[Ord. 498, 12/7/2015]
The following words and phrases, when used in this Part, shall
have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings
given to them in this section:
AUTHORITY
The Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority.
BIMETAL CONTAINERS
Empty metal beverage or food containers consisting of steel
and aluminum.
COMMERCIAL
Any establishment engaged in a nonmanufacturing or nonprocessing
business, including, but not limited to, stores, markets, office buildings,
restaurants, shopping centers, and theaters. For the purposes of this
agreement, multifamily dwellings, townhouses, mobile home parks, hotels,
motels, mixed-use properties (combined business/residential on a single
parcel), and farms which use commercial dumpsters shall be considered
commercial establishments. It does not include properties where the
primary permitted use is residential and the accessory use is commercial
(i.e., home occupations).
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Church, school, civic, service group, and municipal functions
and all other such functions.
CONTRACTED COLLECTOR
A person who has obtained a commercial license to operate
a refuse removal service in Lebanon County to collect, transport,
and/or dispose of municipal solid waste, recyclable materials and
bulk waste from residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional
establishments. (The term may be applied to a person having the exclusive
right to collect within the Township.)
CORRUGATED PAPER
Structural paper material with an inner core shaped in rigid
parallel furrows and ridges.
CURBSIDE RECYCLING COLLECTION
The scheduled collection and transportation of recyclable
materials placed at the curbline or other area designated by the collector.
CUSTOMER
The owner of any residential, commercial, industrial, or
institutional property located within the Township.
DESIGNATED AGENT
An agent, such as the Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority, acting
on behalf of a municipality, whose powers and responsibilities are
established in the Lebanon County Solid Waste Management Plan and
the Lebanon County License Agreement administered by the Greater Lebanon
Refuse Authority.
DROPOFF SITES
Those specified locations, staffed or unstaffed, where recyclable
materials may be taken at specified times.
DWELLING UNIT
One or more rooms on premises which have cooking facilities
and are arranged for occupancy by one person, two or more persons
living together, or one family.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
The official designated herein or otherwise charged with
the responsibilities of administering this Part, or the official authorized
representative.
GLASS CONTAINERS
Bottles and jars made of clear, green or amber glass. Expressly
excluded are noncontainer glass, automobile glass, plate glass, blue
glass, lead crystal, and porcelain and ceramic products.
HIGH-GRADE OFFICE PAPER
All white paper, bond paper, and computer paper used in commercial,
industrial, institutional, and municipal establishments.
INDUSTRIAL
Any establishment engaging in manufacturing or processing,
including, but not limited to, factories, foundries, mills, processing
plants, and refineries.
INSTITUTIONAL
Any establishment engaged in service to persons, including,
but not limited to, hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, schools,
and universities.
LEAD-ACID BATTERIES
Shall include, but not be limited to, automotive, truck,
and industrial batteries that contain lead.
LEAF WASTE
Leaves from trees, bushes, and other plants, garden residue,
chipped shrubbery and tree trimmings, but not including grass clippings.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
Any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom, or office waste
and any other material including solid waste, liquid, semisolid or
contained gaseous materials resulting from the operation of residential,
municipal, commercial, industrial, 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,
35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq., from a municipal, commercial,
industrial, or institutional water supply treatment plant, wastewater
treatment plant, or air-pollution control facilities (53 P.S. § 4000.103).
NEWSPAPERS
All 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 are wet, yellowed, or soiled.
PERSON
An individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipal authority, federal government or
agency, state institution or agency, or any other legal entity whatsoever
which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Source-separated recyclable materials, including materials
listed in Section 1501 of Act 101, 53 P.S. § 4000.1501,
and materials identified by the municipality to be recycled.
STEEL CANS
Empty all-steel food and beverage containers.
TOWNSHIP
The governmental jurisdiction and legal entity of the Township
of West Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
[Ord. 498, 12/7/2015]
Those recyclable materials separated under the provisions of
this Part shall not be considered municipal waste and shall not be
subject to provisions of Township ordinances which require disposal
of municipal solid waste at the Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority facilities
by a hauler licensed by the county's designated agent, the Greater
Lebanon Refuse Authority.
[Ord. 498, 12/7/2015]
The Township hereby establishes a program for the mandatory
separation of recyclables from municipal waste by residential dwellings
and commercial, industrial, and institutional establishments.
[Ord. 498, 12/7/2015]
All recyclable materials generated within the Township shall be collected by a refuse hauler who is licensed in Lebanon County and a contracted collector. Commercial, industrial, and institutional establishments may utilize an individual recycling program in conformance with §
20-206.
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The Township or its designated agent shall establish and promulgate
regulations on the manner, days, and time of collection of recyclable
materials and for the bundling, handling, location, and time of placement
of such materials for collection. Regulations shall be promulgated
for each of the programs undertaken for residential dwelling units
and commercial, industrial, and institutional establishments.
[Ord. 498, 12/7/2015]
The Board of Commissioners shall appoint an enforcement officer
or officers to enforce and administer the provisions of this Part.
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Any person may donate or sell recyclable materials to individuals
or organizations. Otherwise, such materials are to be placed at curbside,
in dropoff facilities or storage bins or in similar authorized locations
for collection by the licensed hauler as applicable. Dropoff facilities
may be sited for use by residents of Lebanon County, outside of West
Lebanon Township, not serviced by a curbside route.