The short title of this section shall be "Recyclable Materials
Collection," and the same may be cited in that manner.
As used in this section:
Shall mean and include all aluminum beverage containers;
the same will be reasonably clean of foreign matter.
Shall mean and include paper of the type normally referred
to as corrugated cardboard. Expressly excluded, however, are all cardboard
paper products which have been soiled.
Shall mean and include all glass bottles and jars, the same
to have lids and neck rings removed and to be reasonably clean of
foreign matter.
Shall mean and include 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 containing advertisements
and other matters of public interest. "Magazines and periodicals"
as used herein shall be deemed to include that printed matter containing
miscellaneous pieces (such as articles, stories, poems, pictures or
the like), either published at fixed or varying intervals. Expressly
excluded, however, are all other paper products of any nature whatsoever
and newspapers which have been used for work-related projects and
have been soiled.
Shall mean and include high-grade office paper including
but not limited to letterhead paper, photocopy paper, and other paper
products used in work-related office projects which have been typed,
wordprocessed or computer generated. Expressly excluded, however,
are all paper products which have been soiled.
Shall mean and include all post consumer plastic bottles,
the same to have lids, tops and labels removed and to be reasonably
clean of foreign matter.
Shall mean and include all garbage and rubbish normally placed
at the curb by the residents of the Township of Warren for regular
municipal collection.
Shall mean and include tin-plated steel and bimetal food
and beverage cans with labels removed.
On or after the date fixed and promulgated by regulation issued
by the superintendent of public works of the township in accordance
with the terms hereof, it shall be mandatory for all persons who are
owners, lessees, and occupants of residences to separate newspaper,
mixed paper (magazines, glossy inserts, computer paper, junk mail,
colored paper and officer paper), corrugated cardboard, telephone
books, aluminum cans, glass containers, steel and bimetal cans, plastic
containers (#1 & #2 plastic bottles), leaves, textiles, motor
oil, consumer batteries, asphalt, concrete, and wood waste from all
other solid waste produced by any such properties and to separately
bundle and contain said items for pick up, collection and recycling.
In addition, it shall be mandatory for all persons who are owners,
lessees, and occupants of commercial or institutional or industrial
or governments or office park properties to separate aluminum cans,
antifreeze, computer printout/white ledger, 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 & #2 plastic
bottles), scrap autos, steel cans, stumps, logs and tree parts, textiles,
used consumer electronics, used motor oil, white goods & light
iron, and wood scrap from all other solid waste produced by any such
properties and to separately bundle and contain said items for pick
up, collection and recycling.
Said newspapers, magazines and periodicals, cardboard and office
paper shall be reasonably compacted and shall be tied or otherwise
secured in bundles not exceeding 35 pounds in weight. All aluminum
cans shall be reasonably clean, all steel cans shall be reasonably
clean and have the labels removed therefrom and all glass shall have
lids and neck rims removed and shall be reasonably clean; and all
plastic bottles shall have labels, lids and tops removed and shall
be reasonably clean; aluminum cans, steel cans, glass and plastic
bottles shall be placed in plastic bags (can be mixed) that do not
exceed 35 pounds in weight each. Owners, lessees and occupants of
residences only shall place such bundles and plastic bags separately
at the curb for collection at such time as may hereinafter be established
by regulation. All plastic bags shall be supplied by the owners, lessees
or occupants.
From the time of placement at the curb by any owner, lessee
or occupant of a residence of newspapers, magazines and periodicals,
aluminum cans, steel cans, glass, cardboard, and plastic bottles for
collection by the Township of Warren or its authorized agent, in accordance
with the terms hereof, such newspapers, magazines and periodicals,
aluminum cans, steel cans, glass, cardboard and plastic bottles shall
be and become the property of the Township of Warren or its authorized
agent. It shall be a violation of this section for any person unauthorized
by the Township of Warren to collect or pick up or cause to be collected
and picked up any such newspapers, magazines and periodicals aluminum
cans, steel cans, glass, cardboard or plastic bottles from a residence
in the Township of Warren. Each such collection in violation hereof
shall constitute a separate and distinct offense punishable as hereinafter
provided. The collection of newspapers, magazines and periodicals,
cardboard, plastic bottles and office paper from commercial or institutional
or industrial properties shall be conducted by a licensed disposal
service retained by the owners, lessee or occupant of such property,
and such collection shall not be the responsibility of the Township
of Warren.
The superintendent of public works hereby is authorized and
directed to enforce this section. Such person is hereby authorized
and directed to establish and promulgate reasonable regulations as
to the manner, days and times for the collection of newspapers, magazines
and periodicals, aluminum cans, steel cans, glass, cardboard, office
paper and plastic bottles in accordance with the terms hereof and
any other matters required to implement this section. The superintendent
of public works is directed to inspect, at least once a year, each
commercial, institutional and industrial facility in the Township
of Warren to determine compliance with this section and any and all
regulations promulgated hereunder. The superintendent of public works
may make periodic random inspections to determine compliance with
this section by owners, lessees or occupants of residential property
in the Township of Warren. The superintendent of public works shall
also investigate alleged violations called to his/her attention by
a collector of non-recyclable solid waste. The township committee
may change, modify, repeal or amend any portion of said rules and
regulations at any time.
Any person, firm, corporation or other entity which violates or neglects to comply with any provision of this section or any regulation promulgated hereunder, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10 upon a first conviction; not less than $25 upon a second conviction; and not less than $50 upon a third or subsequent conviction. The above fine shall not be applicable to a conviction of subsection 11-1.5 hereof which shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $50 and not to exceed $300.
The township committee may enter into an agreement granting
a franchise or license to authorize a private or public entity to
collect all newspapers, magazines, periodicals, aluminum cans, steel
cans, glass, cardboard, office paper and plastic bottles. Without
the entry of such an agreement, this section shall be of no effect
whatsoever.
Anything herein contained to the contrary, notwithstanding any
person who is an owner, lessee or occupant may donate newspapers,
magazines and periodicals to the Boy Scouts of America, Troops 228
and 28. The said Boy Scouts shall not pick up newspapers, magazines
and periodicals from curbside in the Township of Warren on or immediately
preceding (within 24 hours) regularly scheduled curbside collection
by the Association for Retarded Citizens, Somerset County Unit, unless
specifically requested by the owner, lessee or occupant of the premises.
The said Boy Scouts are authorized to pick up newspapers, magazines
and periodicals at any other time without such specific authorization.
It is prohibited and will be deemed a violation hereof for any
owner, lessee or occupant of any residential, commercial or institutional
property in the Township of Warren to put into or cause to be put
into the solid waste collection system of the Township of Warren any
leaves, grass, twigs and other such materials.
It is prohibited and will be deemed a violation hereof for any
owner, lessee or occupant of any residential, commercial or institutional
property in the Township of Warren to put into or cause to be put
into the solid waste collection system of the Township of Warren any
crankcase oil.
The owners, operators or occupants of any commercial, professional,
industrial or institutional establishments shall recycle material
as required by this section and the regulations promulgated hereunder,
and as required under the Somerset County Solid Waste Plan Recycling
Amendment, and Chapter 102 of the Public Laws of 1987 of the State
of New Jersey.
a.
All commercial, industrial and institutional entities are required
to prepare waste reduction audits and waste reduction plans according
to the following schedule:
1.
For any such entity with more than 500 employees a waste audit and
reduction plan must he prepared and submitted to the Township of Warren
and the County of Somerset by December 31, 1994.
2.
For any such entity with more than 250 employees to 500 employees
a waste audit and reduction plan must be prepared and submitted to
the Township of Warren and the County of Somerset by December 31,1995.
3.
For any such entity within 100 employees to 250 employees a waste
audit and reduction plan must be prepared and submitted to the Township
of Warren and the County of Somerset by December 31, 1996.
b.
The waste reduction plan shall include, but does not have to be limited
to, the following:
a.
All commercial, industrial and institutional entities with 100 or
more employees must submit a plan to the Township of Warren and the
County of Somerset which outlines how source separation and recycling
shall be accomplished within the entity. The plan shall include, but
does not have to be limited to, the following:
At the time of issuance of any building permit, the building
code official will provide written instruction on proper disposal
and recycling of construction and demolition waste (that require removal
of 21 or more cubic yards of waste materials) and furnish a Notification
of Construction/Demolition Activity Form that must be filled out by
the permittee and faxed to the Somerset County Department of Health — CEHA
OPERATIONS within 48 hours of the issuance of a municipal permit.
a.
Any application to the planning board or zoning board of adjustment
for subdivision or site plan approval for the construction of multi-family
dwellings of three or more units, single family developments of 50
or more units, or any commercial, institutional, or industrial development
for the utilization of 1,000 square feet or more of land, must include
a recycling plan. This plan must contain, at minimum, the following:
A detailed analysis of the expected composition and amounts
of solid waste and recyclables generated at the proposed development;
and
Locations documented on the application's site plan that
provide for convenient recycling opportunities for all owners, tenants,
and occupants. The recycling area shall be of sufficient size, convenient
location and contain other attributes (signage, lighting, fencing,
etc.) as may be determined by the municipal recycling coordinator.
b.
Prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, the owner of
any new multi-family housing or commercial, institutional, or industrial
development must supply a copy of a duly executed contract with a
hauling company for the purposes of collection and recycling of source-separated
materials, in those instances where the municipality does not otherwise
provide this service.
c.
Provisions shall be made for the indoor, or enclosed outdoor, storage
and pickup of solid waste, to be approved by the municipal engineer.
