[Adopted 9-11-1990; amended in
its entirety 12-2-2008 by Ord. No. 08-22]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ALUMINUM CANS
Cans made entirely of aluminum. Excluded from this category
are aluminum foil, aluminum pie pans or freezer pans, and aluminum
siding.
ANTIFREEZE
All automotive engine coolant consisting of a mixture of
ethylene glycol and water or propylene glycol and water.
AUTOMOBILE BATTERY
Batteries (lead acid) from automobiles, trucks, other vehicles
and machinery and equipment. This does not include consumer batteries.
BATTERIES, HOUSEHOLD
Any type of button, coin, cylindrical, rectangular or other
shaped enclosed device or sealed container which was utilized as an
energy source for commercial, industrial, medical, institutional or
household use.
COMMERCIAL USE
Nonresidential, nonindustrial and noninstitutional, referring
to establishments including but not limited to those used for retail
sales, wholesale sales, dining, cafeteria or fast-food services, offices,
professional services, warehousing, and other commerce or business.
COMMINGLED
A combining of nonputrescible source-separated recyclable
materials for the purpose of recycling.
CORRUGATED CARDBOARD
A type of paper-based material in which a portion has been
made to have a wavy surface, alternating ridges and grooves, which
portion is sandwiched between two flat surfaces, often used to make
cartons and other containers.
DESIGNATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Aluminum cans, computer paper, glass containers, corrugated
cardboard, office paper, plastic bottles, steel cans, newspaper, and
other paper/magazines/junk mail.
GLASS CONTAINERS
Bottles and jars made of silica, soda ash and limestone,
being transparent or translucent and breakable, and shall not include
containers made of plastic (resin-based) materials of any kind, nor
window glass or other plate glass, nor ceramics, china or crockery.
HOTEL
A.
Any building, including but not limited to any
related structure, accessory building, and land appurtenant thereto,
and any part thereof, which contains 10 or more units of dwelling
space or has sleeping facilities for 25 or more persons and is kept,
used, maintained, advertised as, or held out to be a place where sleeping
or dwelling accommodations are available to transient or permanent
guests.
B.
This definition shall also mean and include
any hotel, motor hotel, motel, or established guest house, which is
commonly regarded as a hotel, motor hotel, motel, or established guest
house, as the case may be, in the community in which it is located;
provided that this definition shall not be construed to include any
building or structure defined as a multiple dwelling in this article,
registered as a multiple dwelling with the Commissioner of Community
Affairs as hereinafter provided, and occupied or intended to be occupied
as such; nor shall this definition be construed to include a rooming
house or a boardinghouse as defined in the Rooming and Boarding House
Act of 1979, P.L. 1979, c. 496 (N.J.S.A. 55:13B-1 et seq.) or, except
as otherwise set forth in P.L. 1987, c. 270 (N.J.S.A. 55:13A-7.5,
55:13A-7.6, 55:13A-12.1, and 55:13A-13.2), any retreat lodging facility,
as defined in that section.
INSTITUTION
An established and recognized organization dedicated to public
service or the common weal, including, without limitation, religious,
educational, health-care and government establishments.
METAL
A.
HEAVY IRONAll ferrous scrap, structural steel or cast-iron components.
C.
WHITE GOODS and LIGHT IRONAll appliances, such as washers, dryers, refrigerators, etc., as well as products made from sheet iron, such as shelving, file cabinets, metal desks, recycled or reconditioned steel drums and other nonstructural ferrous scrap.
MOTOR OIL
A petroleum-based or synthetic oil which, through use, storage
or handling, has become unsuitable for its original purpose due to
the presence of impurities or loss of original properties.
MULTIFAMILY DWELLING
Any building or structure or complex of buildings in which
three or more dwelling units are rented or leased or offered for rental
or lease for residential purposes (see N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.13a), except
hotels, motels, or other guest houses serving transient or seasonal
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.).
MUNICIPAL RECYCLING COORDINATOR
The person or persons appointed by the municipal governing
body and who shall be authorized to enforce the provisions of this
article and any rules and regulations which may be promulgated hereunder.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW) STREAM
All solid waste generated at residential, commercial and
institutional establishments within the boundaries of the municipality
of Pohatcong.
NEWSPAPER
All paper marketed as newsprint or newspaper and containing
at least 70% newsprint or newspaper (American Forest and Paper Association
Grade Nos. 6, 7 and 8 news).
OFFICE PAPER
Any and all types of office-type paper, including but not
limited to computer paper, high-grade white paper, typing paper, copier
paper, onionskin, tissue paper, notepads, envelopes, manila folders
and colored paper, or any mix thereof.
OTHER PAPER/MAGAZINES/JUNK MAIL
All paper which is not defined as corrugated, mixed-office
paper, computer paper or newspaper. Examples are as follows: magazine
stock, telephone directories, wrapping paper, chip board, books and
grocery bags. (Paper coated with plastic, film or foil and paper contaminated
with food should not be included.)
PLASTIC CONTAINERS
Containers such as polyethylene terephthalate (PETE - No.
1) soda bottles; high-density polyethylene (HDPE - No. 2) milk, water
or detergent bottles; vinyl (V - No. 3), low-density polyethylene
(LDPE - No. 4) containers; polyvinyl chloride (PVC - No. 5) bottles;
and rigid and foam polystyrene (PS - No. 6).
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
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.
RESIDENT
Any person who owns, leases, rents or occupies one or more
dwellings in the Township of Pohatcong, including owners of multiple-unit
dwellings who are residents in the Township.
SCRAP AUTOS
Crushed or shredded automobile or truck bodies, excluding
auto shredder residue or “fluff.”
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.
STEEL CANS
Rigid containers made exclusively or primarily of steel or
tin-plated steel and steel and aluminum cans used to store food, beverages,
paint and a variety of other household and consumer products, including
motor oil filters.
TIRES
Rubber-based scrap automotive, truck or specialty (e.g.,
forklift) tires.
WOOD SCRAPS
Unfinished lumber. Included in this definition are wooden
pallets. Utility poles are not recyclable.
YARD MATERIAL
A.
BRUSH/TREE PARTSBranches and wood chips generated from residential and institutional sources (e.g., storm damage and pruning activities).
B.
GRASS CLIPPINGSGrass clippings derived from the mowing of lawns or other grassy areas.
C.
LEAVESLeaves and other yard debris, excluding grass and brush, from residential, institutional, commercial or industrial sources.
D.
STUMPSUnfinished wood from commercial land-clearing activities. NOTE: This material must be recycled at a registered, exempted or pending Class B recycling facility.
There is created within the administration of
the Township of Pohatcong the office of Recycling Coordinator, who
shall be a member of the Pohatcong Environmental Commission nominated
by the Chairman of the said Commission and appointed by the Mayor
with the consent of the Township Council. The duties of the said Coordinator
shall include, without limitation, the development of recycling program
recommendations for the Township, which shall be in conformity with
the Act, which shall be proposed to the Township Council with the
advice and consent of the Environmental Commission, and which shall
be adopted and implemented as the Township Council shall from time
to time ordain. The said Coordinator shall also be responsible for
the implementation of the recommendations as adopted by the Township
Council. The Recycling Coordinator shall serve at the pleasure of
the Township Council, without salary.
Residents shall separate designated materials, prepare or package them as specified in §
237-5 below, and shall place them, except for yard material, used motor oil, automobile batteries and tires, and such other recyclables as the Township Council may from time to time exempt from this basic procedure, at the curb in front of their homes or places of business no earlier than the night before the scheduled pickup day for recyclables. Residents may transport all grass clippings and other yard material, including leaves collected other than during the Fall season, with the exception of stumps, to the designated facility provided by the Township on municipal property at the times and on the days designated from time to time by the Township. During the Fall season, leaves may be raked into the street for collection by the Township.
The Municipal Recycling Coordinator, the Zoning
Officer, the Building Inspector, the Housing Officer, or other code
enforcement officer, the Police Department, and the Warren County
Department of Health are hereby individually and severally empowered
to enforce the provisions of this article. An inspection may consist
of sorting through containers and opening of solid waste bags to detect,
by sound or sight, the presence of any recyclable material.
If it is determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction that any provision or section of this article is unconstitutional,
all other sections and provisions shall remain in effect. This article
shall take effect immediately.