[Adopted 3-15-1988 by Ord. No. 88-2-979]
It is the purpose of this article to comply
with the mandatory statewide recycling program, P.L. 1987, c. 102,[1] and the Clean Communities and Recycling Act, N.J.S.A.
13:1E-92 et seq.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.11 et
seq.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Those recyclable materials, including metal, glass, mixed
paper or plastic containers, food and waste, corrugated and other
cardboard, newspaper, magazines or high-grade office paper, designated
in this article to be source separated.
[Amended 2-4-2009 by Ord. No. 09-01-1369]
The transportation, placement, reuse, sale, donation, transfer
or temporary storage, for a period not exceeding six months, of designated
recyclable material for all possible uses except for disposal as solid
waste.
A one-family home.
Includes all magazines or periodicals printed on glossy stock
or paper of heavier quality than that commonly recognized as "newsprint."
Includes all newspaper, high-grade office paper, fine paper,
bond paper, offset paper, xerographic paper, mimeo paper, duplicator
paper and related types of cellulosic material containing not more
than 10%, by weight or volume, of noncellulosic material, such as
laminates, binders, coatings or saturants.
[Amended 2-4-2009 by Ord. No. 09-01-1369]
All residential, commercial, municipal and institutional
solid waste generated within the boundaries of the Borough, as measured
in tons.
Includes 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 matters of public interest.
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.
A container originally hermetically sealed or made airtight
with a metal or plastic cap, with a minimum wall thickness of not
less than 0.010 inch and composed of thermoplastic synthetic polymeric
material.
Those materials, which would otherwise become municipal solid
waste, which may be collected, separated or processed and returned
to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
Any paper having a total weight consisting of not less than
50% secondary wastepaper material.
Any paper product consisting of not less than 50% secondary
wastepaper material.
Any process by which materials which would otherwise become
solid waste or collected are separated or processed and returned to
the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
Any facility designed and operated solely for receiving,
storing, processing and transferring source-separated, nonputrescible
or source-separated comingled nonputrescible metal, glass, paper,
plastic containers, corrugated and other cardboard or other recyclable
materials approved by the Department of Environmental Protection.
The services provided by persons engaged in the business
of recycling, including the collection, processing, storage, purchase,
sale or disposition, or any combination thereof, of recyclable materials.
Recyclable materials, including but not limited to mixed
paper, metal, glass, food waste, 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.
[Amended 2-4-2009 by Ord. No. 09-01-1369]
There is hereby created the position of Cresskill
Recycling Coordinator.
The following materials are designated as recyclable
under the Cresskill mandatory program:
A.Â
Leaves.
B.Â
Mixed paper, newspapers and magazines.
[Amended 2-4-2009 by Ord. No. 09-01-1369]
C.Â
Corrugated cardboard.
D.Â
Glass containers.
E.Â
Aluminum containers.
F.Â
HDPE (plastic) containers, labeled No. 1 through No.
7, i.e., milk containers, water containers, apple cider jugs, oil
containers, antifreeze containers, clothes detergent and dish detergent
containers and juice containers. Ocean Spray juice containers are
not included.
[Amended 2-4-2009 by Ord. No. 09-01-1369]
G.Â
PET (plastic) containers, i.e., soda bottles.
H.Â
Tin cans.
I.Â
High-grade office paper used by all those commercial
and institutional establishments within the municipal boundaries.
[Added 12-6-1988 by Ord. No. 88-20-997]
J.Â
Ferrous scrap and white goods used by all those commercial,
residential and institutional establishments within the municipal
boundaries.
[Added 1-11-1994 by Ord. No. 93-20-1100]
K.Â
Grass from all residential areas within the municipal
boundaries.
[Added 1-11-1994 by Ord. No. 93-20-1100]
L.Â
Household-generated batteries used by all those residential
establishments within the municipal boundaries.
[Added 12-21-1994 by Ord. No. 94-15-1115]
A.Â
On and after the effective date of this article, it shall be mandatory for all persons who are owners, lessees and occupants of property in the Borough of Cresskill to separate the recyclable materials designated in § 170-22 above from all other solid waste. Glass, aluminum, plastic containers and tin cans shall be placed in rigid plastic or metal containers not to exceed 35 gallons (garbage cans) and put at the curb on designated days for pickup. Such materials may be commingled in the same garbage can.
B.Â
All caps and rings must be removed from glass and
plastic containers. All containers must be rinsed out.
C.Â
Bundling; drop-off of containers.
(1)Â
All newspapers, magazines and corrugated cardboard
will be bundled securely to ensure that they will not be capable of
being windblown or distributed on the public streets, and provided,
further, that the maximum weight of any bundle does not exceed 30
pounds (approximately 12 inches high).
(2)Â
Glass, corrugated paper, tin cans, HDPE and PET plastic
containers and aluminum (not leaves, newspapers or magazines) may
be brought to the municipal recycling center, Mondays through Saturdays
between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
[Amended 12-18-2019 by Ord. No. 19-17-1548]
All metal items, including washing machines, refrigerators,
stoves and household appliances, must be recycled. Metal items are
collected on the first Friday of every month. Residents must call
the Public Works Department prior to the scheduled collection date
to have metal picked up. Metal items shall not be placed at the curb
prior to the night before the scheduled collection date. Residents
may also drop off metal items at the recycling center during normal
operating hours.
Collection from curbside of recyclable materials
shall be made by Borough employees or by contract for outside services,
as directed by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Cresskill,
with primary administrative supervision under the control of the Recycling
Coordinator.
The Recycling Coordinator may be authorized
from time to time to sell and deliver, by bid or by contract approved
by the Mayor and Council, recyclable materials so collected in order
to obtain the best possible price.
Nothing in this article shall be deemed to prohibit
any owner, lessee or occupant from disposing of recyclable materials
privately through a sale or gift, provided that in no event shall
such recyclable materials be left at the curb for any private pickup,
and further provided that in no event shall any such recyclable materials
be disposed of as part of the solid waste pickup by the Borough of
Cresskill in accordance with the normal pickup by the Borough of Cresskill.
From the time recyclable materials are placed
at the curb by the owner, lessee or occupant for collection by the
Borough of Cresskill, such recyclable materials shall become the property
of the Borough. It shall be a violation of this article for any person
unauthorized to collect or pick up or cause to be collected or picked
up any such recyclable materials for any purpose whatsoever once the
same have been placed at the curb. Any and each such collection in
violation hereof from one or more premises shall constitute a separate
and distinct offense punishable as hereinafter provided.
The Recycling Coordinator shall annually submit
a recycling tonnage report to the New Jersey Office of Recycling.
The Recycling Coordinator, no later than April
15, 1988, shall notify all persons owning, leasing or occupying property
within the Borough of Cresskill of the Borough's recycling opportunities
and the source-separation requirements of this article. This notice
shall be done by placing an advertisement in a newspaper circulating
in the Borough of Cresskill and by posting a notice in public places
where public notices are customarily posted by Borough and by a mailing
to all residential taxpayers.
This article shall be referred to the Planning
Board of the Borough of Cresskill for a revision of the Master Plan
in accordance with N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.16c, specifically with regard
to the collection, disposition and recycling of designated recyclable
materials within any development proposal for the construction of
50 or more units of single-family residential housing or 25 or more
units of multifamily residential housing and any commercial or industrial
development proposal for the utilization of 1,000 square feet of land.
The Planning Board shall also make recommendations to the Mayor and
Council for amendments to the Borough's Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision
and Site Plan Ordinance in accordance with this section.[1]
The Superintendent of the Department of Public
Works or his designee is hereby authorized and directed to enforce
this article. He is hereby authorized and directed to establish and
promulgate reasonable regulations as to the manner, days and times
for the collection of recyclable materials in accordance with the
terms hereof; said rules and regulations are subject to change, modification,
repeal or amendment by majority vote of the Mayor and Council.
[Amended 12-6-1988 by Ord. No. 88-20-997]
Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this article shall be liable to a maximum penalty, at the discretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court of the Borough of Cresskill, of not more than $25 for the first offense and not more than $100 or 10 days in jail for each and every subsequent offense after a maximum of two warnings shall have been dispensed: excepting that a person violating § 170-28 of this article shall be liable to a maximum fine of $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed 90 days, or both.
