[Amended 12-11-2007 by Ord. No. 3728]
The following words and phrases shall have the
following meanings:
All aluminum beverage containers.
Dry cell batteries such as, but not limited to, radio, toy,
watch and/or calculator batteries.
All commercial, industrial, government, business or institutional
establishments or properties within the Township of Franklin other
than residential properties.
Paper cartons, sheets, spacer material or any other container
consisting of two layers of brown paper separated by an inner rippled
core.
All glass bottles and jars of any color, thoroughly rinsed
with caps and closures removed.
All paper of the type commonly referred to as newsprint and
distributed at stated intervals, usually daily or weekly, having printed
thereon news and opinions, containing advertisements and other matters
of public interest. The term "newspapers" shall also include inserts
that come with the newspapers, such as comics, colored store or grocery
advertisements, TV and magazine sections and glossy coupons.
All magazines, glossy inserts, computer paper, colored paper,
catalogs, store fliers with mailing labels, hardcover books with hard
covers removed, junk mail, writing or school paper, envelopes, paperback
books and copy paper.
Plastic bottles or jugs bearing a "No. 1" through "No. 7"
in a recycling triangle, thoroughly rinsed with caps, lids or closures
removed.
[Amended 3-24-2015 by Ord. No. 4101-15]
The following mandatory items to be separate from waste from
all commercial, industrial, institutional, government and office park
properties: aluminum cans; antifreeze; computer printout/white ledger;
concrete; consumer batteries; corrugated cardboard; glass containers;
heavy iron; lead-acid batteries; leaves and brush; magazines and junk
mail; mercury-containing devices; mixed office paper; newspaper; plastic
containers (No. 1 through No. 7 plastic bottles); scrap automobiles;
steel and bimetal cans; stumps, logs and tree parts; telephone books;
textiles; used consumer electronics; used motor oil; white goods and
light iron; and wood waste.
[Amended 3-24-2015 by Ord. No. 4101-15]
Tin-plated and bimetal food and beverage cans.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "textiles," which
immediately followed this definition, was repealed 3-24-2015 by Ord.
No. 4101-15.
There is hereby established a program for the
mandatory separation of paper products, glass and aluminum by commercial,
industrial and institutional establishments within the Township of
Franklin.
A.
Any owner/operator or occupant of any commercial,
professional or institutional establishment must recycle all white
office paper, as well as all newspapers, aluminum cans and glass bottles.
B.
Material is to be separated and bagged individually
by type of paper, with the exception of corrugated cardboard which
must be bundled.
C.
It is the responsibility of each commercial, professional
or institutional establishment to either deliver recycled materials
to designated recycling centers or to privately contract for collection
services.
(2)
Commercial, professional or institutional establishments
which elect to enter into private recycling arrangements must be able
to provide proof of said arrangement.
(3)
The Township shall be empowered to review the recycling
activities of commercial, professional or institutional establishments
on demand in order to verify compliance.
A.
All commercial, industrial and institutional establishments
are required to prepare waste audits and waste reduction plans according
to the following schedule:
(1)
For any establishment with 500 or more employees,
a waste audit and reduction plan must be prepared and submitted by
December 31, 1993;
(2)
For any establishment with 250 to 500 employees, a
waste audit and reduction plan must be prepared and submitted by December
31, 1994;
(3)
For any establishment with 100 to 250 employees, a
waste audit and reduction plan must be prepared and submitted by December
31, 1995.
B.
The waste reduction plan shall include, but not be
limited to, the following:
All commercial, industrial and institutional
establishments with 100 or more employees must submit a plan to the
Township of Franklin, County of Somerset, which outlines how source
separation and recycling shall be accomplished within the establishment.
The plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
