As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ALUMINUM CANS
Cans made entirely of aluminum, which were used to contain
beverages. Specifically excluded are other aluminum products such
as foil, pie pans and aluminum siding.
COMMERCIAL
Any nonresidential building or establishment, including,
but not limited to, those used for retail, wholesale, dining, offices,
professional services, shipping and receiving areas and cafeterias.
COMMINGLED
Recyclable items placed together in a common container(s)
for collection as permitted and/or required by contract with the vendor.
CORRUGATED CARDBOARD
The term used to identify a type of paper in which a portion
has been made to have a wavy surface (alternating ridge and grooves)
and is placed between two flat surfaces for the sake of strength and
which is commonly used to form cartons.
DESIGNATED MATERIALS
Those materials identified in the Morris County District
Recycling Plan that must be separated for recycling such as, but not
limited to, newspapers, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper (high-grade
magazines, junk mail, scrap paper, etc.), aluminum food and beverage
containers, plastic bottles, glass bottles and jars, tin/steel cans,
yard waste, tires, vehicular batteries, white goods, motor oil, oil-contaminated
soil (nonhazardous, Type 27), stumps (logs, branches, natural wood
waste) and asphalt roofing shingles and household dry cell batteries.
GLASS
Bottles and jars made of silica, soda ash and limestone,
being transparent or translucent and breakable. Specifically excluded
are plastics or any other glass products such as window glass and
ceramics.
INSTITUTION
An established organization or foundation dedicated to public
service or culture, including, but not limited to, religious, educational,
health care and governmental establishments.
NEWSPAPER
Newsprint-grade paper that is printed and distributed daily
or weekly that contains news. The recycling of such material excludes
soiled paper.
OFFICE PAPER
High-grade papers generally used in offices that are of high
quality and do not have a glossy finish, including, but not limited
to, computer, letterhead, ledger and photocopy paper.
RESIDENT
Any person who owns, leases and/or occupies dwellings within
the municipality, including those in multifamily dwellings and/or
single-family developments.
TIN CANS
Ferrous containers, including all metal containers made of
steel and/or tin, the most common being food cans. Bimetal cans with
steel sides and bottoms and aluminum tops are included in this material.
TIRES
Motor vehicle tires from passenger automobiles and light
trucks and shall not include tires from vehicles with a loading capacity
exceeding 1 1/2 tons.
WHITE GOODS
Any large household appliance, including refrigerators, stoves,
dishwashers, water heaters, washers, dryers or other similar appliances.
YARD WASTE
Includes fallen leaves and brush (chippable, up to three
inches in diameter). Grass clippings are also included in this definition.
It shall be mandatory for all residential, institutional and commercial inhabitants of the Town to source separate designated materials from all other solid waste for recycling. This shall be done in the manner described in §
246-8. The Town accepts the state policy directive of achieving and maintaining at least a fifty-percent recycling rate of municipal solid waste.
Recyclable materials placed at the curb or recycling depot are the property of the Town or its authorized agent. It is a violation of this article for any person unauthorized by the Town to collect or pick up or cause to be collected or picked up any such recyclables. Any and each such collection in violation hereof shall constitute a separate and distinct offense punishable as hereinafter provided in §
246-15.
Any person who is an owner, lessee or occupant may donate or sell recyclable materials to any person (whether operating for profit or not for profit), as long as the recycling individual or company submits documentation to the Municipal Recycling Coordinator as described in §
246-9.
The Municipal Health Administrator, Code Enforcement
Officer, Police Department, Public Works Department, Town Administrator
and Recycling Coordinator are hereby authorized and directed to enforce
all provisions of this article.
The Town Recycling Coordinator or his designee
shall conduct inspections of garbage set out for disposal in order
to determine whether recyclables are contained therein. Such inspections
shall be conducted at random.
Any person who violates or neglects to comply with this article or any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not less than $25 and not to exceed $1,000; except that the maximum fine for failure to comply with §§
246-7,
246-8 and
246-9 shall not exceed $50 for an initial violation. Each and every day that the violation continues shall be considered a separate offense.
The owner of any building, lot or land, or part thereof, where anything in violation of this article shall exist or occur, or any contractor, agent, person or corporation who assists in the commission of any such violation, shall each be guilty of a separate violation of this article, and, upon conviction thereof, shall each be liable to the penalties set forth in §
246-4 above.