This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Recycling
Ordinance of the City of Corbin City."
The words, terms and phrases used in this chapter shall have
the following meanings:
ALUMINUM CANS
All aluminum beverage containers and aluminum pet food or
other containers.
ASHES
The residue from fires used for cooking foods and heating
fires within residential units.
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BULK ITEMS
Any large, heavy and/or bulky household appliances, furniture
and furnishings, which cannot easily and safely be placed in the common
collection vehicles used for removal of solid waste.
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CARDBOARD OR CORRUGATED PAPER
Clean, heavy box materials commonly known as "cardboard boxes"
and similar have paper packaging containers that are free of plastic,
foam and other contaminants, also including food packaging boxes and
other commercial packaging that is free of food contaminants, plastic,
wax and foam materials that would make it undesirable for recycling
purposes. All cardboard and packaging must be opened and flattened
for ease of handling.
CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS
Any scrap lumber, metal, earth, bricks, stone, plaster, roofing
and siding material, and other debris of a similar nature which accumulates
and is incidental to the construction or renovation of homes, buildings,
public works or other projects.
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GARBAGE
Any animal or vegetable waste solids resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking or consumption of foods, but not including human
wastes.
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GLASS CONTAINERS
Bottles and jars made of clear, green or brown glass. Expressly
excluded are noncontainer glass, plate glass, blue glass and porcelain
and ceramic products.
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HAZARDOUS WASTE
All waste which is deemed to be chemical waste, hazardous
waste, or infectious waste, as defined by N.J.S.A. 7:26-1.4, and which
shall include, but not be limited to, wastes which are flammable,
corrosive or explosive or which by themselves or in combination with
other waste would be hazardous to life or property.
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INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Those facilities that house or serve groups of people, including
but not limited to hospitals, schools, nursing homes, libraries and
government offices.
NEWSPAPERS
Paper of the type commonly referred to as "newsprint" and
distributed at fixed intervals, having printed thereon news and opinions
and containing advertisements and other matters of public interest.
Expressly excluded, however, are newspapers which have been soiled.
Newspapers shall be deemed soiled if they have been exposed to substances
or conditions rendering them unusable for recycling.
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NONRESIDENTIAL USER
Any type of commercial, industrial or business establishment,
conducting a business, whether for pecuniary profit or not for pecuniary
profit, and any apartment house, hotel, country club, or dwelling
house having more than four dwelling units.
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PAPER
Newsprint and other forms of paper and paper products, such
as magazines, telephone books, catalogs, white office paper, computer
paper, etc., excluding those soiled (i.e., containing carbon, adhesive
or plastic) or unfit due to health and/or sanitary reasons. Newspapers
shall also be deemed soiled if they have been exposed to substances
rendering them unusable for recycling (i.e., water).
PERSON
Every owner, lessee and occupant of a residence, commercial
or institutional establishment within the boundaries of the City of
Corbin City.
PLASTICS
Plastic, soda, juice and liquor bottles, plastic laundry
and dish detergent bottles, plastic bleach bottles, and, in addition,
any plastic bottles or containers that have the recycling symbol or
the initials PETE or HDPE stamped on the container.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Those materials which would otherwise become municipal solid
waste and which may be collected, separated or processed and returned
to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
RESIDENCE
Any occupied single or multifamily dwelling having up to
four dwelling units per structured from which a municipal or private
hauler collects solid waste.
RUBBISH
Includes rags, old clothes, leather, rubber, carpets, wood,
sawdust, tree branches, yard trimmings, wood furniture, and other
combustible solids not of a highly volatile or explosive nature, metals,
metal shavings, tin cans, glass, crockery, and other similar materials,
exclusive of trade waste and waste resulting from building construction
or alteration work, and exclusive of cellar and yard dirt.
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SOLID WASTE
Garbage, refuse and other discarded solid material normally
collected by a municipal or private hauler.
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION CONTRACTOR
A person or firm for hire, properly licensed in the State
of New Jersey, for the purpose of collection of solid waste and solid
waste materials.
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TRADE WASTE
All material resulting from the prosecution of any business,
trade, or industry, whether or not conducted for profit, and shall
include paper, rags, leather, rubber, cartons, boxes, wood, sawdust,
garbage, combustible and noncombustible solids except manure, metals,
metal shavings, wire, tin cans, cinders, and other materials exclusive
of wastes resulting from building construction or alteration work.
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WASTE MATERIAL
Includes any and all garbage, refuse papers, ashes and waste
from building construction or alteration work, regardless of how originating,
and shall also include cellar and yard dirt.
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There is hereby established a mandatory program for the separation
of the following recyclable materials from the municipal solid waste
stream by all persons within the City of Corbin City:
F. Plastic bottles and jugs imprinted with a "1" or "2".
K. Motor oil, kerosene and No. 2 home heating oil.
M. Sealed lead acid ("SLA") batteries.
N. Consumer rechargeable batteries.
P. Paper products.
All the foregoing materials shall be separated for recycling in accordance with the rules and regulations for same promulgated, from time to time, by the designated municipal waste hauler or, in default thereof, by the Atlantic County Municipal Utilities Authority, which may require delivery to a designated collection site outside of the City of Corbin City when provision is not made for the curbside collection of the same. General placement for curbside collection shall otherwise conform to the requirements of § 85-4 below.
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Commercial and institutional establishments may transport their
recyclables to the containers at the municipal drop-off facility or
to the Atlantic County intermediate processing facility or contact
with a private hauler to collect them. It is the responsibility of
the commercial or institutional establishment to properly separate
or have separated and store or have stored all recyclable items on
its premises prior to periodic disposal of these materials. Yearly
documentation of amounts recycled by a private hauler must be made
to the City Clerk Administrator and the Atlantic County Unities Authority
prior to June 1 for the preceding calendar year. Materials taken to
the county facility will be recorded for the municipality. Municipal
records will be maintained for materials disposed of at the drop-off
facility and credit given to those participating commercial and institutional
establishments accordingly. The only exception to this collection
method is if the commercial or institutional establishment participates
in the Atlantic County collection service program.
Any person may donate or sell recyclable materials to individuals
or organizations authorized by the municipality in its recycling regulations.
These materials may either be delivered to the individual's or
organization's site, or they may be placed at the curb for collection
by said individual or organization on days in the municipality's
recycling regulations. Said individuals or organizations may not collect
recyclable materials on or within the 24 hours immediately preceding
a regularly scheduled curbside collection day and shall, prior to
June 1 of each year, provide written documentation to the municipality
of the total amount of material recycled during the preceding calendar
year.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any unauthorized person or organization to collect, pick up or cause to be collected or picked up within the boundaries of the municipality any of the recyclable materials designated in §
85-3 of this chapter. Each such collection in violation of this chapter shall constitute a separate and distinct offense punishable as hereinafter provided.
In accordance with the New Jersey Statewide Mandatory Source
Separation Recycling Act of 1987, proposals for new developments of
50 or more single-family units and/or five multifamily units and/or
100 square feet or more of commercial or industrial space must incorporate
provisions in the site plan for recycling. Master Plans must be updated
for recycling every three years and must incorporate a recycling plan
element into the Municipal Master Plan.