The Borough of Sharon Hill hereby establishes a program for
the reduction of the amount of solid waste that 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 Sharon Hill.
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/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 that 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
The collection of recyclable materials from locations within
the municipality and the delivery of recyclable materials to a recycling
facility.
RECYCLING CONTAINERS
A container approved by the municipality for the storage
of recyclable materials. The container shall either be a recycling
container provided by the Borough or be clearly labeled with a label
provided by the Borough to identify the container as containing recyclable
material.
RECYCLING DROPOFF
Any facility designed and operated solely for the receiving
and storing of materials that 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.
Construal of provisions. The terms and provisions of this article
are to be liberally construed so as best to achieve and to effect
the goals and purposes hereof.