[Adopted 1-2-2019 by Ord. No. 566-2018]
The Township of Weymouth shall enter into a shared services
agreement with the Atlantic County Utilities Authority for the collection,
disposal, recycling, processing and treatment of solid waste by means
of the solid waste system of the municipal utilities authority to
be provided by the Atlantic County Utilities Authority to the Township
of Weymouth. Said services shall be furnished and rendered pursuant
to the agreement. The Township of Weymouth shall pay the Atlantic
County Utilities Authority in accordance with the terms of the agreement.
[Adopted 4-21-2021 by Ord. No. 574-2021]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings unless the context clearly indicates that a different
meaning is intended:
CATHODE RAY TUBE
A vacuum tube or picture tube used to convert an electronic
signal into a visual image.
COMMINGLE
To combine or consolidate different types of solid waste
at the point of generation or origin.
COMPUTER
An electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical, or other
high-speed data-processing device performing logical, arithmetic,
or storage function, and may include both a computer central processing
unit and a monitor, but the term shall not include an automated typewriter
or typesetter, a portable handheld calculator, a portable digital
assistant, or other similar device.
CONTAINER
A wheeled cart provided by the city, the capacity and specifications
of which shall be determined by the Director of Public Works.
CURB
The area closest to the shoulder of the alley, highway, road
or street; in the absence of a shoulder, it means the area closest
to the traveled portion of the alley, highway, road or street.
CURBSIDE
The area between the curb and the sidewalk. In the absence
of a curb or sidewalk, it means the area closest to the curb as defined
herein without endangering traffic safety or obstructing pedestrian
travel.
ELECTRONIC WASTE
Cathode ray tubes, desktop or personal computers, computer
monitors, portable computers, televisions, and electronic devices,
including telephones of any type that have a video display with a
viewing area greater than four inches when measured diagonally.
FOOD WASTE
Any waste generated by food service and/or food sales establishments
that would normally be landfilled and can be used as animal feed or
is composted in some manner.
GARBAGE
Shall be considered to be the meat and vegetable solids resulting
from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of foods,
and considered originated principally from kitchens.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Any waste material defined as a hazardous material in the
federal environmental statutes or regulations, state environmental
statutes or regulations, county health ordinances or regulations,
or the municipal ordinances.
MONITOR
A separate video display component of a computer, whether
sold separately or together with a computer central processing unit
and computer box, and includes a cathode ray tube, liquid crystal
display, gas plasma, digital light processing, or other image projection
technology, greater than four inches measured diagonally, and its
case, interior wires and circuitry, cable to the central processing
unit, and power cord.
MULTIFAMILY DWELLING
Any building or structure or complex of buildings or structures
in which more than 10 dwelling units are rented or leased or offered
for rental or lease for residential purposes, except hotels, motels
or other guesthouses serving transient or seasonal guests as those
terms are defined in the Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law (N.J.S.A.
55:13A-1 et seq.).
MUNICIPALITY
The Township of Weymouth located within the County of Atlantic
and State of New Jersey.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association,
cooperative, enterprise, trust, municipal authority, federal institution
or agency, state institution or agency, municipality, other governmental
agency or any other entity or any group of such persons which is recognized
by law as the subject of rights and duties. In any provisions of this
article prescribing a fine, penalty, or imprisonment, the term "person"
shall include the officers and directors of a corporation or other
legal entity having officers and directors.
PORTABLE COMPUTER
A computer and video display greater than four inches in
size that can be carried as one unit by an individual, including a
laptop computer.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Included in this article are as follows:
A.
OLD NEWS PRINT (ONP)Shall be considered to mean all uncontaminated newspaper(s), catalogues, unwanted mail, magazines, telephone books, office paper.
B.
ALUMINUM CANSShall be considered to mean all beer and soda metal cans not to exceed one gallon in size.
C.
GLASSShall be considered clear, green, blue and amber glass. Rings and labels do not need to be removed.
D.
COMMINGLED RECYCLABLESAll materials designated GMFBC, including plastic beverage containers. Specifically, commingling includes glass, metal and beverage containers. Specifically, commingling includes glass, metal and plastic food and beverage containers mixed in one container and delivered in same fashion.
E.
GMFBCGlass and metal food and beverage containers, including all plastic soda bottles.
F.
PLASTICAll plastic containers with the symbol 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7, such as laundry detergent bottles, excluding motor oil or any petroleum products or other hazardous waste.
G.
OFFICE PAPERAll high-grade white bond paper, mixed office paper, i.e., computer paper, envelopes, legal paper. Shredded paper is not permitted.
I.
CARDBOARDCereal, cracker and pasta boxes, cardboard beverage holders, detergent, show and tissue boxes, and any corrugated cardboard boxes. All cardboard should be flattened; however, failure to flatten the cardboard shall not be cause to refuse collection so long as the cardboard is contained within the totes.
RESIDENT
Any human being residing within the municipality on a temporary
or permanent basis, excluding transient or seasonal guests staying
at hotels, motels or other guesthouses.
RESOURCE RECOVERY
The collection, separation, recycling and recovery of glass,
metals, paper and other materials for reuse. It also includes the
incineration of solid waste for energy production and the recovery
of recyclable materials from that process.
SANITARY LANDFILL FACILITY
A solid waste facility at which solid waste is deposited
on or in the land as fill for the purpose of permanent disposal or
storage for an extended period of time. It shall not include any waste
facility approved for the disposal of hazardous waste.
SOLID WASTE
Garbage, trash, and other discarded materials resulting from
domestic and community activities. It also includes these same materials
resulting from commercial, industrial and institutional establishments.
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
The activity related to the pickup and transportation of
solid waste from its source or location to a transfer station or other
authorized solid waste facility.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Includes all activities related to the collection and disposal
of solid waste by any person engaged in such process.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
The District Solid Waste Management Plan for Cumberland County
as approved by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
SOURCE SEPARATION
To separate different types of solid waste at the point of
generation or origin.
TELEVISION
A stand-alone display system containing a cathode ray tube
or any other type of display primarily intended to receive video programming
via broadcast, having a viewable area greater than four inches measured
diagonally, able to adhere to standard consumer video formats and
having the capability of selecting different broadcast channels and
supporting sound capability.
TRASH
Shall be considered to mean all rubbish, ashes, broken crockery,
old clothing, pipes, boards, and such similar waste material, including
scraped-off wallpaper, vegetative waste such as bagged grass, household
redecorating or maintenance refuse, discarded household utensils,
bulk items such as household furniture, small appliances, boards.
Rubbish and trash shall be considered to include any article or refuse
material discarded by a householder in the usual and ordinary course
of living, whether same be metal or wood; provided, however, that
same must be properly broken up and placed in containers or bundles
for convenient handling by one person. Trash material for collection
under this article shall be deemed to include all vegetative waste;
provided, however, that it is properly contained in plastic bags,
hampers or other suitable containers, manufactured lumber in length
not over five feet and bundled and tied, not to exceed 45 pounds.
The trash material for collection is to be from residential properties
only and placed by the residents at the curb or roadside, in suitable
containers for convenient handling.
VIDEO DISPLAY
An output surface having a viewable area greater than four
inches when measured diagonally that displays moving graphical images
or a visual representation of image sequences or pictures, showing
a number of quickly changing images on a screen in fast succession
to create the illusion of motion, including, if applicable, a device
that is an integral part of the display and cannot be easily removed
from the display by the consumer that produces the moving image on
the screen. A video display typically uses a cathode ray tube, liquid
crystal display, gas plasma, digital light processing, or other image
projection technology.