As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Those materials designated within the Morris County District Solid Waste Management Plan to be source-separated for the purpose of recycling. These mandated recyclable materials include:
ALUMINUM CANSCans made from aluminum that were manufactured to hold a serving of a beverage. Specifically omitted from this definition are aluminum foil and aluminum pie plates and aluminum siding.
GLASS BOTTLES AND JARSBottles and jars made from glass, including clear, brown and green glass. A "bottle" is defined as a receptacle having a narrow neck and a mouth that can be corked or capped. A "jar" is defined as a wide-mouthed container that can be capped. Caps and lids not included. Specifically omitted from this definition are drinking glasses, windows, mirrors, light bulbs, and anything made of Pyrex® or ceramic.
PLASTIC BOTTLES (CODED 1 AND 2)Plastic bottles coded to indicate that they are comprised of the specific types of plastic compounds (polymers) known as polyethylene terephthalate (PETE) or high-density polyethylene (HDPE); see symbols below. A bottle is defined as a receptacle having a narrow neck and a mouth that can be corked or capped. Caps and lids not included. Any item made of plastic that is not a bottle, and any plastic bottle without one of the symbols shown below, is specifically omitted from this definition. Empty bottles which contained hazardous materials, such as motor oil, antifreeze, etc., should not be recycled.
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STEEL (TIN) CANSAn airtight container for the distribution or storage of goods, composed of thin, usually ferrous metal. Examples are soup cans and tuna fish cans.
NEWSPAPERA publication containing news, information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called "newsprint." Newspaper may include glossy inserts which come with the paper, dependent upon the market conditions at the time. The recycling of such material excludes soiled paper.
CORRUGATED CARDBOARDThe 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.
MIXED PAPERVarious categories of recyclable paper, including but not limited to white and colored paper used in printers, photocopiers and fax machines, white and colored ledger paper, carbonless copy paper, construction paper, undeliverable mail, mailed promotional letters/advertisements/circulars, magazines, catalogs, envelopes, softcover books.
LEAVESVegetative material, typically generated in the autumn when they fall from trees and then are raked from residents' and/or commercial lawns.
GRASS CLIPPINGSVegetative material generated when grass (lawns) are cut.
BRUSHBranches, woody plants and other similar vegetative material. Leaves and grass do not constitute brush.
NATURAL WOOD WASTELogs, stumps, branches and other wood tree parts. Dimensional lumber is omitted from inclusion in this definition.
OIL-CONTAMINATED SOILNonhazardous soil that contains petroleum hydrocarbons (gasoline, diesel, kerosene, jet fuel, Nos. 4 and 6 heating oils and certain other refinery products, including coal tar). This type of soil shall be determined to be nonhazardous in accordance with the standards set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:26.
USED MOTOR OILMotor oil from motor vehicles, lawn mowers, boats, etc., which has served its intended useful purpose.
LEAD-ACID BATTERIESStorage batteries in which the electrodes are grids of lead containing lead oxides that change in composition during charging and discharging, and the electrolyte is dilute sulfuric acid. These include starting batteries such as car batteries that deliver a short burst of high power to start the engine. In addition, they may include deep-cell batteries found on boats or campers used to power accessories like trolling motors, winches or lights.
HAZARDOUS DRY CELL BATTERIESRechargeable batteries, such as nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron, nickel-metal hydride, lithium ion, small sealed lead-acid, etc. These are often used as substitutes for nonrechargeable batteries in standard sizes such as AAA, AA, C, D and 9V. Rechargeable batteries are commonly found in cordless tools, cellular and cordless phones, laptop computers, cameras, remote controls, toys, etc. Also included in this definition are nonrechargeable batteries that are hazardous as defined by the Resource Conservation Recovery Act ("RCRA"),[2] regardless of the RCRA exclusion of household waste from the definition of hazardous waste pursuant to 40 CFR 261.4(b). Nonrechargeable, hazardous batteries include older alkaline and carbon zinc batteries as well as silver oxide, mercury and magnesium button-type batteries, etc. It should be noted that domestically manufactured alkaline and carbon zinc nonrechargeable batteries made after circa 1994 eliminated mercury content to the point that they should not be considered RCRA hazardous and therefore are not included in this material category.
METAL APPLIANCESAppliances composed predominantly of metal, and may include stoves, washing machines and dryers, for example, if the appliance is predominantly metal. Also included are air conditioners, refrigerators and dehumidifiers if they are predominantly metal. If these appliances on the latter list contain refrigerants, they are prohibited by the Clean Air Act[3] from being knowingly vented, and the refrigerant must be recovered accordingly.
WHOLE TIRESTires that are whole, not chipped into small pieces. (NOTE: Tires are allowed to be recycled and/or incinerated for energy recovery.)
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.
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 guesthouses serving transient or seasonable guests as those terms are defined under Subsection (j) of Section 3 of the Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law, P.L. 1967, c. 76 (N.J.S.A. 55:13A-1 et seq.).
The person or persons appointed by the municipal governing body to fulfill the requirements of the Morris County Solid Waste Management Plan and the New Jersey Statewide Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act and those rules and regulations promulgated therefore.
The person or persons named by the municipality who shall fulfill the responsibilities with respect to recycling enforcement coordination detailed in the March 2007 Morris County Solid Waste Management Plan Amendment Section 8.6. This person may be the same person designated as the Municipal Recycling Coordinator.
All solid waste generated at residential, commercial and institutional establishments within the boundaries of the Town of Boonton which is not bulk waste or construction and demolition debris.
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.
Acceptable rigid plastic items are large plastic toys, laundry baskets, kitty litter pails, plastic pet carriers, buckets, including five-gallon buckets, soda and milk crates, plastic storage containers, plastic garbage and recycling containers, empty and dry plastic paint cans, plastic shelving, and plastic outdoor furniture without polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes.
Small rigid plastic items, those that fit into a residential recycling container, are accepted in the curbside collection program.
Large rigid plastic items are accepted only at the Boonton Recycling Center (Recycling Center) and shall be placed into the container or area that is labeled for rigid plastics recycling. Large rigid plastic items, those that do not fit into a curbside recycling container, are not accepted at curbside. These items must not be set out for curbside collection.
Unacceptable items include agricultural plastics such as flower pots or trays, computers, electric appliances, electronics, electric toys, battery-operated items, chemical or motor oil containers, hazardous waste containers, coolers, tires, toolboxes, wheels, water hoses, vacuum hoses, drainpipes, vinyl siding, fiberglass, bags, rubber items, fifty-five-gallon drums, PVC or polystyrene (Styrofoam®) numbered:
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These materials consist of a mix of nonfiber recyclable and fiber recyclable items collected in a single materials stream. Boonton's single-stream residential curbside collection program and collection at the Recycling Center includes all of the designated recyclable materials, plus the additional recyclable materials listed below:
Nonfiber recyclable materials include clean aluminum cans, steel/tin cans, aluminum trays, aluminum pie plates, aluminum foil, empty and dry paint cans, empty aerosol cans, glass bottles and jars, cartons and aseptic containers such as juice boxes, gable top milk and juice containers, soy milk and soup cartons, loose metal jar lids and steel bottle caps, small rigid plastic items that fit into a recycling container, plastic bottles, and other food and beverage containers numbered:
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Fiber recyclable materials include newspapers with inserts, magazines, kraft (brown) paper bags, corrugated cardboard, junk mail, high-grade paper, greeting cards, envelopes, magazines, manila folders, softcover books, softcover workbooks, paperback books, telephone books, egg cartons, cores from paper towels and toilet tissue, frozen food boxes/cartons, boxboard commonly used for dry food and cereal, shoeboxes and other similar packaging, including wet-strength material used in beverage carriers.
Unacceptable materials include plastic film bags, newspapers that are tied, corrugated cardboard that is tied, wax-coated corrugated cardboard, boxboard with wax or plastic coating, boxboard that has been contaminated by food, mirrors, window or auto glass, light bulbs, ceramics, oil or antifreeze containers, coat hangers, household appliances, hardcover books, hazardous, toxic, radioactive or similarly dangerous material and the containers that held that material, food scraps or any other organic materials, scrap metal, electronic waste, agricultural plastic such as flowerpots and trays, plastic containers without a code number, or any PVC or polystyrene plastic (Styrofoam®) containers numbered:
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Recyclable materials that are separated at the point of generation by the generator thereof from solid waste for the purposes of recycling.
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.