[Adopted 10-6-1987]
It is the purpose of this article to comply
with the mandatory statewide recycling program (P.L. 1987, c. 102)
and the Clean Communities and Recycling Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1E-92.
As used in this article, the following terms
have the meanings indicated:
Recyclable aluminum cans.
Beverage containers made of a lightweight, silver-white,
metallic element.
[Added 5-19-1994]
Source-separated nonputrescible recyclable material generated
from the construction, alteration, repair, maintenance and/or demolition
of structures within Bergen County. This material shall include concrete,
bricks, block, ferrous and nonferrous scrap, asphalt, asphalt shingles,
recyclable wood scrap and any and all other material generated from
the construction, alteration, repair, maintenance and/or demolition
of a structure or structures within Bergen County that a municipality
may deem recyclable.
[Added 5-19-1994]
Structural material shaped in parallel furrows and ridges
for rigidity, used to make packing and shipping containers.
[Added 5-19-1994]
Those recyclable materials, including metal, glass, paper
or plastic containers, food and waste, corrugated and other cardboard,
newspaper, magazines.
The transportation, placement, reuse, sale, donation, transfer
or temporary storage for a period not exceeding six (6) months of
designated recyclable material for all possible uses except for disposal
of solid waste.
Includes a one-family home and a two-family home.
All metal scrap containing steel and/or cast iron.
[Added 5-19-1994]
All products made from silica or sand, soda ash and limestone,
which are transparent or translucent and used for packaging or bottling
of various matter and all other materials commonly known as "glass,"
excluding, however, blue and flat glass commonly known as "window
glass."
All containers made from silica or sand, soda ash and limestone,
the product being transparent or translucent and being used for packaging
or bottling of various matter and all other material commonly known
as "glass," excluding, however, blue glass, plate glass commonly known
as "window glass."
[Added 5-19-1994]
Green herbage sending up spike-like shoots or blades.
[Added 5-19-1994]
White typing and ledger paper, white note pad paper, copier
paper, carbonless computer printout, manila tab cards and file folders.
[Added 5-19-1994]
Includes vegetable matter commonly known as "leaves" but
shall not include grass clippings, brush or other growing matter.
[Added 4-6-1989; amended 11-7-1990]
Those materials naturally formed from trees and bushes that
are suitable for composting and mulching purposes.
[Added 5-19-1994]
Includes all magazines or periodicals printed on glossing
stock or paper of heavier quality than that commonly recognized as
newsprint.
Source-separated mixture of all types of paper, including
but not limited to, corrugated, high-grade paper, newspaper, magazines,
telephone directories, wrapping paper, box board, books, grocery bags
and junk mail.
[Added 5-19-1994]
All residential and commercial solid waste generated within
the boundaries of the township as measured in tons.
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. Magazines and periodicals as well as all
other paper products of any nature are not considered "newspaper."
[Amended 5-19-1994]
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 materials, such as laminate,
binders, coatings or saturants.
Any paper items or commodities, included but not limited
to paper, napkins, towels, corrugated and other cardboard, construction
material, toilet tissue, paper and related types of cellulosic materials
containing not more than 10% by weight or volume of noncellulosic
materials, such as laminates, binders, coatings or saturants.
A container hermetically sealed or made airtight with a metal
or plastic cap and 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.
Paper having total weight consisting of not less than 50%
secondary waste paper material.
Any paper products consisting of not less than 50% secondary
waste paper material.
Any process by which materials which would otherwise become
solid waste are collected, 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 commingled nonputrescible metal, glass, paper,
plastic containers, corrugated and other cardboard or other recyclable
material 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 material.
Includes such rules, implementation dates, schedules of time
and such other requirements promulgated by the Director of the Department
of Solid Waste and approved by the Township Committee as may be necessary
to carry out the purposes and objectives of this Article.
Recyclable materials, including but not limited to paper,
metal, glass, noncommingled 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.
[1]Cans made of steel or tin. The most common are tin-plated
steel cans which contain food.
[Added 5-19-1994]
Used appliances such as refrigerators, washers, dryers and
stoves.
[Added 5-19-1994]
Includes leaves, grass clippings and brush.
There is hereby created the position of South
Hackensack Recycling Coordinator.
[Amended 4-6-1989]
The following materials are designated as recyclable
for residential properties under the South Hackensack mandatory program:
A.
Aluminum.
B.
Leaves.
C.
Newspapers.
D.
Corrugated cardboard.
E.
Glass.
F.
Ferrous scrap.
[Added 5-19-1994]
G.
White goods.
[Added 5-19-1994]
H.
Tin (ferrous) cans.
[Added 5-19-1994]
I.
Grass.
[Added 5-19-1994]
J.
Household generated batteries.
[Added 2-2-1995 by Ord. No. 95-1]
K.
Construction and demolition debris (concrete, brick,
tree parts, nonferrous/ferrous metal, asphalt, corrugated cardboard;
where practical).
[Added 2-19-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-01]
L.
Corrugated cardboard.
[Added 2-19-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-01]
M.
Mixed paper.
[Added 2-19-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-01]
N.
Type 1 and 2 plastic containers.
[Added 2-19-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-01]
[Amended 4-6-1989]
A.
On or after the effective date of this article, it shall be mandatory for all persons who are owners, lessees and occupants of residential property in the Township of South Hackensack to separate the recyclable materials designated in § 186-6 above from all other solid waste.
B.
From October 1 to December 31 of each year, the owner,
lessee or occupant of every property within the Township of South
Hackensack shall separate leaves from solid waste generated at that
property. Leaves shall be placed into large plastic bags, securely
tied and placed at curbside no later than 7:30 a.m. on designated
pickup days.
[Amended 11-7-1990]
C.
Newspapers shall be separated and secured in bundles
not to exceed 12 inches in height. Such bundles shall not be contained
in plastic bags.
[Amended 4-6-1989]
D.
Aluminum shall be separated and secured in suitable
and reusable containers supplied by the owner, lessee or occupant.
E.
Glass shall be separated and secured in suitable and
reusable containers supplied by the owner, lessee or occupant.
F.
Corrugated cardboard shall be secured in bundles not
to exceed 12 inches in height. Such bundles shall not be contained
in plastic bags.
The Director of the Department of Solid Waste
Management shall promulgate reasonable regulations establishing the
commencement dates for mandatory separation of recyclables and the
manner, dates and times of the collection of same in accordance with
the terms of this article. Any such regulations promulgated by the
Director of the Department of Solid Waste Management shall be approved
by the Township Committee and may be changed, modified, repealed or
amended in whole or in part by majority vote of the Township Committee.
A copy of such regulations promulgated by the Director of the Department
of Solid Waste Management, as provided, modified or amended, shall
be available for public inspection at the office of the Township Clerk
during regular business hours.
The Recycling Coordinator may be authorized,
from time to time by bid or by contract approved by the Township Committee,
to sell and deliver recyclable material 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 Township of
South Hackensack in accordance with the normal pickup by the Township
of South Hackensack.
From the time recyclable materials are placed
at the curb by the owner, lessee or occupant for collection by the
Township of South Hackensack, such recyclable materials shall become
the property of the township. 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 has been placed at the curb. Any and each such collection
in violation hereof from one (1) 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.
A.
The Recycling Coordinator shall, no later than December
6, 1987, notify all persons owning, leasing or occupying property
within the Township of South Hackensack of the township's recycling
opportunities and the source separation requirements of this article.
This notice shall be done by posting a notice in public places where
public notices are customarily posted by the township and by a mailing
to all residential taxpayers.
B.
Every six months after the initial notification, the
Recycling Coordinator shall notify all persons occupying residential
and commercial premises within the township of South Hackensack of
the source-separation requirements of this article. Said notifications
shall be done by posting a notice in public places where public notices
are customarily posted by the township.
This article shall be referred to the Planning Board of the Township of South Hackensack for a revision of the Master Plan in accordance with N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.16(c). The Planning Board shall also make recommendations to the Township Committee for the amendments to Chapter 208, Zoning, and Chapter 192, Subdivision of Land, in accordance with this section.
The Department of Public Works Superintendent
or his or her designated assistant or the Recycling Coordinator are
hereby authorized and directed to enforce this article.
[Amended 4-6-1989; 12-19-1996 by Ord. No. 96-14]
Any person, firm or corporation violating the
provisions of this article shall be liable to the maximum penalty
at the discretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court of the Township
of South Hackensack of a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment for
a term not exceeding 90 days, a period of community service not exceeding
90 days, or any combination thereof.
[Added 4-6-1989]
A.
Effective May 1, 1989, it shall be mandatory for all owners, lessees and occupants of business and/or commercial and industrial properties, to separate the recyclable materials set forth in Subsection B below which are produced by such business and/or commercial and industrial properties for private collection/deposit and the ultimate recycling of said material.
B.
The following are identified as mandatory recyclable
materials for commercial and industrial and/or business properties:
(1)
Automotive waste oil.
(2)
Corrugated cardboard.
(3)
Glass.
(4)
Ferrous metals (white metals).
(5)
Food waste.
(6)
High-grade office paper.
(7)
Aluminum.
(8)
Newspapers.
(9)
Leaves.
(10)
Mixed paper.
[Added 5-19-1994]
(11)
Construction and demolition debris.
[Added 5-19-1994]
(12)
Type 1 and 2 plastic containers.
[Added 2-19-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-01]
C.
All recyclable material set forth in Subsection B shall be separated and disposed of by private scavenger. If the commercial business or industrial user is either unable or unwilling to secure a market and collector for designated mandatory recyclable materials, the Township of South Hackensack, through its Recycling Coordinator, shall secure such markets if required by law and enter into contracts on behalf of the commercial business or industrial user for the collection and disposal of designated recyclable materials; provided, however, that the commercial business or industrial user shall be responsible for any and all expenses associated with said contract.
D.
It shall be the responsibility of all owners, lessees
and occupants of business and/or commercial properties and industrial
properties to register annually with the Municipal Recycling Coordinator
on forms provided by the township. The annual registration must be
filed with the Recycling Coordinator on or before January 10 of each
year. New businesses and/or commercial properties and industrial properties
must file within 45 days of the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
E.
It shall be the responsibility of owners, lessees
and occupants of business and/or commercial properties and industrial
properties to report semiannually to the Recycling Coordinator on
or before March 1 for the proceeding six-month period of July 1 through
December 31, and on or before September 1 for the proceeding six-month
period of January 1 through June 30. The report, which shall be on
forms prescribed and provided by the Recycling Coordinator, shall
include the quantities of materials recycled.
F.
Exemptions. Exemptions from the mandatory municipal
recycling program may be requested by any owner, lessee or occupant
of business and/or commercial properties or industrial properties.
The request shall be made to the Recycling Coordinator in writing
on a form prescribed by the Recycling Coordinator. The Recycling Coordinator
shall grant the exemption provided for herein, provided that the applicant
for exemption can demonstrate that solid waste generated at the applicant's
property is being transferred to a private scavenger who is source-separating
materials and reporting to the Recycling Coordinator as provided by
this article.
