§ 264-13. Designation of recyclable materials.

A. 

Upon classification of an item or material presently or prospectively a part of the co-mingled solid waste flow as recyclable, residential and other property owners, except for the United States Government and the State of New Jersey, shall cause themselves or their agents, lessees, tenants or their occupants to separate said item or materials separately for collection, whether said collection is performed by a municipal agency or private contractor.

B. 

On and after the date fixed in the regulations and in accordance with the terms thereof, it shall be mandatory for all persons who are owners, lessors, renters or occupants of residential dwellings and commercial, industrial and institutional properties in the Borough to separate recyclable materials from all other solid waste generated. Commercial, industrial and institutional properties that are not serviced by the Borough shall be required to negotiate with their private hauler/contractor in accordance with the provisions of the Morris County District Recycling Plan.

C. 

Waste materials to be recycled according to the New Jersey State regulations and designated as recyclable by the Borough are:

(1) 

Aluminum food and beverage containers.

(2) 

Cardboard/corrugated paper.

(3) 

Glass food and beverage jars.

(4) 

High-grade and mixed paper; computer, office paper, scrap paper, stationery/envelopes, and junk mail.

(5) 

Newspapers and magazines.

(6) 

Steel cans and bimetal containers.

(7) 

Waste oil.

(8) 

Yard waste: leaves, grass clippings, branches and vegetative waste.

(9) 

Plastic bottles (No. 1 PETE and No. 2 HDPE).

(10) 

Tires, vehicular batteries.

(11) 

Oil-contaminated soil (nonhazardous, type 27),

(12) 

Stumps and logs.

(13) 

Asphalt roof shingles.

(14) 

Dry cell batteries.

(15) 

White goods (appliances, CFCs to be recovered where applicable).

Editor's Note: A note pertaining to the Borough's acceptance of New Jersey State's policy directive of achieving at least a 50% recycling rate by 1995, which immediately followed this subsection, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).