(A) All commercial, municipal, institutional establishments and community activities in the borough shall recycle all recyclable materials (as determined by the Borough Council and established by resolution from time to time) generated at their property or by their community activity.
(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 recycling container.
(3) Plastic containers are to be rinsed and labels and metal rings are to be removed.
(4) High-grade office paper and corrugated paper are to be separated by type, tied in bundles and placed in recycling container or paper bags.
(C) Arrangement for the collection of designated recyclable materials, as determined by resolution of the Borough Council, shall be the responsibility of the owner of the commercial, municipal or institutional property or organizer of community activity in which the recyclables were generated. Recyclables shall be collected at least once per month. Community activities are to be collected as required. 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.
(D) The owner of a commercial, municipal or institutional property or organizer of community activity 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 or community activity organizer to provide additional containers if the number of containers is not adequate.
(E) Exceptions to the borough’s Resource Recovery and Recycling Program and Program Regulations shall be provided to those commercial, institutional or municipal establishments that have provided for recycling of materials required to be source separated and collected by the borough. Such commercial, institutional or municipal solid waste generators shall annually provide written documentation to the borough of the total number of tons of materials recycled.
(1980 Code, Ch. 11, Part 3B, § 43) (Ord. 1216, passed 8-13-1990, Exhibit A; Ord. 1459, passed 2-18-2019, § 1) Penalty, see § 50.999