As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
DESIGNATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Those materials designated within the Camden County District
Solid Waste Management Plan to be source separated for the purpose
of recycling. These materials include newspaper, corrugated cardboard,
phone books, paperboard boxes (cereal, pasta, tissue, etc.), beverage
cartons, cardboard beverage carriers, paper bags, file folders, office
paper, paper towel rolls, paperback books, magazines, brochures, inserts,
greeting cards, regular and junk mail, aluminum and metal can containers,
only No. 1 and No. 2 plastic beverage and other materials containers
(caps removed), and glass bottles and jars (caps and lids removed)
shall be placed together in the Borough-issued red recyclables cart;
no food contaminated items, such as pizza boxes or take-out cartons.
ELECTRONIC WASTE (E-WASTE)
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, microwaves, cameras,
camcorders, radios, electric typewriters, blu ray players and hand-held
games or organizers.
MULTIFAMILY DWELLING
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.
13:1E-99.13a.) 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 (N.J.S.A. 55:13A-1 et seq.).
MUNICIPAL RECYCLING COORDINATOR
The person or persons appointed by the municipal governing
body and who shall be authorized to, among other things, enforce the
provisions of this chapter, and any rules and regulations which may
be promulgated hereunder.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW) STREAM
All solid waste generated at residential, commercial, and
institutional establishments within the boundaries of the Borough
of Somerdale.
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL
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.
SINGLE-STREAM (also known as "fully commingled" or "single-sort")
Single-stream recycling is a system in which all recyclables,
including newspaper, cardboard, plastic, aluminum, junk mail, etc.,
are placed in a single cart for recycling. These recyclables are collected
by a single truck and taken to a materials recovery facility (MRF)
to be sorted into various commodity streams for sale to markets, where
it is processed into feedstock which can be used in the manufacture
of new products.
SOURCE SEPARATION
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.
TREE LIMBS, BRANCHES, BRUSH
The wood from broken or cut branches from ornamental trees
including nonflocked Christmas trees, or shrubs in excess of four
feet in length, but not larger than six inches in diameter, intended
for the incidental maintenance of ornamental trees and shrubs and
not property clearing or extensive thinning of large areas.
YARD/VEGETATIVE WASTE, SEASONAL LEAF COLLECTION
Decomposable waste materials generated by yard and lawn care
and includes leaves, grass trimmings, brush, wood chips, and shrub
and tree trimmings less than four feet in length. Yard waste shall
not include roots, stumps that exceed six inches in diameter, or tree
limbs, branches, or brush in excess of four feet in length.
The owner of any property shall be responsible for compliance
with this chapter. 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. 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 Code Enforcement Official, the Department of Health, the
Recycling Coordinator, the Property Maintenance Official, the Housing
Officer, and the Camden County Department of Health are hereby individually
and severally empowered to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
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.
In the event that it is determined, by a Court of competent
jurisdiction, that any provision or section of this chapter is unconstitutional,
all other sections and provisions shall remain in effect. This chapter
shall take effect immediately, unless otherwise provided by resolution
of the governing body.
Borough Council is authorized and empowered to create regulations
to accomplish the goals of this chapter, which authority extends to
the ability to make changes and modifications to this chapter by resolution.