As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ALUMINUM/CANS
All products made of aluminum, including aluminum cans, foil,
wrappers, containers for prepared dinners or other foods, screen frames
and lawn chairs.
CONTAINERIZED
The placement of yard waste in a trash can, bucket, bag or
other container, such as to prevent the yard waste from spilling or
blowing out into the street and coming into contact with stormwater.
GLASS
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 material commonly known
as "glass," excluding, however, blue and flat glass and glass commonly
known as "window glass."
METAL
All products made of metal, exclusive of aluminum, including
washers, dryers, refrigerators, stoves, hot-water heaters, tire rims,
springs, bicycles, bimetal cans (tin cans) or scrap metal.
MOTOR OIL
Oil commonly used in automobiles, motor-driven vehicles and
combustion engines.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, association,
or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal jurisdiction.
RECYCLABLES
Any recyclable materials made of metal, glass, plastic, cardboard,
used newspaper, or wastepaper products.
STREET
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive,
or other way, which is an existing state, county, or municipal roadway,
and includes the land between the street lines, whether improved or
unimproved, and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, curbs,
sidewalks, parking areas, and other areas within the street lines.
USED NEWSPAPER
Includes paper of the type commonly referred to as "newsprint"
and distributed at stated intervals, usually daily or weekly, having
printed therein news and opinions and containing advertisements and
other matters of public interest.
WASTEPAPER PRODUCTS
All uncontaminated paper material, such as magazines, books,
papers, food cartons, cardboard boxes, wrapping paper, bags and discarded
letters and envelopes.
From the time of placement at the curb or at any place designated
by regulation by any one of the categories described herein for collection
by the Borough of Collingswood in accordance with the terms hereof,
items shall be and become the property of the Borough of Collingswood
or its authorized agent. It shall be a violation of this chapter for
any person unauthorized by the Borough of Collingswood to collect
or pick up or cause to be collected or picked up any such items, including
recycling buckets. Any and each such collection in violation hereof
from one or more residences shall constitute a separate and distinct
offense punishable as hereinafter provided.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person to place
motor oil in any containers used for recyclables or yard waste, or
to otherwise comingle motor oil with recyclables or yard waste. Residents
must bring motor oil in a sealed and labeled container to the Borough
Garage, located at 713 North Atlantic Avenue, between 7:00 a.m. and
3:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday.
Any person who violates or neglects to comply with any provisions
of this chapter or any regulation promulgated pursuant thereto shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed $500
for the first offense, imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a
period of community service for not more than 90 days, or any combination
thereof.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Police Department, Public
Works Department, and the Nuisance Officer of the Borough of Collingswood.