (food-processing vegetative
wastes and/or food-processing residuals generated from food processing
and packaging operations or similar industries that process food products),
vegetative waste (produce trimmings and over-ripe produce generated
by supermarkets, produce brokers and produce distributors), off-spec
food products, food product over-runs, and similar food waste materials.
Any meat and vegetable waste solids resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of foods. Garbage is considered
to originate primarily in kitchens and other places where food is
stored, cooked and consumed.
The act or process of producing solid waste.
Any product made from silica or sand, soda ash and limestone,
the products being transparent or translucent and being used for packaging
or bottling of various matter, including clear, brown and green glass
food and beverage containers, and excluding blue and flat glass and
glass commonly known as "window glass."
Any solid waste which, if thrown, deposited or carried by
wind or water, as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to public
health, safety and welfare and to contribute to an image of blight.
Litter includes any used or unconsumed substance or waste material
that has been discarded, whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic,
rubber, paper or any other natural or synthetic material, or any combination
thereof, including but not limited to any bottle, jar or can; any
top, cap or detachable tab of any bottle, jar or can; any cigarette,
cigar, chewing tobacco or matches, or parts thereof; handbills; newspapers
or magazines; glass, metal or paper containers or other packaging;
or construction materials. For purposes of this chapter, litter does
not include the waste of the primary processes of mining or other
extraction activities, logging, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing.
Any container suitable for the depositing of litter.
Any metal food or beverage container, including aluminum,
steel, tin and bimetal containers.
For purposes of this chapter, any building or structure,
or complex of buildings, in which three or more dwelling units are
owner-occupied or are rented or leased, or are offered for rental
or lease, for residential purposes, and shall include hotels, motels,
or other guest houses serving transient or seasonal guests as those
terms are defined in N.J.S.A. 55:13A-1 et seq.
The person or persons appointed by the governing body authorized
to, among other things, enforce the provisions of this chapter, and
any rules, regulations or policies that may be promulgated hereunder.
Any solid waste generated at residential, commercial, industrial
or institutional establishments within the boundaries of the City.
Any individual, trust, firm, joint-stock company, corporation
(including a government corporation), corporate official, partnership,
association, commission, or political subdivision of this state subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
Any clear or green plastic (PET) soda containers or plastic
(HDPE) milk or water containers (jugs).
Any waste liable to enter into a state of putrefaction, the
typically anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with
the formation of foul-smelling, incompletely oxidized products.
Any materials which would otherwise become nonhazardous solid
waste, which can be separated, collected, and/or processed, and then
returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or
products.
Any process by which materials, which would otherwise become
solid waste, are separated, collected and/or processed, and then returned
to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
All broken crockery, glassware, household receptacles and
utensils, bottles, tin cans, lawn cuttings, hedge trimmings, garden
growth, old clothing and such similar waste materials, including paper,
cardboard or containers made of paper.
Any bits and pieces of metal parts (e.g., bars, turnings,
rods, sheets, wire) or metal pieces that can be combined together
with bolts or soldering (e.g., radiators, scrap automobiles, railroad
box cars) which when worn or superfluous, can be recycled. Materials
not covered by this term include residues generated from smelting
and refining operations (e.g., drosses, slags, and sludges), liquid
wastes containing metals (e.g., spent acids, spent caustics, or other
liquid wastes with metals in solution), liquid metal wastes (e.g.,
liquid mercury), or metal-containing wastes with a significant liquid
component, such as spent batteries.
For purposes of this chapter, any integrated development
of stores, shops, personal service establishments, professional and
business offices, banks, post offices, restaurants, auditoriums and
similar facilities, housed in an enclosed building or buildings, and
utilizing such common facilities as customer parking, pedestrian walkways,
truck-loading and -unloading space, utilities and sanitary facilities.
The placement of all recyclable materials in a single container.
For purposes of recyclables to be collected by the City, all curbside
designated recyclable material shall be placed in the City-issued
recyclable containers.
[Added 5-25-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-29]
Any garbage, refuse, sludge or any other waste material,
as defined in N.J.A.C. 7:26-1.6, with the exception of the following:
Source-separated food waste collected by livestock producers,
approved by the State Department of Agriculture, who collect, prepare
and feed such wastes to livestock on their own farms.
Recyclable materials that are exempted from regulation pursuant
to N.J.A.C. 7:26A.
Materials approved for beneficial use or categorically approved
for beneficial use pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26-1.7(g).
Spent sulfuric acid which is used to produce virgin sulfuric
acid, provided at least 75% of the amount accumulated is recycled
in one year.
Dredged material, from New Jersey's coastal or tidal waters,
which is regulated under the provisions of the Water Pollution Control
Act (N.J.S.A. 58:10A-1 et seq.), Waterfront Development Law (N.J.S.A.
12:5-3 et seq.), Riparian Interests (N.J.S.A. 12:3-1 et seq. and 18:56-1
et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 as amended by
the Clean Water Act of 1977 (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.),
Federal Coastal Zone Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1451 et
seq.) and/or other relevant statutes and implementing regulations.
An administrative department created to transact the collection
and disposal of eligible solid waste, including designated recyclable
materials, and related support services, as provided by law. Said
solid waste and recycling utility is assigned as a division of the
Department of Business Administration.
[Amended 5-25-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-29]
Any recyclable materials that are separated at the point
of generation by the generator thereof from solid waste for the purposes
of recycling.
Any process by which recyclable materials are separated at
the point of generation by the generator thereof from solid waste
for the purpose of recycling.
Any material that has been used, and as a result of contamination,
can no longer serve the purpose for which it was intended without
being processed, reprocessed or reclaimed.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive
or other way that is an existing state, county or municipal roadway,
and includes the land between the street (right-of-way) lines, whether
improved or unimproved, and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters,
curbs, sidewalks, parking areas and other areas within the street
(right-of-way) lines.
Any water at or above the land's surface which is neither
groundwater nor contained within the unsaturated zone, including,
but not limited to, the ocean and its tributaries, all springs, streams,
rivers, lakes, ponds, wetlands and artificial waterbodies.
All passenger car tires and noncommercial truck tires having
a rim diameter of 17 inches or less, exclusive of rims or other attachments.
The definition of tires that may be placed at the curbside for collection
pursuant to this chapter shall be as set forth in the rules and regulations
established by the Superintendent of Public Works in accordance with
the authorization provided under this chapter.
The act of collecting and/or moving of solid waste off site
or to a solid or hazardous waste facility by road, rail, water or
air.
Any oil that has been refined from crude oil, or any synthetic
oil, that has been used, and as a result of such use, storage or handling,
is contaminated by physical or chemical impurities.
Any uncontaminated newspapers.
Any and all large, residential (noncommercial) appliances,
limited to refrigerators, clothes washers and dryers, ranges, dishwashers,
water heaters, air conditioners, trash compactors, freezers and dehumidifiers,
and not including furnaces.
Any grass clippings, leaves or wood chips from trees and
brush. Stumps of trees or bushes are specifically excluded from the
definition of yard waste.
[Amended 5-25-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-29]
