[Ord. 161, 8/6/2014, § 1.05]
1.
Recyclables shall be kept separate from and stored separately from
municipal waste, to the extent required by the following provisions:
A.
Owners and occupants of all residential properties, as described
herein, shall separate recyclables from municipal solid waste.
B.
Owners and occupants of all commercial, municipal, and institutional
establishments and properties and sponsors or organizers of community
activities shall separate recyclables from municipal solid waste.
C.
The Township shall provide residential curbside recycling containers
to be used for the storage and collection of recyclables.
[Ord. 161, 8/6/2014, § 1.06]
1.
For residential properties other than multifamily dwellings, all
recyclables which are required to be kept separate from municipal
waste in residential properties shall be placed at curbside or an
appropriate location on the premises to be collected at times designated
by the hauler. The frequency of such collection shall not be less
than twice per month.
2.
The recyclables are to be collected by a hauler once it is placed
at curbside.
[Ord. 161, 8/6/2014, § 1.07]
1.
For multifamily housing properties, all recyclables which are required
to be kept separate from municipal waste in residential properties
shall be picked up by a hauler separately from municipal waste, in
a pre-arranged manner. If any recyclables are picked up, then all
recyclables generated at the property shall be made available for
collection.
2.
The landlord or board of directors of every multifamily dwelling shall require, by a clause in the lease or other enforceable rule or regulation, that the tenants in such property comply with the requirements of this chapter governing separation and disposal or placement for removal of recyclables in multifamily dwellings. Every such landlord shall set up a convenient and practical collection system in such properties for the collection, storage and regular disposal or placement for removal of recyclables generated by the residents of such properties and shall provide suitable containers consistent with § 20-201, Subsection 1E, above.
3.
The collection system must include suitable containers for collection
and sorting materials, easily accessible locations for the containers
and must provide annual written education regarding the Township's
recycling ordinance and instructions to the occupants concerning the
use and availability of the collection system.
4.
Owners, landlords and agents of owners or landlords who comply with
the aforementioned requirements relative to the multifamily dwellings
shall not be liable for the noncompliance of occupants for their building.
[Ord. 161, 8/6/2014, § 1.08]
All recyclables which are required to be kept separate from
municipal waste, in commercial, municipal, and institutional establishments
and properties and community activities shall either be delivered
directly to a recycling center, or shall be picked up by a hauler
separately from municipal waste, in a pre-arranged manner. If any
recyclables are picked up, then all recyclables generated at the property
shall be made available. Commercial, municipal and institutional establishments
and community activities shall not place recyclables within the public
right-of-way for curbside collection, such curbside collection being
intended solely for the placement of recyclables generated in residential
properties other than multifamily housing properties.
[Ord. 161, 8/6/2014, § 1.09]
1.
The hauler shall submit the recycling report and weigh slips obtained
from the facility or facilities to which the recyclables were delivered
or taken quarterly. For purposes of submitting such weight slips and
recycling reports to the Township, the collector who removed the recyclables
from the property shall be responsible for completing and submitting
such to the Township. Each such quarterly report shall be submitted
on or before the last day of the first month of each quarter, for
the preceding quarter. Quarters shall run on a calendar-year basis,
thus: January through March; April through June; July through September;
and October through December.
2.
An approved method of estimation (i.e., percentage) may be used to
determine tonnage for recycling reports.
[Ord. 161, 8/6/2014, § 1.10]
Leaf waste collections program shall include all residential,
commercial, municipal, and institutional properties within the Township.
The material shall be deposited along the curb for pickup by the Township
or their designated collection contractor. The Township will establish
rules and procedures for the collection of leaf waste. These rules
and procedures may be amended, by motion of the Board of Supervisors,
from time to time.
[Ord. 161, 8/6/2014, § 1.11]
Recycling of yard waste, as defined in this chapter, is voluntary
and is available only to residential property owners or tenants. The
Township will establish rules and procedures for the collection of
yard waste and may be amended, by motion of the Board of Supervisors,
from time to time. This program will consist of a spring yard waste
collection, a fall leaf collection and use of a drop-off yard waste
recycling center.
[Ord. 161, 8/6/2014, § 1.12]
The presence of any articles containing a person's name
among municipal waste and recyclables shall create a rebuttable presumption,
for the purposes of this chapter that said municipal waste or recyclables
are the property of the person whose name is found therein.
