As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ALUMINUM CONTAINERS
Includes all disposable containers made and fabricated entirely
of aluminum and used to store food and beverages.
CARDBOARD CONTAINERS
Includes all disposable containers made and fabricated primarily
of cardboard and most commonly used for boxes, shipping containers
and packing materials.
COMMERCIAL SOURCES
All places of business, including but not limited to wholesale,
retail or service establishments and industrial establishments and
all multifamily dwellings containing five or more dwelling units.
DESIGNATED AREA
An area where recyclable materials are placed for collection.
ELECTRONIC WASTE
Computer central processing units and associated hardware,
including keyboards, modems, printers, and scanners; fax machines;
cathode ray tube devices, including televisions and computer monitors;
flat-panel display or similar video display devices; mobile (cell)
phones; or any devices that contain one or more circuit boards.
FERROUS SCRAP
All structural steel or ferrous metal, cast-iron components.
GLASS
Includes products used as bottles and jars and other glass
containers made from silica or sand, soda ash and limestone, the product
being transparent or translucent and being used for packaging or bottling
of various foods and beverages and all other material commonly known
as "glass," excluding flat glass, commonly known as "window glass."
HAZARDOUS REFUSE
Any waste which poses a present or potential threat to human
health, living organisms or the environment. It shall include waste
material that is toxic, corrosive, irritative, radioactive, biologically
infectious, explosive or flammable.
LEAD ACID BATTERIES
Storage batteries with lead electrodes that contain dilute
sulfuric acid as the electrolyte, including starting batteries such
as vehicle batteries, marine batteries and deep cell batteries used
to power vehicles or marine accessories such as rolling motors, winches
or lights.
LEAVES
The material naturally formed from trees, shrubs and bushes
that is suitable for composting and mulching.
METAL CONTAINERS
All disposable containers (other than aluminum containers)
made and fabricated of one or more metals and used to store food and
beverages.
MIXED PAPER
All newspaper, fine paper, bond paper, office paper, magazines,
paperback books, school paper, catalogs, computer paper, telephone
books and similar cellulosic material, whether shredded or whole.
PLASTICS, HDPE
Those items fabricated from high-density polyethylene such
as milk and water jugs, orange juice containers, shampoo containers,
laundry product containers, dish soap containers and automobile product
containers (oil and antifreeze).
PLASTICS, PETE
Those items fabricated from polyethylene terepthalate, such
as carbonated beverage containers.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Those materials which would otherwise become municipal solid
waste which may be collected, separated and processed and returned
to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
RESIDENTIAL SOURCES
All houses and townhouses, including certain types of housing,
such as senior citizens homes, but not including any multifamily dwelling
of any type that contains five or more dwelling units.
SOLID WASTE
Includes all garbage and rubbish set out for regular collection
by residential, commercial and institutional sources.
TEXTILES
Includes unsoiled clothing, fiber, yarn.
TIRES
Is limited to passenger vehicle tires.
USED MOTOR OIL
All waste crank case oils used in conjunction with internal-combustion
engines, generators, turbines, etc.
VEGETATIVE WASTE
Tree branches, shrub cuttings, garden rakings, loose weeds
and twigs, all plant or tree roots and other similar natural waste
materials.
WHITE GOODS
Large products usually made of smooth finished metal which
is usually painted white or covered with a white metallic covering,
such as large appliances, dishwashers, washing machines, dryers, refrigerators,
freezers, etc.
The Township Committee, pursuant to the provisions of statutes
of the State of New Jersey, may enter into agreements granting a franchise
or license to qualified persons, partnerships or corporations, authorizing
them to collect recyclable materials within the Township.
The Code Enforcement Official, the Department of Health, the
Municipal Recycling Coordinator, the Property Maintenance Official,
the Housing Officer, and the Essex 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 the opening of solid waste bags to detect, by sound or sight,
the presence of any recyclable material.
Any person, firm, corporation or entity found guilty of violating
any section of this article or any regulation promulgated pursuant
thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by fine not
to exceed $1,000.