(A) All multi-family housing units with four or more units and not being serviced under the borough's contract shall recycle all recyclable materials (as determined by the Borough Council and established by resolution from time to time) generated at their property.
(B) The recyclables shall be prepared for recycling in the following manner.
(1) Glass items are to be rinsed; lids are to be removed; labels may be left on.
(2) Cans are to be rinsed, crushed flat in order to allow more to be placed in the recycling container.
(3) Plastic containers are to be rinsed and labels and metal rings are to be removed.
(C) Landlords of multi-family dwellings with four or more units, and not being serviced under the borough’s contract, are required to establish collection systems for recyclable materials at each property. The landlord must provide containers for collecting and sorting materials, easily accessible locations for the containers and written instructions to the occupants of their buildings. Owners, landlords and agents of owners or landlords who comply with Act 101 shall not be liable for the noncompliance of the occupants of their buildings.
(D) All recyclables are to be co-mingled for single stream recycling. The owner of a multi- family housing property shall provide an appropriate number of recycling containers at a sufficient number of drop-off points to accommodate the amount of recycling generated by the property. The borough reserves the right to require the owner to provide additional containers if the number of containers is not adequate.
(E) Arrangement for the collection of designated recyclable materials, as determined by resolution of the Borough Council, shall be the responsibility of the owner and occupier of the multi-family property in which the recyclables were generated. Recyclables shall be collected at least once per month. Such arrangements may include direct marketing of recyclables and/or contracts with haulers for separate or single stream collection. All owners of property not serviced by the Borough of Grove City must provide the borough, before January 20th of each calendar year, a written report stating the name of the hauling contractor or direct market recycler and the total weight of each kind of material recycled during the previous calendar year and any other relevant information required by the Borough of Grove City.
(F) All owners and/or agents of multi-family residential properties located in the Borough of Grove City, regardless of the number of units, shall be required to provide notice to tenants of the borough's mandatory recycling program and to provide such notice, in writing, either by including language in the lease notifying the tenant of the recycling obligation at the time of tenant change or lease renewal; or by prominently posting written notice of the recycling obligation in the common area of the building. This written notice shall be kept accessible for inspection by borough officials, if requested.
(1980 Code, Ch. 11, Part 3B, § 42) (Ord. 1216, passed 8-13-1990, Exhibit A; Ord. 1459, passed 2-18-2019, § 1) Penalty, see § 50.999