As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Cans made entirely of aluminum. Excluded from this category are aluminum foil, aluminum pie pans or freezer pans, and aluminum siding.
All automotive engine coolant consisting of a mixture of ethylene glycol and water or propylene glycol and water.
Batteries (lead acid) from automobiles, trucks, other vehicles and machinery and equipment. This does not include consumer batteries.
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.
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.
A combining of nonputrescible source-separated recyclable materials for the purpose of recycling.
Asphalt or asphalt-based roofing shingles, concrete, brick, cinder block, ceramic materials, stones, other masonry materials and paving materials.
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.
Aluminum cans, computer paper, glass containers, corrugated cardboard, office paper, plastic bottles, steel cans, newspaper, and other paper/magazines/junk mail.
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.
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.
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.
An established and recognized organization dedicated to public service or the common weal, including, without limitation, religious, educational, health-care and government establishments.
HEAVY IRONAll ferrous scrap, structural steel or cast-iron components.
NONFERROUS AND OTHER ALUMINUM SCRAPAll noncontainer aluminum, stainless steel, copper, zinc, brass and other metals, which generally do not rust.
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.
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.
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.).
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.
All solid waste generated at residential, commercial and institutional establishments within the boundaries of the municipality of Pohatcong.
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).
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.
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.)
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).
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.
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.
Crushed or shredded automobile or truck bodies, excluding auto shredder residue or “fluff.”
Recyclable materials which 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.
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.
Rubber-based scrap automotive, truck or specialty (e.g., forklift) tires.
Unfinished lumber. Included in this definition are wooden pallets. Utility poles are not recyclable.
BRUSH/TREE PARTSBranches and wood chips generated from residential and institutional sources (e.g., storm damage and pruning activities).
GRASS CLIPPINGSGrass clippings derived from the mowing of lawns or other grassy areas.
LEAVESLeaves and other yard debris, excluding grass and brush, from residential, institutional, commercial or industrial sources.
STUMPSUnfinished wood from commercial land-clearing activities. NOTE: This material must be recycled at a registered, exempted or pending Class B recycling facility.