[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Bridgewater 8-18-1986 by Ord. No. 86-16. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
All aluminum beverage containers.
Household batteries from toys, appliances, watches and other small
items.
[Added 9-17-1990 by Ord.
No. 90-24]
Examples include pet food cans.
[Added 9-17-1990 by Ord.
No. 90-24]
All glass bottles and jars.
Computer printouts, computer tabular cards, white ledger and colored
ledger.
[Added 4-4-1988 by Ord. No.
88-4]
Newspaper, corrugated, magazines and cardboard.
[Added 4-4-1988 by Ord. No.
88-4]
All plastic bottles.
[Added 9-17-1990 by Ord.
No. 90-24]
All professional offices and all other offices and buildings operated
for business and/or commercial purposes located in the Township of Bridgewater.
All single-family and two-family dwellings or structures in the Township
of Bridgewater, including townhouses and condominiums.
Any old clean clothing, drapes, curtains sheets, towels, belts, handbags
and any clean cloth no smaller than 15 inches by 15 inches.
[Added 11-15-1993 by Ord.
No. 93-29]
Examples include soup cans and vegetable cans.
[Added 9-17-1990 by Ord.
No. 90-24]
[Amended 9-17-1990 by Ord.
No. 90-24; 11-15-1993 by Ord.
No. 93-29]
There is hereby established a program for the mandatory separation of
newspapers, magazines, glass, aluminum, plastic, bimetal cans, batteries (household),
corrugated cardboard, tin-plated steel cans, textiles and junk mail within
the Township of Bridgewater.
[Amended 9-17-1990 by Ord.
No. 90-24; 11-15-1993 by Ord.
No. 93-29]
The occupant or owner of any residential dwelling or structure within
the Township of Bridgewater who shall place for disposal, removal or collection
the following named items shall do so in strict conformity with the following
regulations:
A.
Newspapers, including inserts, shall be bundled separately
and secured in bundles not to exceed 35 pounds. Bundle and tie the newsprint
with string or cord. Newspaper shall not be contained in paper or plastic
bags.
B.
Junk mail, envelopes (no cellophane windows), magazines,
catalogs, phone books, paperback books and brown grocery bags may be placed
in a brown paper bag.
C.
Glass, aluminum, tin-plated steel cans and bimetal cans
(cans must be rinsed clean, with labels removed) shall be contained in a Somerset
County issued recycling container.
D.
Corrugated cardboard shall be reduced to twenty-four-inch
squares or smaller bundles and tied together with string or cord.
E.
Plastic bottles shall be contained in a Somerset County
issued recycling container.
F.
Batteries shall be contained in a zip-top plastic bag.
G.
Textiles should be packaged in the recycling bag issued
by Somerset County.
[Added 4-4-1988 by Ord. No.
88-4; amended 9-17-1990 by Ord.
No. 90-24]
The owner, operator or occupant of any commercial, professional, industrial
or institutional establishment shall recycle material as required under the
Somerset County Recycling Amendment of December 1985 and P.L. 1987, c. 102,[1] including but not limited to:
A.
Glass.
B.
Newspapers and magazines.
C.
Aluminum cans.
D.
Low-grade papers.
E.
High-grade papers.
F.
Motor oil.
G.
Plastic bottles.
H.
Corrugated cardboard.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.11 et seq.
A.
The collection, removal and disposal of magazines, bimetal
cans, tin-plated steel cans, plastic bottles, household batteries, newspapers,
glass, aluminum, textiles and junk mail shall be supervised by the Administrator
of the Township of Bridgewater or his/her designated agent, who shall have
the authority to promulgate regulations establishing the time, method and
routes of services. Homeowners' associations, condominium associations and
managers of multifamily dwellings or developments shall provide for collection
in accordance with the regulations established by the Administrator of the
Township of Bridgewater. The owner, landlord or manager of any office or commercial
building shall provide for collection in accordance with the regulations established
by the Administrator of the Township of Bridgewater.
[Amended 9-17-1990 by Ord.
No. 90-24; 11-15-1993 by Ord.
No. 93-29]
B.
The Township Council, by resolution, may enter into contracts
and may make any arrangements deemed in the public interest for collection
of recyclable materials.
C.
All recycling containers shall be supplied by the Somerset
County Recycling Office and placed prior to collection between the curb and
sidewalk, where they shall be readily accessible to the collector. The recycling
container, paper bags and newspapers to be disposed of shall be placed outside
after 6:00 p.m. of the day immediately preceding the day of collection, but
not later than 7:00 a.m. on the date of collection.
[Amended 9-17-1990 by Ord.
No. 90-24; 11-15-1993 by Ord.
No. 93-29]
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person unauthorized
by the Township of Bridgewater to collect or pick up or cause to be collected
or picked up any such items, except as provided for in this chapter.
Any person, firm or corporation that violates or neglects to comply
with any provision of this chapter or any regulation promulgated pursuant
thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine not to exceed
$500 or imprisonment for a term of not more than 90 days, or both such fine
and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
In the event that any section, sentence or clause of this chapter shall
be declared unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction,
such declaration shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions.
[Added 9-17-1990 by Ord.
No. 90-24]
Inspections of all commercial, professional, industrial and institutional
establishments will be conducted twice a year by the Recycling Coordinator.
The manner and extent of compliance will be identified on a preprinted checklist.
