[Adopted 9-27-1993 by Ord. No. 1218 (Ch.
XXVIII of the 1971 Revised General Ordinances)]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Recyclable cans.
Food and beverage containers made entirely of aluminum.
[Added 6-24-2009 by Ord. No. 1605]
A petroleum-based or synthetic oil which, through use, storage
or handling, has become unsuitable for its original purpose due to
the presence of impurities or loss of original properties. Automotive
waste oil includes used oil from autos, lawn mowers and motorcycles.
[Added 6-24-2009 by Ord. No. 1605]
The certified Recycling Coordinator and/or his or her appointed
designee as the Compliance Officer. The Compliance Officer shall be
responsible for all administrative duties and all required reporting,
including filing of annual tonnage reports with the appropriate federal,
state, and/or county agencies.
[Added 6-24-2009 by Ord. No. 1605]
Organic matter that has been decomposed and recycled as a
fertilizer and soil amendment. Compost is a natural fertilizer and
soil amendment made from recycled food scraps, yard waste, sod, and
more.
[Added 11-12-2014 by Ord.
No. 1707]
A commercially bought or homemade container used for creating
compost. Containers may not exceed two square yards in size and must
be placed in conformance with the Borough's Property Maintenance
Code.
[Added 11-12-2014 by Ord.
No. 1707]
Asphalt or asphalt-based roofing shingles, concrete, brick,
cinder block, ceramic materials, stones, other masonry materials and
paving materials. Note: This material must be recycled at a registered,
exempted or pending Class B recycling facility. Contact the Recycling
Coordinator for a list of registered facilities.
[Added 6-24-2009 by Ord. No. 1605]
Waste building material and refuse resulting from construction,
remodeling and repair operations on houses, commercial buildings and
other structures, including concrete, brick, tree parts, nonferrous/ferrous
metal, asphalt, and corrugated cardboard. Note: This material must
be recycled at a registered, exempted or pending Class B recycling
facility. Contact the Recycling Coordinator for a list of registered
facilities.
[Added 6-24-2009 by Ord. No. 1605]
Heavy, brown-colored, stiff paperboard that has a ripple
paper core to provide strength; used in making boxes.
Containers and similar paper items usually used to transport
supplies, equipment parts or other merchandise.
[Added 6-24-2009 by Ord. No. 1605]
Those recyclable materials including ferrous scrap (white
goods), aluminum, glass containers, plastic containers, corrugated
cardboard, newspaper, high-grade paper, junk mail, mixed office and
computer paper, automotive waste oil, construction and demolition
debris, and tin cans.
[Added 6-24-2009 by Ord.
No. 1605; amended 11-12-2014 by Ord. No. 1707]
All products made of metal, including aluminum, including
heavy iron, white goods and light iron.
[Added 6-24-2009 by Ord. No. 1605]
All products made from silica or sand, soda ash and limestone,
the product being transparent or translucent and being used for packaging
or bottling of various matter and all other materials commonly known
as "glass;" excluding, however, blue and flat glass, commonly known
as "window glass."
A solid waste (solid waste includes solids, liquids and compressed
gases) that possesses at least one of four characteristics (ignitability,
corrosivity, reactivity, or toxicity), or that appears on federal
or state official lists of hazardous wastes as set forth in Title
40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 261; N.J.A.C. 7:26G-5;
or pursuant to the Bergen County Utilities Authority rules and/or
regulations.
[Added 6-24-2009 by Ord. No. 1605]
Those materials that are generated from gardens, trees and
shrubs shedding their leaves and grass clippings from the mowing of
lawns.
[Amended 11-12-2014 by Ord. No. 1707]
All magazines or other periodicals.
All types of paper generated in business offices, homes and
schools that is not newsprint or computer paper. It can be a mix of
form paper, copy paper, old letters, junk mail or cardboard (food
container boxes with the inner envelope removed.)
All paper marketed as newsprint or newspaper and containing
at least 70% newsprint or newspaper.
[Added 6-24-2009 by Ord. No. 1605]
All noncontainer aluminum, stainless steel, copper, zinc,
brass and other metals which generally do not rust.
[Added 6-24-2009 by Ord. No. 1605]
Containers such as polyethylene terephthalate (PETE –
No. 1) soda bottles, high-density polyethylene (HDPE – No. 2)
milk, water or detergent bottles, low-density polyethylene.
[Amended 6-24-2009 by Ord. No. 1605]
A carter which holds a tariff from the New Jersey Board of
Regulatory Commissioners or license from the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection.
[Added 6-24-2009 by Ord. No. 1605]
The area designated by the Borough as such where designated
recyclable materials may be disposed of in the appropriate receptacles
provided. The recycling center is located in Lot 4.02, Block 46.
[Added 6-24-2009 by Ord. No. 1605]
The Recycling Coordinator responsible for overseeing the
recycling center operations, whose duties shall include, but not be
limited to, all communication and enforcement matters at the recycling
center; interact with all residents' concerns; collecting and
gathering any and all statements, reports and payments from outside
vendors; and disseminate information to the Compliance Officer as
necessary. The Recycling Coordinator shall be appointed on an annual
basis.
[Added 6-24-2009 by Ord. No. 1605]
Includes all garbage, such as materials generated from food
or its packaging, which is picked up from the rear yards and rubbish/trash
which is in general non-food-related bulk materials, including recyclables,
and is picked up from the curb at scheduled times during the month.
[Amended 11-12-2014 by Ord. No. 1707]
Ferrous metal.
Any/all ferrous metal cans used for food and retail consumption,
liquids or powders.
Oil removed from the crankcase of a vehicle motor or lawn
mower motor. No other types of contaminated fluid such as transmission
fluid or hydraulic fluid can be mixed with the used oil.
Includes 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. Expressly excluded, however, are
all magazines or other periodicals.
All appliances such as washers, dryers, refrigerators, stoves,
and hot-water heaters, tire rims, springs, bicycles, bimetal cans
(tin cans) or scrap metal, as well as products made from sheet iron,
such as shelving, file cabinets, metal desks, recycled or reconditioned
steel drums and other nonstructural ferrous scrap.
[Amended 6-24-2009 by Ord. No. 1605]
[Amended 6-24-2009 by Ord. No. 1605; 11-12-2014 by Ord. No. 1707]
A.
It shall be mandatory for all for all persons, lessees and occupants,
except those physically disabled, of one- to four-family residential
properties to separate newspaper, glass containers, aluminum cans,
plastic containers, ferrous scrap, white goods, tin cans, and all
other mandatory recyclable materials identified below from all other
solid waste produced by such residences for collection/deposit and
the ultimate recycling of said material.
B.
Designation of mandatory recyclable materials. The following are
identified as mandatory recyclable materials:
[Amended 9-28-1997 by Ord. No. 1291; 6-24-2009 by Ord. No.
1605; 11-12-2014 by Ord. No. 1707]
Separation and placing for removal; containers. The occupant
or owner of any building within the Borough of Glen Rock who shall
place for disposal, removal or collection the following items shall
do so in strict conformity with the following regulations.
A.
Newspapers shall be bundled separately and secured in bundles not
to exceed 50 pounds and shall not be contained in plastic bags.
B.
Magazines shall be bundled separately and secured in bundles not
to exceed 50 pounds and shall not be contained in plastic bags.
C.
Aluminum and steel cans shall be contained in suitable occupant-
or owner-supplied containers or such other containers as may be provided
by the Borough from time to time.
D.
Plastic containers shall be set at the curb for scheduled pickup
or taken to the recycling center on open days. When placed at the
curb, recyclable materials shall be put in large plastic containers
and care should be taken to prevent recyclable materials from littering
the street. The occupant or owner shall do what is necessary to keep
lightweight containers from overflowing and littering the street.
E.
Corrugated cardboard shall be cut so it can be flattened, stacked
and tied in easy-to-handle bundles. Corrugated cardboard shall not
be placed at the curb loose so as to be blown away. Whole corrugated
cardboard may be taken to the recycling center and placed in the compactor
truck labeled "Corrugated."
F.
Mixed paper, when placed at the curb, must be put in cartons or in
large brown paper bags for easy handling. Any type of loose materials
that can cause litter shall not be placed at the curb.
H.
Automotive waste oil shall be placed in a clean plastic or metal
(no glass) container that has a cap and taken to a local service station
designated as a "recycled oil center." Any commercial establishment
is a recycled oil center.
I.
Used tires.
(1)
When new tires are purchased, it is recommended that the seller keep
the old tires as part of the purchase agreement.
(2)
If a service station accepts old tires, a fee of $1 to $2 per tire
shall be charged for the cost of disposal. Tires or other vehicle
parts placed at the curb for rubbish pickup will not be taken.
J.
Used batteries. The acceptance of used batteries should be part of
the new battery purchase agreement; used batteries continue to have
recycling value and will often be accepted free of charge.
K.
Household hazardous waste materials. The State Environmental Protection
Agency and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and
Energy regulations prohibit the Borough from accepting any toxic or
hazardous waste materials such as paints, solvents, insecticides,
acids, chemicals and poisons, etc., that are accumulated in residential
or commercial properties. Residential households can dispose of such
materials twice a year when the Bergen County Utility Authority arranges
for a county-wide drop-off collection program, which allows for residents
to take their materials to the facility. Such materials are then placed
in sealed fifty-five-gallon metal drums and shipped to a licensed
hazardous landfill for disposal. The county will advertise the date
and location of the special hazardous waste collection program once
in the spring and once in the fall. The Borough is permitted to take
only old latex house paint that is allowed to completely dry out in
the open can before being put in the curbside trash.
L.
Leaves. During the months of October through December, as trees and
shrubs shed their leaves, residents are to use a mulching mower to
mulch the leaves into their lawns, or to gather and collect their
leaves and take them to the municipal compost landfill on Doremus
Avenue, or they may place them at the curb gutter in a loose pile
for removal by the Division of Public Works. Grass clippings and any
other garden debris, either loose or containerized, will not be picked
up at the curb. Such materials must be composted for recycling by
taking them to the Doremus Avenue landfill for composting or by using
a composting container on the resident's own property.
M.
Construction and demolition debris. Construction and demolition debris
shall be separated and disposed of by the resident through a private
scavenger or private recycling company.
All recycling materials placed at the curb,
such as used newspapers, magazines, glass, aluminum cans, tin cans,
plastic containers and corrugated, for collection by the Borough of
Glen Rock in accordance with the terms hereof, shall become the property
of the Borough of Glen Rock or its authorized agent. It shall be a
violation of this article for any person unauthorized by the Borough
of Glen Rock to collect or pick up or cause to be collected or picked
up any such recyclables. Each such violation from one or more residences
shall constitute a separate and distinct offense punishable as hereinafter
provided.
[Amended 11-12-2014 by Ord. No. 1707]
The containers used for recycling shall not be placed at the
curb prior to 7:00 p.m. the evening before the Wednesday pickup. Containers
must be removed from the curb before sunset on the day of collection.
Owners and/or their tenants of commercial stores,
institutions, office buildings, restaurants, bars and industrial-type
businesses are hereby required to source-separate from their solid
waste generated within their Glen Rock establishments all glass, paper,
corrugated paper, aluminum cans, tin cans and plastic container food
waste products of fat and bone. If such establishments or businesses
are currently recycling any of the above-specified materials, they
must keep adequate records of who purchases their recyclable materials,
and as to types, volume and dates, and must provide copies of those
records monthly to the Borough. Those establishments or businesses
not currently source-separating any of the specified recyclables shall
either arrange with the Borough's Solid Waste Department to have such
materials picked up for recycling or contract with a private disposal
company. All such costs directly associated with the Borough's pickup
and recycling of the materials for a particular commercial business
or institution shall be paid for by that particular business or institution.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
any person who is an owner, lessee or occupant may donate or sell
recyclables 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 recyclables
from curbside in the Borough of Glen Rock, whether or not said recyclables
are placed at curbside on or immediately preceding regular curbside
collection.
The Director of Public Works and the Police
Department or any other agent as designated by the Borough are hereby
authorized and directed to enforce this article. They are hereby authorized
and directed to establish and promulgate reasonable regulations as
to the manner, days and times for the collection of all recycled materials
outlined herein. Such regulations shall be promulgated and effective
not later than one month from the date hereof. The Borough Council
may, by majority vote, change, modify, repeal or amend any portion
of said rules and regulations.
[Amended 9-28-1997 by Ord. No. 1291]
Any person, firm or corporation who violates
or neglects to comply with any provision of this article or any regulation
promulgated pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable
by any combination of the following: a fine not exceeding $1,000,
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days or a period of community
service not exceeding 90 days.
