For the
purpose of this Part, the following terms, phrases or words shall
have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section, except where the
context in which the word is used clearly indicates otherwise:
ALUMINUM
Aluminum food and beverage containers, which contain only
non-aerosol or edible substances.
BILLING UNIT
A single-family residence or its equivalent. An equivalent
unit is any portion of an occupied property which generates refuse
and recyclables and (i) occupies separate building space; (ii) provides
separate income, service or benefit to the property owner; and (iii)
is capable of subdivision along a vertical party wall. An equivalent
unit when applied to a nonresidential use shall only apply to a unit
generating no more than four thirty-gallon containers of refuse per
week.
BOROUGH
Nazareth Borough, a municipality located in Northampton County,
with business offices at 134 South Main Street, Nazareth, Pennsylvania,
18064.
BOROUGH RECYCLING CENTER
Located on G. W. Stoudt Boulevard, this drop-off center will
provide recycling for Dual Stream, cardboard, and Yard Waste recycling.
BULK ITEMS
Examples of items include but are not limited to, carpet,
furniture, mattresses, storm sashes, screens, etc. Bulk Items shall
not include residential solid waste, construction debris, hazardous
waste or electronics per CDRA Pa. Act 108 of 2010.
CO-MINGLED
Aluminum, bimetallic and steel, glass and plastic food and
beverage containers (as defined herein), placed in a special recycling
container for the purpose of collection without having been segregated
by color or type.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
An establishment engaged in non-manufacturing or non-processing
business, including, but not limited to, stores, markets, office buildings,
restaurants, shopping centers and theaters and also those facilities
that house or serve groups of people such as hospitals, schools, day
care centers, universities and nursing homes.
COMMERCIAL RECYCLING
Pennsylvania Act 101 and the Borough of Nazareth require
that businesses, professionals, non-profit organizations, institutions
and industrial and residential landlords must recycle plastic containers,
glass bottles and jars, newspapers, office paper, magazines, junk
mail, phone books, cardboard and yard waste. It further requires that
you report your recycling information to the Borough at the end of
each year.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Events that are sponsored by public or private agencies or
individuals, including but not limited to, fairs, bazaars, socials,
picnics and organized sporting events attending by 200 or more individuals
per day are required to recycle pursuant to PA Act 101 and the Borough
of Nazareth.
COMPOSTING
The process by which organic material is biologically decomposed
under controlled anaerobic or aerobic conditions to yield a humus-like
product.
CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS
Also referred to as “C & D” and refers to
waste that includes, but is not limited to, lumber, pipes, bricks,
concrete, rebar, wood, paneling, linoleum, drywall, plumbing fixtures,
fencing, or roofing materials that result from construction or demolition
activities.
CONTAINER
Refers to a durable water-tight receptacle of not more than
64 gallons used for the collection and storage of Solid Waste or Recyclables
at a Residential Unit, Municipal Facility or Community Event and placed
curbside for Borough-wide collection as may be approved from time
to time by the Borough.
CONTRACTOR
An entity or organization authorized by the Borough to collect,
transport and dispose of the Borough's refuse and recyclables.
CORRUGATED PAPER
Structural paper material with an inner core shaped in rigid
parallel furrows and ridges.
CURBSIDE
From any Residential Unit, the nearest point at the side
of a Borough or State-maintained roadway, or from a private roadway,
the nearest point at the side of the private roadway, provided the
property owner(s) has/have issued a waiver for collection vehicles
to travel along the roadway for collection.
CURBSIDE RECYCLING
The Borough-wide collection of recyclable materials contained
in Containers that are provided to Residential Units for placement
at curbside.
DUMPSTER
A generic term describing front-load and rear-load containers
also known as “rolloffs” and used for large-scale collection
and transport of Solid Waste or Recyclables.
ELECTRONICS
Refers to items excluded from the waste stream and as described
in the Covered Device Recycling Act (CDRA), PA Act 108 of 2010.
GLASS
Glass food and beverage containers commonly found in the
home. It includes clear (flint), green and brown (amber) colored containers.
It excludes crystal, ceramics, light bulbs, plate, window, laminated,
wired or mirrored glass.
GRASS CLIPPINGS
Lawn waste resulting from mowing of residential lawns. For
the purpose of this contract, grass clippings shall be considered
Solid Waste.
HAULER
A person who owns and/or operates vehicles engaged in the
collection or transportation of municipal waste within the Borough.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Any chemical, compound, mixture, substance or article which
is designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
or appropriate agency of the Commonwealth to be hazardous as that
term is defined by or pursuant to Federal or Commonwealth Law.
HIGH-GRADE OFFICE PAPER
All white paper, bond paper, and computer paper used in commercial,
institutional and municipal establishments and in residences.
LEAF WASTE
Leaves, garden residues, shrubbery and tree trimmings and
similar material, but not including grass clippings.
MIXED USE
Any combination of commercial (four cans per week or less)
and residential units the total being 12 or less from which refuse
and recyclables are collected.
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROPERTIES
Any property having 13 or more dwelling units per structure.
It shall not include buildings with multiple dwelling units capable
of subdivision along a vertical party wall.
NEWSPAPER
Types of paper made from wood pulp and/or other fibrous materials
mixed together, either with or without chemicals, to produce thin
sheets of the products customarily and primarily used for the production
of newsprint.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipality, municipal authority, Federal
government or agency, State institution or agency (including, not
limited to, the Department of General Services and the Pennsylvania
Public School Building Authority), or any other legal entity whatsoever
which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. In
any provisions of this Part prescribing a fine, imprisonment, or penalty,
or any combination of the foregoing, the term “person”
shall include the officers and directors of any corporation or other
legal entity having officers and directors.
PLASTIC
Water and milk jugs, soda bottles and laundry product containers.
Additional categories by mutual agreement.
PROCESSING CENTER
The location, which may be maintained by the Contractor for
the purpose of sorting, preparing and/or consolidating recyclables
for sale.
RECYCLABLES
Includes office and mixed paper, cardboard and flatboard,
newspapers including colored inserts, manila and brown folders, glossy
paper, magazines, telephone books, bimetal, tin and aluminum cans,
empty aerosol cans, clear, green, and brown glass bottles and jars,
and plastics (numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7). For the purpose of
this ordinance, White and Metal Goods shall be considered Recyclables
and shall be collected and transported to a Designated Recycling Vendor
with the tonnage being reported to the Borough monthly.
RECYCLE OR RECYCLING
The collection, separation, recovery and sale or reuse of
metals, glass, paper, yard waste and leaf waste, plastics and other
materials which would otherwise be disposed or processed as municipal
waste or the mechanized separation and treatment of municipal waste
(other than through combustion) and creation and recovery of reusable
materials other than a fuel for the operation of energy.
RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES
Those services to be performed by the Contractor as follows:
A.
The collection of recyclable materials from locations specifically
designated by the parties;
B.
Processing of recyclable materials as applicable; and
C.
Marketing of the recyclable materials.
REFUSE
For purposes of proposals, shall mean:
A.
GARBAGE
Animal, fruit and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation and cooking of foods.
B.
ASHES
The residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke or other
combustible materials for the purpose of heating and cooking.
C.
RUBBISH
All building waste (residue resulting from building construction,
reconstruction, repair or demolition, and from grading or other incidental
work which must originate on site in the Borough), combustibles (including
paper, rags, boxes and other flammable waste materials), noncombustibles
(including crockery, metal and nonflammable waste materials); and
all waste materials not included in the definitions hereinbefore stated,
but not inducing sewage and industrial wastes to be disposed of by
and through the Nazareth Borough Municipal Authority through the Nazareth
municipal sewer system, and not including dangerous materials or substances
such as poison, acids, caustics, explosives, hazardous wastes, infected
materials or substances.
D.
RIFFRAFF
Bulk items and waste materials too large for collection in
ordinary containers, such as discarded furniture, stoves, pipes, tanks,
household appliances, white goods, fixtures and other such items.
RESIDENCE (S)
Any single-family attached or detached dwelling or multiple
dwellings have 12 or less units per structure from which refuse and
recyclables are collected. It shall include all buildings with multiple
dwelling units capable of subdivision along a vertical party wall.
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL EDUCATION
The hauler shall provide an annual educational mailing, reviewed
and approved by the Borough, large enough to contain all Act 101 required
mandated education and any additional pertinent information.
SOLID WASTE
Includes any garbage, trash, refuse, and other material,
including solid, liquid, semi-solid or contained gaseous material,
resulting from operation of Residential Units, Municipal Facilities,
and Community Events and excludes Electronics, Construction and Demolition
Waste, Household Hazardous Waste, Yard or Leaf Waste, and any sludge
not meeting the definition of residual or designated hazardous waste
from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply treatment
plant, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution control facility.
STEEL AND BIMETALLIC
Steel and bimetallic food and beverage containers, which
contain only non-aerosol or edible substances.
YARD WASTE
Shall include Leaf Waste, plant materials (leaves, branches,
brush, flowers, roots, etc.), debris commonly thrown away in the course
of maintaining yards and gardens. Yard Waste shall not include loose
soils, sod, food waste, including food waste from gardens or orchards;
food compost; plastics and synthetic fibers; lumber; tree stumps,
any wood or tree limbs over four inches in diameter; human or animal
excrement; noxious weeds and soil contaminated with hazardous substances.