The Municipality hereby establishes a Recycling Program for the mandatory separation and collection of recyclable materials and the separation, collection and composting of leaf waste from all residences and all commercial, municipal and institutional establishments located in the Municipality for which waste collection is provided by the Municipality or any other collector. Collection of the recyclable materials shall be made at least once per month by the Municipality, its designated agent, or any other solid waste collectors operating in the Municipality and authorized to collect recyclable materials from residences or from commercial, municipal and institutional establishments. The Recycling Program shall also contain a sustained public information and education program.
302.1.
All persons who are residents of the Municipality shall separate all of those recyclable materials designated by the Municipality from all other municipal waste produced at their homes, apartments and other residential establishments, store such materials for collection, and shall place same for collection in accordance with the guidelines established hereunder.
302.2.
Persons in residence must separate recyclable materials from other refuse. Recyclable materials shall be placed at the curb side in a container provided by the resident for collection. The container shall be clearly marked by affixing stickers or other markers which are furnished by the Municipality.
302.3.
An owner, landlord, or agent of an owner or landlord of a multi-family rental housing property with four units or more may comply with its recycling responsibilities by establishing a collection system at each property. The collection system must include suitable containers for collecting and sorting the recyclable materials, easily accessible locations for containers, and written instructions to the occupants concerning the use and availability of the collection system. Owners, landlords and agents of owners or landlords who comply with this Ordinance shall not be liable for noncompliance of occupants of their buildings.
If recyclable materials are collected by a collector other than the Municipality or its authorized agent, owners, landlords and agents of owners or landlords shall submit an annual report to the Municipality reporting the tonnage of materials recycled during the previous year.
302.4.
All persons must separate leaf waste from other municipal waste generated at their houses, apartments and other residential establishments for collection unless those persons have otherwise provided for composting of leaf waste.
302.5.
Persons must separate high grade office paper, aluminum, corrugated paper, leaf waste and such other materials as may be designated by the Municipality generated at commercial, municipal and institutional establishments and from community activities and store the recyclable materials until collection. A person may be exempted from this paragraph if that person submits documentation to the Municipality annually indicating that the designated recyclable materials are being recycled in an appropriate manner.
If recyclable materials are collected by a collector other than the Municipality or its authorized agent, occupants of said establishments shall submit an annual report to the Municipality reporting the tonnage of materials recycled during the previous year.
All recyclable materials placed by persons for collection by the Municipality or authorized collector pursuant to this Ordinance shall, from time of placement at the curb, become the property of the Municipality or the authorized collector. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to impair the ownership of separated recyclable materials by the generator unless and until such materials are placed at the curb side for collection.
Any residence or commercial, municipal or institutional establishment may donate or sell recyclable materials to any person, firm or corporation, whether operating for profit or not, provided that the receiving person, firm or corporation shall not collect such donated recyclable materials from the collection point of a residence or commercial, municipal or institutional establishment without prior written permission from the Municipality or other entity responsible for authorizing collection of recyclable materials to make such a collection.
Disposal by persons of recyclable materials with wastes is prohibited and shall be a violation of this Ordinance. The collected recyclable materials shall be taken to a recycling facility. Disposal by collectors or operators of recycling facilities of source separated recyclable materials in landfills or to be burned in incinerators is prohibited unless markets do not exist and the collectors or operators have notified the Municipality in writing.
The Commission shall from time to time establish by resolution the materials to be separated by residences for collection and recycling and additional materials to be separated by commercial, municipal, educational and institutional establishments.
The Commission shall from time to time establish by resolution the materials to be separated for collection and recycling and the procedures to be established for the following: