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As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ALUMINUM CANS
Cans made entirely of aluminum, commonly used for beverages
or other nontoxic liquids. All other aluminum products such as foil,
pie pans and aluminum siding are excluded.
AUTHORITY
The Middlesex County Improvement Authority, a public body
corporate and politic of the State of New Jersey, organized by the
county pursuant to the County Improvement Authorities Law (N.J.S.A.
40:37A-44 et seq.).
BEVERAGE
Milk, alcoholic beverages, including beer or other malt beverages,
liquor, wine, vermouth and sparkling wine, and nonalcoholic beverages,
including fruit juice, mineral water and soda water, and similar nonalcoholic
carbonated and noncarbonated drinks intended for human consumption.
BEVERAGE CONTAINER
An individual, separate, hermetically sealed, or made airtight
with a metal or plastic cap, bottle or can composed of glass, metal,
plastic or any combination thereof containing a beverage.
BIMETAL PRODUCTS
Ferrous materials, including steel, cast-iron and tin-plated
steel cans.
BRUSH
Branches, woody plants and other like vegetative material
that do not exceed five inches in diameter and Christmas trees. "Brush"
does not include leaves and grass clippings.
BULK WASTE
Includes but is not limited to household furnishings, construction
and demolition waste and white goods.
CONSTRUCTION WASTE AND DEMOLITION WASTE
Those materials generally associated with the construction
of any building or addition or demolition and removal of same, including
but not limited to wood, plasterboard, shingles, insulation, plumbing
and electrical fixtures, floor coverings and concrete.
CORRUGATED CARDBOARD
Includes materials consisting of two pieces of paper surrounding
a corrugated center. It does not include such items as shoe boxes,
shirt boxes, tissue boxes and other items which are manufactured out
of chipboard.
COUNTY
The County of Middlesex, New Jersey.
DEPARTMENT
The Department of Environmental Protection.
DESIGNATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Those recyclable materials, including aluminum, glass, plastic
containers, mixed paper, bimetals, brush, motor oil, textiles, corrugated
cardboard, newspaper and leaves, designated in a district recycling
plan to be source separated in a municipality.
DISTRICT
A solid waste management district as designated by Section
10 of P.L. 1975, c. 326 (N.J.S.A. 13:1E-19), except that, as used
in the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act, "district"
shall not include the Hackensack Meadowlands District.
DISTRICT RECYCLING PLAN
The plan prepared and adopted by the governing body of a county and approved by the Department to implement the State Recycling Plan goals pursuant to §
79-9 of this amendatory and supplementary act.
ELECTRONICS
Televisions, Central Processing Units, (CPUs) monitors, laptops,
and mercury-containing devices.
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GLASS
Bottles and jars made of silica, soda ash and limestone,
being transparent or translucent and breakable. Specifically excluded
are plastics or any other glass products, such as window glass, light
bulbs, mirrors, fluorescent bulbs and ceramics.
HIGH-GRADE OFFICE PAPER
Includes fine paper, bond paper, offset paper, xerographic
paper, mimeograph paper, duplicator paper and related types of cellulose
materials containing not more than 10% by weight or volume of noncellulosic
materials, such a laminates, binders, coatings or saturants.
LEAVES
Materials that are formed from trees and bushes referred
to as fallen leaves suitable for composting.
MARKET OR MARKETS
The disposition of designated recyclable materials source-separated
in a municipality, which entails a disposition cost less than the
cost of transporting the recyclable materials to solid waste facilities
and disposing of them as municipal solid waste at the facility utilized
by the municipality.
MIXED PAPER
Glossy inserts, magazines, telephone books, junk mail, colored
paper, computer paper, office paper, paperboard (chipboard and pressboard),
non metallic wrapping paper, soft cover books, hard cover books with
covers removed and fine paper.
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MOTOR OIL
A petroleum-based or synthetic oil whose use includes but
is not limited to lubrication of internal-combustion engines, which,
through use, storage or handling, has become unsuitable for its original
purpose due to the presence of impurities or loss of original properties.
NEWSPAPER
Paper of the type commonly referred to as "newsprint" and
distributed at stated intervals, usually daily or weekly, having printed
thereon news and opinions and containing advertisements and other
materials of public interest.
PAPER PRODUCT
Any paper items or commodities, including but not limited
to paper napkins, towels, corrugated and other cardboard, construction
material, toilet tissue, paper and related types of cellulosic products
containing not more than 10% by weight or volume of noncellulosic
material, such as laminates, binders, coatings or saturants.
PLASTICS
Those items made with PET or HDPE and include but are not
limited to such items as plastic soda bottle, milk containers, water
bottles and other similar containers.
POSTCONSUMER WASTE MATERIAL
Any product generated by a business or consumer which has
served its intended end use and which has been separated from solid
waste for the purposes of collection, recycling and disposition and
which does not include secondary waste material or demolition waste.
RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES
Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd), Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MII), Lithium
Ion (Li-ion) and Small Scaled Lead (Pb).
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RECYCLABLE MATERIAL
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.
RECYCLED PAPER
Any paper having a total weight consisting of not less than
50% secondary wastepaper material.
RECYCLING
Any process by which materials which would otherwise become
solid waste are collected, separated or processed and returned to
the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
RECYCLING CENTER
Any facility designed and operated solely for receiving,
storing, processing and transferring source-separated, nonputrescrible
or source-separated-separated commingled nonputrescible metal, glass,
motor oil, brush, paper, plastic containers and corrugated and other
cardboard or other recyclable materials mandated by the city or Authority.
RECYCLING SERVICES
The services provided by persons engaging in the business
of recycling, including the collection, processing, storage, purchase,
sale or disposition, or any combination thereof of recyclable materials.
SECONDARY WASTEPAPER MATERIAL
Paper waste generated after the completion of a paper mailing
process, such as postconsumer waste material, envelope cuttings, bindery
trimmings, printing waste, cutting and other converting waste, butt
rolls and mill wrappers; except that, secondary wastepaper material
shall not include fibrous waste generated during the manufacturing
process, such as fibers recovered from waste water or trimmings of
paper machine rolls, food waste, fibrous byproducts of harvesting,
extractive or wood cutting processes or forest residue such as bark.
SOURCE-SEPARATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Recyclable materials, including but not limited to paper,
metal, glass, textiles, motor oil, brush, office paper and plastic,
which are kept separate and apart from residential, commercial and
institutional solid waste by the generator thereof for the purposes
of collection, disposition and recycling.
STEEL CANS
Tin-plated, bimetal and other ferrous food and beverage containers.
TEXTILES
Clean, dry clothing or other fabric measuring at least one
by one (1 × 1) foot in size.
TIRES
Rubber-based scrap automotive, truck and equipment tires.
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WHITE GOODS
Washers, dryers, ranges, refrigerators, air conditioners.
Note: all devices that contain Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) must be
properly evacuated by licensed individuals and all (CFCs) recovered
must be sent to an EPA approved reclaimer. (Ord. No. 25-2007)
WOOD SCRAP
Unfinished lumber from new construction projects including
pallets. Unfinished shall mean non-chemically treated (not pressure
treated, impregnated with preservatives, insecticides, fungicides,
creosote, or other chemicals, and not painted, resin-coated or otherwise
surface treated, and not laminated or bonded; and not similarly altered
from its natural condition) only for new construction sites.
Separated recyclable materials become the property of the City
of South Amboy at such time as an owner, tenant or occupant of any
residential or nonresidential premises shall place at the curb of
such premises any designated recyclable materials for collection by
the City of South Amboy or its authorized agent.
Multifamily compliance requirements for condominiums, townhouses
and low- and high-rise apartments shall be as follows:
A. The management is responsible for setting up and maintaining the
recycling system. Violations and penalty notices will be directed
to the management. The management will be expected to correct violations
promptly and to make necessary direct contacts with residents. The
management is responsible for arranging to have recyclables picked
up and for resolving any problems with the transporter of the recyclables.
Solid waste and recyclable haulers, municipal and private, are responsible
for what the pick up. They will be subject to inspections, violation
notices and/or summonses, etc., at transfer stations and at landfills.
B. Notification and collection rules shall be issued by the management
to new tenants when they arrive and to all residents every three months.
Copies of these notices or other proof of distribution of the notices
must be sent to the Municipal Recycling Coordinator at the time of
each mailing or distribution. The management is responsible for obtaining
information in order to make reports to the municipality at least
every three months on the tonnages of materials recycled in accordance
with the schedule established in the rules and regulations promulgated
by the Recycling Committee.
Commercial and institutional compliance requirements for retail
and wholesale businesses, restaurants, taverns, construction sites,
factories, offices, etc., shall be as follows:
A. Industrial and commercial institutions shall be required to recycle
all items designated as recyclable materials. However, an industrial
or commercial institution need not participate in the city's recycling
program if the institution provides the Recycling Coordinator with
a quarterly report that both outlines the operation of a private recycling
program and provides documentation for the total weight of each material
recycled in accordance with the schedule contained in the rules and
regulations promulgated by the Recycling Committee.
The Code Enforcement Official, the City Police Department, the
Health Officer, The City Recycling Coordinator and/or the city's duly
authorized agent are hereby individually and severally empowered to
enforce this Article and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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At the time of issuance of any building permit, the Construction
Code Official will provide written instructions on proper disposal
and recycling of construction and demolition waste and furnish a Notification
of Construction/Demolition Activity Form that must be filled out by
the permitee and faxed to the Middlesex County Division of Solid Waste
Management (MCDSWM) within 48 hours of the issuance of a building
permit.