This chapter shall be known as the "Borough of West Reading
Refuse and Recycling Ordinance."
[Amended 10-19-2004 by Ord. No. 906]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Act 101 of 1988, the Pennsylvania Municipal Waste Planning,
Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P.S. §§ 4000.101
through 4000.1904), as amended.
Clean, nonaerosol and empty all-aluminum beverage and food
containers.
The residue resulting from the burning of wood, coal, coke
or other combustible material.
Empty food or beverage containers consisting of steel and
aluminum.
The Borough of West Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Includes discarded furniture and large household appliances
such as refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, dryers, bathtubs,
sinks, commodes.
Events sponsored in whole or in part by a municipality, or
conducted within a municipality and sponsored privately, which include,
but are not limited to, fairs, bazaars, socials, picnics and organized
sporting events that will be attended by 200 or more individuals per
day.
[Added 8-21-2018 by Ord.
No. 1093]
All materials used in the construction and renovation of
buildings and properties, including, but not limited to, lumber, stones,
rocks, brick, plaster, broken concrete and earth.
[Added 10-18-2011 by Ord.
No. 1000]
The person with whom the Borough shall enter into a contract
for refuse collection and recycling collection service, including
said contractor's employees.
Structural paper material with an inner core shaped in rigid
parallel furrows and ridges.
Includes the storage, collection, disposal or handling of
refuse.
All animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking or consumption of foods.
Clear, green or brown glass bottles and jars. Expressly excluded
from this definition of "glass" are blue glass, lead crystal, porcelain,
ceramic products, tempered or plate glass and fluorescent and incandescent
lighting bulbs.
All white paper, bond paper and computer paper used in large
apartment/condominium type properties, commercial, industrial, institutional
and municipal properties and in residences.
Third-class mail, such as advertising circulars, that is
often addressed to "occupant" or "resident."
Leaves, garden residue, shrubbery and tree trimmings, and
similar material, but not including grass clippings.
[Amended 8-21-2018 by Ord. No. 1093]
Printed matter containing miscellaneous written pieces published
at fixed or varying intervals. Expressly excluded, however, are all
other paper products of any nature whatsoever.
Paper of the type commonly referred to as "newsprint" and
distributed at fixed intervals, having printed thereon news and opinions
and containing advertisements and other matters of public interest.
Expressly excluded from this definition of "newspaper" are magazines
and glossy inserts.
Any natural person, association, partnership, firm or corporation.
Empty and clean consumer product containers made of polyethylene
terephthaeate (PET), polypropylene (PP), high density polyethylene
(HDPE) and low density polyethylene (LDPE), including, but not limited
to, plastic bottles used as containers for soda, milk and other consumer
food products and for certain household cleaning products and personal
care products.
Those materials specified by the Borough for separation from
refuse for collection, removal and disposal as part of a recycling
program.
The program or system of separation from refuse for collection,
removal and disposal of recyclables.
All solid wastes except body wastes, including ashes, garbage
and/or rubbish, but excluding recyclable materials. Refuse shall not
include any items which the Borough deems to be hazardous.
All solid household wastes, including cans, cardboard, glass, metal, paper, plastics, wood, household accumulations, plant growth, grass, leaves, twigs and clippings, excluding sanitary waste, tires, construction materials, any item containing Freon or any item containing hazardous waste. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, recyclable materials, as specified in § 385-22 of this chapter, shall be collected, stored and removed as set forth in Article IV, Recycling, of this chapter.
[Amended 10-18-2011 by Ord. No. 1000]
Clean, nonaerosol and empty all-steel (ferrous metal) beverage
and food containers.
Any room, group of rooms, or other enclosure occupied or
intended for occupancy as a separate business or as separate living
quarters by a family or other group of persons living together or
by a person living alone.
