The short title of this article shall be the "Township of Cecil
Recycling Ordinance," and the same may be cited in that manner.
The following words and phrases, as used throughout this article,
shall have the following meanings:
ALUMINUM
Empty all-aluminum beverage or food cans.
CLEAN RECYCLABLES
Not exposed to foreign substances or conditions rendering
them unusable for recycling.
COLLECTOR
The entity or entities authorized by the Township to collect
recyclable materials from residences, or authorized by commercial,
municipal and institutional establishments that do not receive collection
services from the Township to collect recyclable materials from those
properties.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Those properties used primarily for commercial or industrial
purposes, and those multiple dwelling residential buildings containing
more than four dwelling units.
CORRUGATED PAPER
Structural paper material with an inner core shaped in rigid
parallel furrows and ridges.
GLASS CONTAINERS
Bottles and jars made of clear, green or brown glass. Expressly
excluded are noncontainer glass, plate glass, automotive glass, light
bulbs, blue glass and porcelain and ceramic products.
HIGH-GRADE OFFICE PAPER
All white paper, bond paper and computer paper used in commercial,
institutional and municipal establishments and in residences.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
Those facilities that house or serve groups of people, including,
but not limited to, hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, day-care
centers, schools and universities.
LEAF WASTE
Leaves from trees, bushes and other plants, garden residues,
chipped shrubbery and tree trimmings, but not including grass clippings.
MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS
Printed matter containing miscellaneous written pieces published
at fixed or varying intervals. Expressly excluded are all other paper
products of any nature whatsoever.
MUNICIPAL ESTABLISHMENT
Public facilities operated by the Township and other governmental
and quasi-governmental authorities.
MUNICIPAL WASTE
Any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or other material,
including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material resulting
from operation of residential, municipal, commercial or institutional
establishments and from community activities and any sludge not meeting
the definition of residual or hazardous waste in the Solid Waste Management
Act from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply treatment
plant, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution control facility.
The term does not include source-separated recyclable materials.
NEWSPAPERS
Paper of the type commonly referred to as newsprint and distributed
at fixed intervals, having printed thereon news and opinions, containing
advertisements and other matters of public interest. Expressly excluded
are newspapers which have been soiled, color comics, glossy advertising
inserts and advertising inserts printed in colors other than black
and white often included with newspapers.
PERSON(S)
Owners, lessees and occupants of residences and commercial,
municipal and institutional establishments.
PLASTIC CONTAINERS
Empty plastic food and beverage containers. Due to the wide
variety of types of plastics, the Township may stipulate specific
types of plastic which may be recycled.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Materials generated by residences and commercial, municipal
and institutional establishments which are specified by the Township
and can be separated from municipal waste and returned to commerce
to be reused as a resource in the development of useful products.
Recyclables materials may include, but are not necessarily limited
to, clear glass, colored glass, aluminum, steel and bimetallic cans,
high-grade office paper, newsprint, corrugated paper, leaf waste,
plastics and any other items selected by the Township or specified
in future revisions to Act 101. The recyclable materials selected
by the Township may be revised from time to time as deemed necessary
by the Township.
RECYCLING
The collection, separation, recovery and sale or reuse of
metals, glass, paper, leaf waste, plastics and other materials which
would otherwise be disposed or processed as municipal waste or the
mechanized separation and treatment of municipal waste (other than
through combustion) and creation and recovery of reusable materials.
RESIDENCES
Any occupied single-family or multifamily dwellings having
up to four dwelling units per structure for which the Township provides
municipal waste collection service.
WASTE
A material whose original purpose has been completed and
which is directed to a disposal or processing facility or is otherwise
disposed.
All recyclable materials placed by persons for collection by the Township or authorized collector pursuant to this article shall, from time of placement at the curb, become the property of the Township or the authorized collector, except as otherwise provided by §
200-28 of this article. Nothing in this article shall be deemed to impair the ownership of separated recyclable materials by the generator unless and until such materials are placed at the curbside for collection.
It shall be a violation of this article for any person, firm
or corporation, other than the Township or one authorized by the Board
of Supervisors or other entity responsible for providing for collection
of recyclable materials, to collect recyclable materials placed by
residences or commercial, municipal and institutional establishments
for collection by the Township or an authorized collector, unless
such person, firm or corporation has prior written permission from
the generator to make such collection. In violation hereof, unauthorized
collection from one or more residences or commercial, municipal and
institutional establishments on one calendar day shall constitute
a separate and distinct offense punishable as hereinafter provided.
Any residence or commercial, municipal or institutional establishment
may donate or sell recyclable materials to any person, firm or corporation,
whether operating for profit or not, provided that the receiving person,
firm or corporation shall not collect such donated recyclable materials
from the collection point of a residence or commercial, municipal
or institutional establishment without prior written permission from
the Board of Supervisors or other entity responsible for authorizing
collection of recyclable materials to make such a collection.
Disposal by persons of recyclable materials with wastes is prohibited
and shall be a violation of this article. The collected recyclable
materials shall be taken to a recycling facility. Disposal by collectors
or operators of recycling facilities of source-separated recyclable
materials in landfills or to be burned in incinerators is prohibited
unless markets do not exist and the collectors or operators have notified
the Board of Supervisors in writing.
The Township may enter into agreement(s) with public or private
agencies or firms to authorize them to collect all or part of the
recyclable materials from curbside.
The Township may, from time to time, modify, add to or remove from the standards and regulations herein and as authorized in §
200-29.