Every collector, as a precondition to being
registered to do business within the Township, shall be required to
provide to its residential customers the service of removing recyclables
and leaf waste from their properties at the curbside. Any such recyclables
so removed by registered collectors shall be kept separate from municipal
waste, and shall be taken to a recycling center for the purpose of
recycling. Likewise leaf waste shall be taken to a compost facility.
Registered collectors shall take all of their customers' recyclable
materials to a recycling center for the purpose of recycling.
Every collector, as a precondition to being
registered to do business within the Township, shall be required to
provide to its commercial, municipal, institutional and multifamily
housing property customers the service of removing recyclables from
their properties. Any such recyclables so removed by registered collectors
shall be kept separate from municipal waste and shall be taken to
a recycling center for the purpose of recycling; likewise, leaf waste
shall be taken to a compost facility. Registered collectors shall
take all of their customers' recyclable materials to a recycling center
for the purpose of recycling.
No registered collector shall accept, pick up,
or remove any bag or other container of municipal waste which the
collector knows, or has reason to believe, contains recyclables required
to be separated, combined with municipal waste. Upon discovery of
such recyclables combined with municipal waste placed at curbside
or otherwise placed for pickup, the collector shall affix a tag or
sticker to the container containing the recyclables, retain a duplicate
for his records, and deliver a triplicate to the designated office
of the Township within 48 hours. When the collector utilizes a tag
or sticker pursuant to this section, he shall fill in the information
requested thereon, including the address at which the container is
located and the reason which led him to know or believe the container
contained recyclables (e.g., he saw newspaper or he heard bottles
rattling). The collector shall leave such container with the tag or
sticker placed thereon where he found it.
No person shall terminate the services of a registered collector because of such collector's compliance with the requirements set forth in §
90-22 above.
All registered collectors doing business within
the Township shall make available to their customers the service of
removal of bulky items not less frequently than once per year.
All complaints regarding collection of recyclables
or solid waste shall initially be reported to the registered collector.
Any reasonable complaint shall be given prompt and courteous attention.
In the case of missed collection, the registered collector shall collect
from the missed collection site not later than 24 hours after the
complaint is received. Any complaint that the registered collector
fails to resolve shall be reported in writing to the Township.