The township, by its designated agents and employees, will collect
and remove at no direct cost to the residents or occupants of any
commercial establishment or dwelling house in the township only the
waste material as classified herein, when such waste material is placed
into proper receptacles or bundles and offered for collection in the
quantity and manner prescribed herein subject to the conditions set
forth herein below.
a. Limitations. Only such waste material as defined in subsection
22-7.1 hereof will be collected by the township, provided, that these materials are prepared, held and stored in the manner as required by this section. Only five approved receptacles are permitted per week per dwelling house or commercial establishment. Commercial establishments which generate waste material in excess of five approved receptacles per week shall be required to utilize the services of private collectors.
b. Receptacles; time of placing and removing. It shall be unlawful for
any person to place, or cause to be placed, any receptacle or bundle
or refuse material on any portion of the sidewalk or street at any
time except on the day of collection and then not more than eight
hours before the collection day fixed and published by the township
manager, nor shall any person allow or permit any empty receptacle
to remain upon such sidewalk or street past 6:00 p.m on the day that
the contents have been collected. Waste material not placed at the
curb by 5:30 a.m. on the day of collection may not be collected by
the township.
c. Receptacles; placement. The owner, lessee, tenant or other occupant
of every privately owned building shall, on the scheduled day for
collection, place or have placed all waste material for collection
at the nearest curbline of a public street in front of the building.
Receptacles, on days other than collection days, shall be stored
or kept in such place so as not to become a nuisance to the occupants
of any dwelling and at no time shall they be kept closer to the street
than the building setback line or shall be screened from public view.
d. Township collectors not to enter private property. Town-ship refuse
collectors are prohibited from entering upon any driveway or any privately
owned buildings for the purpose of moving refuse material to the curb
for collection except as provided in this subsection.
e. Interference with township agents and employees. No per-son shall
prevent or interfere with any agent or employee of the town-ship in
the discharge of his duties in the collection of garbage, ashes or
refuse or in the sweeping or cleaning of any street, or in the removal
therefrom of sweepings, ashes, garbage, rubbish, paper, snow, ice
or other refuse material.
The following waste materials will not be collected for disposal
by the township:
a. Rocks, dirt, concrete, road sweepings, asphalt, tires, animal and
human waste, chemical drums, oil, acids, any hazardous or toxic waste
materials or liquids, building materials, chlorine (empty containers
rinsed thoroughly and container left open will be removed).
b. Grass clippings and garden waste (these should be composted by residents).
c. Any other materials determined to be inappropriate for township waste material collection as determined pursuant to subsection
22-7.9 hereof.
Any person engaged in the business of the collection or disposal
of garbage and other refuse shall comply with all of the following
requirements:
a. Any truck used for the collection and transportation of garbage shall
have a water-tight body and be so protected on the top that no garbage
or other refuse shall be blown or dropped from the truck. The garbage
and other refuse carried in the truck shall be confined within its
permanent body construction. Such trucks shall be kept covered at
all times except during the period of filling or emptying.
b. Any garbage or other refuse which spills or is dropped or blown from
a truck either during collection or transportation shall be swept
or cleaned up immediately so as not to leave any such matter upon
the streets or premises within the township.
c. All containers or receptacles emptied during the course of the collection
of garbage or other refuse matter shall be returned to the locations
from which they were removed during the course of collection.
d. In addition to compliance with the foregoing requirements, any person
engaged in the collection or disposal of garbage and other refuse
matter within the township shall comply with all State statutes, codes
and regulations and all municipal ordinances and regulations concerning
the collection and disposal of such materials. Any area used for the
disposal of garbage and other refuse matter shall be maintained and
operated in accordance with all applicable State statutes, codes and
regulations and municipal ordinances and regulations.
No garbage or other refuse matter collected or originating outside
the township shall be:
a. Placed, dumped or accumulated on any land or property within the
township.
b. Deposited, stored or buried in any manner on any land or property
in the township.
c. Transported into the township for any of the foregoing purposes,
provided that nothing contained herein shall be construed to affect
or limit in any way any activity directly connected with the conduct
of a junk dealer business, the owner or operator of which is duly
licensed pursuant to the general ordinances of the township.
COMMINGLED
shall mean a combining of nonputrescible source-separated
recyclable materials for the purpose of recycling.
DESIGNATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
shall mean those materials designated within the Morris County
District Solid Waste Management Plan to be source separated for the
purpose of recycling. These materials include:
a.
ALUMINUM CANSCans made from aluminum that were manufactured to hold a serving of a beverage. Specifically omitted from this definition are aluminum foil and aluminum pie plates.
b.
GLASS BOTTLES AND JARSBottles and jars made from glass including clear, brown and green glass. A bottle is defined as a receptacle having a narrow neck and a mouth that can be corked or capped. A jar is defined as a wide mouthed container that can be capped. Caps and lids not included. Specifically omitted from this definition are drinking glasses, windows, mirrors, light bulbs, and anything made of Pyrex® or ceramic.
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Plastic bottles (coded 1 and 2)" - Plastic bottles coded to
indicate that they are comprised of the specific types of plastic
compounds (polymers) known as polyethylene terrephthalate (PETE) or
high density polyethylene (HDPE). See symbols to the left. A bottle
is defined as a receptacle having a narrow neck and a mouth that can
be corked or capped. Caps and lids not included. Any item made of
plastic that is not a bottle, and any plastic bottle without one of
the symbols shown to the left is specifically omitted from this definition.
Empty bottles which contained hazardous materials, such as motor oil,
antifreeze, etc. should not be recycled.
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c.
STEEL (TIN) CANSAir-tight containers for the distribution or storage of goods, composed of thin, usually ferrous, metal. Examples are soup cans and tuna fish cans.
d.
NEWSPAPERA publication containing news, information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. Newspaper may include glossy inserts which come with the paper, dependent upon the market conditions at the time.
f.
MIXED PAPERVarious categories of recyclable paper including, but not limited to white and colored paper used in printers, photocopiers and fax machines, white and colored ledger paper, carbonless copy paper, construction paper, undeliverable mail, mailed promotional letters/advertisements/circulars, magazines, catalogues, envelopes, soft cover books.
g.
LEAVESVegetative material, typically generated in the autumn when they fall from trees and then are raked from residents' and/or commercial lawns.
i.
BRUSHBranches, woody plants and other similar vegetative material. Leaves and grass do not constitute brush.
j.
NATURAL WOOD WASTELogs, stumps, branches and other wood tree parts. Dimensional lumber is omitted from inclusion in this definition.
k.
OIL-CONTAMINATED SOILNonhazardous soil that contains petroleum hydrocarbons (gasoline, diesel, kerosene, jet fuel, #4 and #6 heating oils and certain other refinery products including coal tar). This type of soil shall be determined to be nonhazardous in accordance with the standards set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:26.
l.
USED MOTOR OILMotor oil from motor vehicles, lawn mowers, boats, etc., which has served its intended useful purpose.
m.
LEAD-ACID BATTERIESStorage batteries in which the electrodes are grids of lead, containing lead oxides that change in composition during charging and discharging, and the electrolyte is dilute sulfuric acid. These include starting batteries such as car batteries that deliver a short burst of high power to start the engine. In addition, they may include deep cell batteries found on boats or campers used to power accessories like trolling motors, winches or lights.
n.
HAZARDOUS DRY CELL BATTERIESRechargeable batteries, such as nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron, nickel metal hydride, lithium ion, small sealed lead acid, etc. These are often used as substitutes for nonrechargeable batteries in standard sizes such as AAA, AA, C, D and 9V. Rechargeable batteries are commonly found in cordless tools, cellular and cordless phones, laptop computers, cameras, remote controls, toys, etc. Also included in this definition are nonrechargeable batteries that are hazardous as defined by the Resource Conservation Recovery Act ("RCRA"), regardless of the RCRA exclusion of household waste from the definition of hazardous waste pursuant to 40 C.F.R. 261.4(b). Nonrechargeable, hazardous batteries include older alkaline and carbon zinc batteries as well as silver oxide, mercury and magnesium button-type batteries, etc. It should be noted that domestically manufactured alkaline and carbon zinc nonrechargeable batteries made after circa 1994 eliminated mercury content to the point that they should not be considered RCRA hazardous and therefore are not included in this material category.
o.
METAL APPLIANCESAppliances composed predominantly of metal, and may include stoves, washing machines and dryers, for example, if the appliance is predominantly metal. Also included are air conditioners, refrigerators and dehumidifiers if they are predominantly metal. If these appliances on the latter list contain refrigerants that are prohibited by the Clean Air Act from being knowingly vented, the refrigerant must be recovered accordingly.
p.
WHOLE TIRES*Tires that are whole, not chipped into small pieces.
*Tires are allowed to be recycled and/or incinerated for energy
recovery.
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ELECTRONIC WASTE
shall mean a computer central processing unit and associated
hardware including keyboards, modems, printers, scanners and fax machines;
a cathode ray tube, a cathode ray tube device, a flat panel display
or similar video display device with a screen that is greater than
four inches measured diagonally and that contains one or more circuit
boards, including a television, and cell phones.
MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING
shall mean any building or structure, or complex of buildings
in which three or more dwelling units are owner-occupied or rented
or leased, or offered for rental or lease, for residential purposes
(see N.J.S.A. 14:1E-99.14a.) and shall include hotels, motels, or
other guest houses serving transient or seasonal guests as those terms
are defined under subsection (j) of section 3 of the "Hotel and Multiple
Dwelling Law," P.L. 1967, c. 76 (C. 55: 14A-1 et seq.).
MUNICIPAL RECYCLING COORDINATOR
shall mean the person or persons appointed by the township
manager to fulfill the requirements of the Morris County Solid Waste
Management Plan and the New Jersey Statewide Mandatory Source Separation
and Recycling Act and those rules and regulations promulgated therefor.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW) STREAM
shall mean all solid waste generated at residential, commercial,
and institutional establishments within the boundaries of the Township
of Roxbury.
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL
shall mean those materials which would otherwise become solid
waste, and which may be collected, separated, or processed and returned
to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
SOURCE-SEPARATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
shall mean recyclable materials which are separated at the
point of generation by the generator thereof from solid waste for
the purposes of recycling; Source separation- means the process by
which recyclable materials are separated at the point of generation
by the generator thereof from solid waste for the purposes of recycling.
As set forth in N.J.S.A. 14:1E-99.14.3b.(4)(c), the Township
of Roxbury accepts the goal of 50 percent recycling of municipal solid
waste by 2015 and shall monitor its level of recycling and solid waste
disposal and shall strive to achieve the recycling of 50 percent of
the municipal solid waste generated within its borders.
The collection of recyclable material shall be in the manner
prescribed as follows:
a. All containers and brown paper bags containing recyclable materials
shall be placed, prior to collection, between the curb and the sidewalk,
or in the absence of curb and sidewalk, as near to the street as not
to constitute a danger, where such receptacles shall be readily accessible
to the collector without providing obstruction to pedestrians. The
owner or occupant of the premises shall keep all receptacles clean
and in a safe handling condition. Receptacles or other items to be
disposed of shall be placed as noted above any time after 5:00 p.m.
of the day immediately preceding the day of collection, but no later
than 6:00 a.m. of the day of collection. After collection, any containers
shall be removed from the curbside by no later than 7:00 p.m. of the
day of collection.
b. All receptacles or dumpsters shall be maintained in accordance with
the requirements of this section. The owner of any property shall
be responsible for compliance with this section.
The owner of any property shall be responsible for compliance
with this section. For multifamily units, the management or owner
is responsible for setting up and maintaining the recycling system,
including collection of recyclable materials, in accordance with guidelines
or regulations established by the appropriate municipal office. All
properties not serviced by municipal recycling collection must submit
recycling documentation on a quarterly basis to the municipal recycling
coordinator. Violations and penalty notices will be directed to the
owner or management, in those instances where the violator is not
easily identifiable. The management shall issue notification and collection
rules to new tenants when they arrive and every six months during
their occupancy.
The recycling coordinator, sanitation staff, litter control
officer, department of health, or the zoning officer and the Morris
County Department of Health are hereby individually and severally
empowered to enforce the provisions of this section. An inspection
may consist of sorting through containers and opening of solid waste
bags to detect, by sound or sight, the presence of any recyclable
material.
The township engineer/director of public works and/or his designee
and the recycling coordinator are hereby authorized and directed to
enforce all provisions of this section. The township engineer/director
of public works is authorized to delegate authority to the assistant
director of public works or the municipal recycling coordinator the
responsibility of administering the recycling program in the following
manner:
a. Promulgate necessary schedules and instructions which, as from time
to time amended, become enforceable provisions of this section when
approved by the governing body.
b. Supervise activities at recycling centers and collection points.
c. Submit to the governing body timely budget estimates to conduct this
activity.
d. Designate personnel, as necessary, and make them available to supervise
recycling and collection sites.
e. Plan for and furnish storage facilities for recyclables.
f. Record and report, as required, volumes of recyclables collected,
stored, sold and otherwise disposed.
g. Maintain supplies of forms and distribute to businesses and collectors
respectively as required.
h. Maintain records of all recyclables collected.
i. Inspect solid waste containers at random times and places to verify
compliance with this section.
Any person, corporation, occupant, or entity that violates or
fails to comply with any provision of this section or any of the rules
and regulations promulgated hereunder shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punishable by a fine not less than twenty-five ($25.00) dollars,
nor more than one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars. Each day for which
a violation of this section occurs shall be considered a separate
offense.
Fines levied and collected pursuant to the provisions of this
section shall be immediately deposited into the municipal recycling
trust fund (or equivalent). Monies in the municipal recycling trust
fund shall be used for the expenses of the municipal recycling program.