ALUMINUM CANS
Cleaned and used beverage cans made entirely of aluminum.
BATTERIES
Dry cell batteries such as radio, toy, watch or calculator
batteries.
COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
Those districts known as the B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4, B-5, B-3M
and C Districts as same are shown and delineated on the zoning map
attached hereto.
CORRUGATED BOARD
A material made from pulp and generally containing two (2)
sides with a liner between and generally used as an exterior packing
for shipping materials. This category shall also include brown paper
bags.
GLASS
All cleaned products made from silica or sand, soda ash,
and limestone, the product being transparent or translucent, and being
used for the packaging or bottling of various matter, and all other
materials commonly known as glass, excluding, however, blue and flat
glass, commonly known as window glass.
NONRESIDENCES
All commercial, professional, institutional and industrial
premises within the Borough.
RECYCLABLES[Amended 3-4-91 by Ord.
No. 1092; 5-5-08 by Ord. No. 2262]
A.
For residences and nonresidences — The following mandatory
items to be separated from waste: newspaper, mixed paper, corrugated
cardboard, telephone books, aluminum cans, glass containers, steel
and bimetal cans, plastic containers (#1 and #2 plastic bottles),
leaves, textiles, motor oil, consumer batteries, asphalt, concrete,
and wood waste.
B.
For commercial, industrial, institutional, governments, office
and parks — Aluminum cans, antifreeze, computer printout/white
ledger paper, concrete, consumer batteries, corrugated cardboard,
glass containers, heavy iron, lead-acid batteries, leaves and brush,
magazines and junk mail, mercury containing devices, mixed office
paper, newspaper, plastic containers (#1 and #2 plastic bottles),
scrap autos, steel cans, stumps, logs and tree parts, textiles, used
consumer electronics, used motor oil, white goods and light iron and
wood scrap.
USED NEWSPAPER
Includes paper of the type commonly referred to as news print
and distributed at stated intervals, usually daily or weekly having
printed thereon news and opinions and containing advertisements and
other matters of public interest. Expressly excluded, however, are
all magazines or other periodicals as well as all other paper products
of any nature whatsoever.
On and after the date fixed and promulgated by regulation issued
by the Superintendent of Public Works of the Borough of Somerville
in accordance with the terms hereof, it shall be mandatory for all
persons, except those physically disabled, who are owners, lessees
and occupants to separate recyclables from all other solid waste produced
by any such residences and nonresidences.
From time of placement at the curb of any resident or recyclables
for collection by the Borough of Somerville in accordance with the
terms hereof, such recyclables shall be and become the property of
the Borough of Somerville or its authorizing agent. It shall be in
a violation of this Ordinance for any person unauthorized by the Borough
of Somerville to collect or pick up or cause to be collected or picked
up any such recyclables. Each such collection in violation hereof
from one or more residence shall constitute a separate and distinct
offense punishable as hereinafter provided.
The Superintendent of Public Works and Police Department hereby
is authorized and directed to enforce this chapter. The Superintendent
of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to establish and
promulgate reasonable regulations as to the manner, days and times
for the collection of recyclables in accordance with the terms hereof.
Such regulations shall be promulgated and effective not later than
three (3) months from the date hereof.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates or neglects to
comply with any provision of this chapter of any regulation promulgated
pursuant thereto, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by
a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).
The Borough Council may in accordance with procedures of N.J.S.
40A;12-1 et seq., enter into agreements granting a franchise or license
to qualified persons, partnerships, or corporations, to authorize
them to collect any or all recyclables at curbside. The Borough Council
may, in accordance with the procedures of N.J.S. 40A:11-1 et seq.,
enter into agreements to have all recyclables collected at curbside.
The Borough Council may, if it elects, use the borough personnel to
collect recyclables at curbside and sell said recyclables to N.J.S.
40A:12-1 et seq.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any person
who is an owner, lessee, or occupant, may donate or sell recyclables
to any person, partnership or corporation whether operating for profit
or not for profit. Said person, partnership or corporation may not,
however, under any circumstances, pick up said recyclables from curbside
in the Borough of Somerville, whether or not said recyclables are
placed at curbside on or immediately preceding regular curbside collection.