[Ord. 542, 2/13/1985, § 1]
The following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively
assigned to them by this section:
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. Magazines and periodicals as well as all other
paper products of any nature are not considered newspaper.
Material having an economic value in the secondary materials
market. The following materials have such economic value. Aluminum
cans and articles, bimetal cans, glass containers, corrugated paper
(cardboard and paper boxes), magazines, computer printout paper, computer
tab cards, office paper, steel cans, newspaper, paper products not
chemically coated.
[Ord. 542, 2/13/1985, § 2]
There is hereby established a recycling program for the mandatory
separating of recyclables from garbage and rubbish in the Township
of Darby.
[Ord. 542, 2/13/1985, § 3; as amended by Ord. 571,
9/12/1990]
1.
Newspapers shall be kept separate from other refuse and shall be
collected by the Township or under subcontract by its designated agent.
Individual household units shall separate and prepare for collection
these materials in the following manner: Newspapers shall be tied
both across and lengthwise in easy-to-manage bundles or placed in
paper bags, and kept dry. These materials shall be placed either at
the curbside to be collected at times designated by the Township or
placed in recycling shelters at any time.
2.
All persons, as defined by Pennsylvania Municipal Waste Planning
Recycling and Waste Reduction Act of July 1988, Act 101, shall be
required to separate from the trash stream, aluminum, steel and bimetallic
cans and store such material until collection. Aluminum, steel and
bimetallic cans being generated at private homes, apartments and other
residential establishments shall be placed at curbside according to
the schedule and conditions established by the institutional structures
will be permitted to make special arrangements for collection of aluminum,
steel and bimetallic cans as approved by the Township.
[Ord. 542, 2/13/1985, § 4; as amended by Ord. 571,
9/12/1990][1]
From the time of placement of recyclables at the curb or in
recycling shelters for collection in accordance with the terms hereof,
items shall be and become the property of the Township of Darby or
its authorized agent. It shall be a violation of this Part for any
person unauthorized by the Township 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 one or more locations shall constitute a
separate and distinct offense punishable as hereinafter provided.
It shall be unlawful for a person to collect, remove or dispose
of solid waste which contains newspapers, aluminum, steel or bimetallic
cans combined with other forms of solid waste.
The Township of Darby, or its agent, is empowered to designate
the day(s) of the month on which recyclables shall be collected, removed
and disposed of from a particular area.
[Ord. 542, 2/13/1985, § 5; as amended by Ord. 572,
10/10/1990]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a
fine of not more than $600, and costs, or in default of payment thereof,
shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days.
Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
[Ord. 542, 2/13/1985, § 6]
Any resident may donate or sell used newspapers to any person,
partnership or corporation whether operating for profit or not for
profit. Said person, partnership or corporation may not, however,
under any circumstances pick up said used newspapers from the curbside
in the Township of Darby; curbside means the normal location of trash
pickup.
[Ord. 571, 9/12/1990]
The Township may from time to time cooperate with surrounding
municipalities to jointly solicit and receive bids, quotations or
proposals for the purchase and use of equipment, materials, supplies
and services in order to take advantage of high-volume purchasing
to procure lower costs.
[Ord. 668, 9/12/2007]
Business and commercial establishments in the Township of Darby
are required, under Act 101, to recycle and to report annually to
the Township of Darby their totals on forms provided by the Township.
