BUILDINGS — Taverns, restaurants, churches, offices, professional offices, day-care facilities, strip stores and multifamily buildings containing five or more units.
COMMINGLED A combining of nonputrescible source-separated recyclable materials for the purpose of recycling.
COMPLEX A property that contains more than one building.
CONTAINERS or RECEPTACLES A roll-off, dumpster, cart, can, or bag designed to receive and accept solid waste or recyclable materials and prevent spillage or leakage of their contents.
CURBS The area adjoining the curbline of the streets.
DESIGNATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS Those materials designated within the Gloucester County District Solid Waste Management Plan to be source separated for the purpose of recycling. The following materials shall be designated recyclables from the commercial, municipal, and residential sectors: ozone-depleting compound appliances, metal, glass, cans, plastic, paper, vegetative, wood, batteries, oil, used oil filters, tires, masonry, and asphalt roofing shingles.
DOCUMENTATION Original or clear copies of receipts or letters in the form of certified weight receipts or a signed business form letter that shall include the name of the recycling market, the hauler, and the generator and shall show the dates and quantity/weight of each recycled material. It is recommended that a summary sheet be provided for each recycled material. These receipts or letters shall be acceptable from recycling market(s) or solid waste facility or hauler(s) or a letter from the construction or demolition permit applicant stating the material(s) were processed with the municipal collection program or a letter from the construction or demolition permit applicant stating that no receipts were provided to it from the identified market(s) and/or hauler(s) or a letter from the construction or demolition permit applicant stating that no material was generated.
DUMPING Placement of any form of solid waste or recyclables of or more than 0.148 cubic yards of solids or 30 United States gallons of liquid not placed in a public receptacle or in authorized private receptacles for collection, upon any street, sidewalk, or public or private property.
DUMPSTERS A container designed to be mechanically emptied. These dumpsters must have lids.
DWELLING UNIT A structure, or an entirely self-contained portion thereof, which is designed for and occupied principally as a place of residence for one housekeeping unit. A dwelling unit must be suitable for year-round occupancy, must have a valid certificate of occupancy, or equivalent authorizing document, and must contain facilities for cooking, sleeping, bathing and human sanitation which are for the exclusive use of the occupants of the dwelling. For temporary housing used solely for farming purposes, the owner of the subject farm may request special consideration by the governing body for issuance of garbage and recycling containers specific to such housing. Temporary dwelling units must be in compliance with all applicable, local, state and federal regulations and have a certificate of occupancy, or equivalent authorizing documentation.
ELECTRONIC WASTE This shall mean a computer central processing unit and associated hardware, including keyboards, modems, printers, scanners and fax machines; a cathode ray tube, a cathode ray tube device, a flat panel display or similar video display device with a screen that is greater than four inches measured diagonally and that contains one or more circuit boards, including a television, and cell phones.
GARBAGE All refuse, entrails and waste of animals and fish and all vegetable matter which has been or was intended to be used as food, including all packaging material which is not recyclable; all clam, oyster, crab and lobster shells; and all other materials so specified by the State of New Jersey.
HAZARDOUS Including, but not limited to, paints, paint thinners/cleaners, insecticides, pesticides and any other items so designated by the federal or state environmental protection agencies as to require special handling.
ITEMS A product too large to fit into a container or plastic bag.
LANDFILL A facility designed exclusively to accept solid waste, designed and permitted to meet all federal and New Jersey Environmental Protection Agency rules and standards.
LITTERING Placement of any form of solid waste or recyclables of less than 0.148 cubic yards of solids or 30 United States gallons of liquid not placed in a public receptacle or in authorized private receptacles for collection, upon any street, sidewalk, or public or private property.
MEDICAL/BIOHAZARDOUS Placement of any form of solid waste or recyclables of less than 0.148 cubic yards of solids or 30 United States gallons of liquid not placed in a public receptacle or in authorized private receptacles for collection, upon any street, sidewalk, or public or private property.
MULTIFAMILY DWELLING Any building or structure or complex of buildings in which three or more dwelling units are owner-occupied or rented or leased, or offered for rental or lease, for residential purposes (see N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.13a) and shall include hotels, motels, or other guest houses serving transient or seasonal guests as those terms are defined under Subdivision (j) of § 3 of the "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law," P.L. 1967, c. 76 (N.J.S.A. 55:13A-1 et seq.).
MUNICIPAL RECYCLING COORDINATOR The person or persons appointed by the municipal governing body and who shall be authorized to, among other things, enforce the provisions of this chapter, and any rules and regulations which may be promulgated hereunder.
MUNICIPAL SECTOR All designated government buildings, parks, public events, public school facilities, fire and ambulance facilities.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW) STREAM All solid waste generated at residential, commercial, and institutional establishments within the boundaries of the municipality of Harrison Township.
PLASTIC BAGS A bag designed to hold solid waste or recyclable materials.
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL Those materials which would otherwise become solid waste and which may be collected, separated, or processed and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
(1) FERROUS AND NONFERROUS METALExamples
of which are washers, dryers, dishwashers, ovens, hot-water tanks, hot- and cold-water tanks, gas/oil/electric heaters, gas tanks, bicycles, metal shelves, storage cabinets, auto parts, metal lawn equipment or other large appliances commonly referred to as a "white goods."
(2) OZONE-DEPLETING COMPOUNDS (FREON)Items containing chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) and other ozone-depleting compounds (ODC), examples
of which are air conditioners, refrigerators, and freezers.
(3) CANSAluminum, steel, tin and bimetal containers and foil.
(4) GLASSAll bottles, jars and jugs made from silica or sand, soda ash and limestone and used for packaging or bottling or the holding
of various matter. Clear, green, brown and other colors are included. This shall not include ceramics, window glass, light bulbs, cooking ware, or mirrors.
(5) PLASTICAll bottles, jugs, and jars commonly marked or known as #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 and #7.
(6) PAPERAll uncontaminated corrugated boxes and panels, paperboard boxes, newspaper, brochures and inserts, magazines, books, including phone books, greeting cards, regular and junk mail, chipboard, computer paper, office paper, file folders, copy paper, school paper, etc. This shall not include paper that is contaminated so as to be a health concern or problem.
(7) BATTERIESWet cell automotive, motorcycle and boat batteries, commonly found in six-, twelve- and twenty-four-volt charges.
(8) OILPetroleum-based motor and transmission oil.
(9) OIL FILTERSMotor and transmission filters made in a metal container.
(10) TIRESPassenger and truck tires and tubes.
(11) VEGETATIVELeaves, trees, branches, shrubs, stumps, bushes, hedge trimmings, weeds, and grass.
(12) WOODLumber, pallets, and wood that is not painted, chemically treated, creosoted, CCA pressure treated.
(13) MASONRYAll products generally used in construction, including, but not limited to, bricks, cinder block, asphalt, concrete, rock and stone.
(14) ROOFINGAll asphalt-based roof shingles, tar paper, built-up roofing, stone, slag, asphalt-saturated insulation and slate.
(15) FOODThis shall include, but not be limited to, dairy, vegetable, meat, breads, grease, and fat.
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR All designated single-family buildings and multifamily buildings of four units or less.
ROLL-OFFS A container that is designed to be removable from a vehicle or chassis.
SOLID WASTE Consisting of solid waste Types 10, 13, 25, and 27 as defined by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, N.J.A.C. 7:26-2.13.
SOURCE SEPARATION The process by which recyclable materials are separated at the point of generation by the generator thereof from solid waste for the purposes of recycling.
STREETS All public highways, avenues, streets, lanes, boulevards, circles, terraces, and public places, whether dedicated or not, within the limits of the Township of Harrison.
UNIT A single commercial, municipal or residential establishment.