It is the purpose of this article to comply
with the mandatory, statewide recycling program, L. 1987, c. 102,
and the Clean Communities and Recycling Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1E-92 et
seq.
As used in this article, the following terms
have the meaning indicated:
BULKY WHITE METAL GOODS
Large household appliances, including but not limited to
washing machines, stoves, refrigerators, clothes dryers or dishwashers.
DESIGNATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
The recyclable materials, including newspaper, magazines,
glass, aluminum cans, ferrous scrap, leaves, white goods, steel and
tin, grass, corrugated cardboard, highgrade paper, mixed paper, plastic
containers, and household-generated batteries.
MAGAZINE
Includes all magazines or periodicals printed on glossy stock
or paper of heavier quality than that commonly recognized as newsprint.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE STREAM
All residential, commercial and institutional solid waste
generated within the boundaries of the borough, as measured in tons.
NEWSPAPERS
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.
PAPER
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.
PAPER PRODUCT
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.
RECYCLABLE 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.
RECYCLABLE PAPERS
Any paper having a total weight consisting of not less than
50% secondary wastepaper material.
RECYCLING
Any process by which materials which would otherwise become
solid waste or collected, separated or processed and returned to the
economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
RECYCLING CENTER
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
materials approved by the Department of Environmental Protection.
RECYCLING COLLECTION CENTER
A facility designed and operated solely for receiving and
storing of recyclable materials pending transporting of a recycling
center.
RECYCLING SERVICES
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.
SOURCE-SEPARATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Recyclable materials, including but not limited to 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 purposes of collection, disposition
and recycling.
There is hereby created the position of Closter
Recycling Coordinator.
The following materials are designated as recyclable
under the Closter Mandatory Program:
A. Residential properties.
(1) Newspapers and magazines.
(2) Glass beverage containers.
(3) Aluminum, steel and tin cans.
(9) Plastic containers as designated by the Recycling
Coordinator.
(10)
Household-generated batteries.
(11) Construction and demolition debris (concrete, brick, tree parts,
nonferrous/ferrous metal, asphalt, corrugated cardboard; where practical).
[Added 3-11-2009 by Ord. No. 2009:1034]
(12) Mixed paper.
[Added 3-11-2009 by Ord. No. 2009:1034]
(13) Types 1 and 2 plastic containers.
[Added 3-11-2009 by Ord. No. 2009:1034]
B. Commercial properties.
(3) Glass beverage containers.
(8) Construction and demolition debris.
(9) Types
1 and 2 plastic containers.
[Added 3-11-2009 by Ord. No. 2009:1034]
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 Closter, 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
Closter in accordance with the normal pickup by the Borough of Closter.
From the time recyclable materials are placed
at the curb by the owner, lessee or occupant for collection by the
Borough of Closter, 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 has 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.
This article shall be referred to the Planning
Board by the Borough of Closter for a revision of the Master Plan
in accordance with N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.16, Subdivision c, specifically
with regard to the collection, disposition and recycling of designated
recyclable materials within any development proposal for the construction
of 50 or more united 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.
The Recycling Coordinator or his or her designee
is hereby authorized and directed to enforce this article. He or she
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 the change, modification, repeal or
amendment by majority vote of the Mayor and Council.
Any person, firm or corporation violating the provision of this article shall be liable to a maximum penalty at the discretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court of the Borough of Closter of not more than $300 for the first offense, and not more than $500 or 10 days in jail for each and every subsequent offense; except that a person violating §
169-25 of this article shall be liable to a penalty as set forth in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, Violations and Penalties, of this Code.