As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
AUTOMOTIVE BATTERIES Batteries from automobiles and trucks, but does not include household batteries.
[Added 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 92-051]
BRUSH Branches, woody plants and other like vegetative material.
[Added 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 92-051]
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS Any private establishment, including:
A. Manufacturing, retailing and service establishments.
B. Establishments where food and/or alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverage are sold for consumption on or off premises.
C. Food distribution and processing establishment.
D. Professional and nonprofit establishments conducting any type of business or activity within the City.
COMPOSTING A process by which organic materials are turned into humus (a fertilizing substance similar to topsoil).
CORRUGATED CARDBOARD A cardboard container and used primarily for packaging and transporting nonfood products.
DWELLING UNIT A one-, two- or multifamily home, apartment, condominium or cooperative.
GLASS CONTAINER Bottles and jars made entirely of glass, devoid of metal caps and rings, and used in the storage of food and beverages. This term does not include blue glass, flat glass commonly known as "window glass," lightbulbs and fixtures.
GRASS All grass clippings.
[Added 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 92-051]
HAZARDOUS WASTE All waste defined as hazardous waste by N.J.S.A. 13:1E-38 and N.J.S.A. 13:1E-51 and N.J.A.C. 7:26-8.1 et seq. Used motor and/or fuel oils are considered "hazardous waste."
HIGH-GRADE PAPER White computer printout paper, white bond paper and white typing paper.
LEAVES Foliage from plants and trees only.
METAL Cans, other than pure aluminum, consisting entirely of steel, tin or bimetal and used in the storage of food and beverages.
MIXED PAPER Any combination of newspaper, high-grade paper and nonwhite paper. "Mixed paper" also include magazines, junk mail and unsoiled scrap.
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 92-051]
NEWSPAPER Paper 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. The term "newspaper" does not include magazines or other periodicals and any other paper products.
OWNER Any person who has legal title to any dwelling unit or any building utilized as a commercial and industrial establishment or a public or private institution, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or who has equitable title and is either in actual possession or collects rents therefrom; or who, as executor, executrix, trustee, guardian or receiver of the estate of the owner or as mortgagee or as vendee in possession either by virtue of a court order or by agreement or voluntary surrender of the premises by the person holding the legal title or as collector of rents, has charge, care or control of any dwelling unit or commercial or industrial establishment or public or private institution. Any person who is a lessee or assignee subletting or assigning any part or all of any dwelling or building shall have joint responsibility over the portion of the premises sublet or assigned, and any person who is designated by the owner and who agrees to be in charge of the premises and who is registered with the Division of Sanitation shall be considered to have joint responsibility with the owner for any violation of this article.
PERSON Any natural person, profit or nonprofit corporation, municipal entity or authority, partnership, condominium association or other such organization.
PLASTIC CONTAINERS AND FILM Containers such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
[Added 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 92-051]
PLASTICS All forms of soft and hard plastic used for any purpose whatsoever. "Plastics" also includes HDPE and PET.
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 92-051]
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS A. Municipal, county and state government facilities, including but not limited to the Paterson Housing Authority and the Paterson Parking Authority.
B. Religious, educational and health-care facilities.
C. Facilities occupied by private civic organizations and nonprofit organizations.
RECYCLING The process by which designated materials, which would otherwise become solid waste, are separated, collected, processed and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
SCRAP METAL [Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 92-051]
A. FERROUS SCRAP METALAll metal scraps made of steel or cast iron, such as steel bridge railings and recycled and reconditioned steel drums.
SOLID WASTE All garbage and rubbish normally placed at the curb by the residents of the City for regular twice-weekly municipal collection.
TIN AND BIMETAL CANS All metal and containers other than aluminum.
[Added 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 92-051]
TIRES All truck or passenger auto tires that are retreaded, remanufactured or recapped.
[Added 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 92-051]
USED MOTOR OIL All oil from internal-combustion engines or transmissions.
[Added 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 92-051]
WHITE GOODS All large appliances such as refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers, washers, dryers, boilers, hot-water heaters, freezers and air conditioners.
[Added 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 92-051]
YARD WASTE Grass clippings, hedge trimmings, twigs, sticks, branches or shrubbery.
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 92-051]
The following are designated as recyclable materials for premises in the City of Paterson:
A. Residential: newspaper, glass, food and beverage containers, aluminum beverage containers, tin and bimetal cans, plastic containers, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, white goods, ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals, construction and demolition debris, tires, used motor oil, automotive batteries, leaves, brush and grass.
B. Commercial: newspaper, glass, food and beverage containers, aluminum beverage containers, tin and bimetal cans, high-grade paper, mixed paper, corrugated cardboard, plastic containers, ferrous and nonferrous scrap, construction and demolition debris, tires, used motor oil, automotive batteries, leaves, brush and grass. Restaurants and taverns shall include all of the above items and food waste.
C. Institutional: newspaper, glass, food and beverage containers, aluminum beverage containers, tin and bimetal cans, high-grade paper, mixed paper, corrugated cardboard, plastic containers and film, ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal, construction and demolition debris, tires, used motor oil, automotive batteries, leaves, brush and grass.
The owner, landlord, tenant council, condominium association or management company responsible for any development of more than four dwelling units shall submit a recycling plan which incorporates the state recycling plan goals. Said recycling plans are also required of such commercial, industrial establishments and public and private institutions as are designated by regulation. Said plans shall be submitted no later than November 15, 1989, to the Paterson Recycling Coordinator. Approved plans shall be updated every three years.
The Department of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to establish and promulgate reasonable regulations as to the manner, days and times for the collection of recyclables in accordance with the terms hereof. Said regulations will be effective upon adoption by the Municipal Council, which shall approve the same by resolution. Upon adoption, the regulation shall be published once in the official newspaper of the City.
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 92-051; 11-23-2010 by Ord. No. 10-078]
Sworn officers of the Division of Police, the Director of the Department of Public Works and/or his designees, the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services and/or his designee, the Recycling Coordinator and/or designee and the Passaic County Health Department and/or its designee are authorized to enforce this article and amendments thereto.
Each person engaged in the collection or recycling of recyclable materials shall comply with all City, county, state and federal laws.
[Added 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 92-051]
The County Recycling Coordinator shall receive documentation indicating compliance with yearly municipal recycling certification by April 15 of each year for information on the previous calendar year's activities for certification purposes.