The Borough of Media hereby establishes a program for the reduction
of the amount of solid waste, which has been added to the municipal
solid waste program in Delaware County and the State of Pennsylvania,
and the conservation of certain recyclable material, as defined herein,
by the separation and collection thereof in the Borough of Media.
This article is adopted pursuant to Section 1501 of Act 1988-101
(approved July 28, 1988, by the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania).
As used in this article, the following definitions shall apply:
CANS
Containers comprised of aluminum, tin, steel or a combination
thereof which contain or formerly contained only nonaerosol substances.
CARDBOARD
All corrugated or other cardboard normally used for packing,
mailing, shipping or containerizing goods, merchandise or other material,
but excluding plastic, foam or wax-coated or soiled cardboard.
CATALOGS
Printed material soliciting products for sale to the reader.
COMMERCIAL
Includes all business and industrial uses but not residential
uses of property.
COUNTY PLAN
The district solid waste management plan for Delaware County
as approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
JUNK MAIL/ENVELOPES
Mail received but not for a specific purpose and container
that mail is mailed in.
LEAVES
Tree and plant leaves, garden residues, shrubbery and tree
trimmings and similar material, but not including grass clippings.
MAGAZINES
Magazines and other materials printed on similar paper.
NEWSPAPER
A newspaper and other materials printed on newsprint.
PAPER (ANY GRADE)
Printing and writing papers not considered newspaper, including,
without limitation, printed white ledger and computer print and notebook
paper.
PAPERBOARD
A heavier and thicker paper used as cereal boxes and beer
and soda carriers.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipality, municipal authority, federal
government or agency, state institution or agency (including but not
limited to the Department of General Services and the State Public
School Building Authority) or any other legal entity whatsoever which
is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. In any provisions
of this article prescribing a fine, imprisonment or penalty, or any
combination of the foregoing, the term "person" shall include the
officers and directors of any corporation or other legal entity having
officers and directors.
PLASTIC
Any plastic labeled with a SPI Code Number 1 through Number
7.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Any materials established by the Borough Council from time
to time by resolution, which may include: cans, cardboard, catalogs,
glass bottles/jars, junk mail/envelopes, magazines, newspaper, paper
(any grade), paperboard, plastic bottles, telephone/soft-covered books
and/or yard waste and any other materials which the Borough Council
may deem to be recyclable by resolution.
RECYCLING
Any process by which material which would otherwise become
solid waste is collected, separated or processed and returned to the
economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES
Those services to be performed as follows:
A.
The collection of recyclable materials from locations within
the municipality.
B.
The delivery of recyclable materials to a recycling facility.
RECYCLING CONTAINERS
A container approved by the municipality for the storage
of recyclable materials.
RECYCLING DROPOFF
Any facility designed and operated solely for the receiving
and storing of materials which are to be returned to the economic
mainstream instead of becoming part of the solid waste stream.
SOLID WASTE
Waste, including but not limited to municipal, commercial,
institutional or industrial waste.
SOURCE-SEPARATE
To separate recyclable materials from the solid waste stream
at the point of waste generation.
YARD WASTE
Tree limbs and branches may not exceed eight inches in diameter
or six feet in length; the term does not include leaves or grass clippings.
The Borough Council shall have the authority to adopt, modify
and amend recycling regulations from time to time by resolution, including,
without limitation, regulations regarding which recyclable materials
must be recycled and regulations requiring residents to source-separate
recyclable materials and/or place recyclable materials for collection
through single-stream recycling. Any regulations so adopted by the
Borough Council shall be published at least one time in a newspaper
of general circulation in the Borough and posted on the Borough's
website. Violations of any such regulations shall be deemed to be
violations of this article and subject to the same penalties hereunder.
The Borough of Media shall establish a public information and
education program explaining the features and requirements of the
program in this article. The Borough of Media shall give at least
30 days' public notice prior to the initiation of the recycling program
and provide periodic public notice every six months thereafter to
all persons occupying residential, commercial, institutional and municipal
premises within its boundaries of the requirements of this article.
This municipality or any other person collecting solid waste
generated within this municipality may refuse to collect solid waste
from any person who has clearly failed to source-separate recyclables
designated under an applicable section of this article.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article
shall, upon conviction thereof before a Magisterial District Judge,
be fined not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and in default
of payment of such fine and costs be imprisoned for not more than
30 days. Each day that a violation continues in effect shall be deemed
a separate violation.
The Code Enforcement Official, the Property Maintenance Officers,
Borough police officers and other appointed Borough officials are
hereby individually and severally empowered to enforce the provisions
of this article. An inspection may consist of sorting through containers
and opening of solid waste bags to detect, by sound or sight, the
presence of any recyclable material.
The terms and provisions of this article are to be liberally
construed so as best to achieve and to effectuate the goals and purposes
hereof.