(A) All persons who are residents of the borough shall separate all of those recyclable materials designated by the borough from all other municipal waste produced at their homes, apartments and other residential establishments, store such materials for collection and place same for collection in accordance with the guidelines established hereunder.
(1) Persons in residences must separate recyclable materials from other refuse. Recyclable materials shall be placed at the curbside in containers for collection. Any containers provided to residences for collection of recyclable materials shall be the property of the borough and shall be used only for the collection of recyclable materials. Any resident who moves within or from the borough shall be responsible for returning the allocated container(s) to the borough or shall pay the replacement cost of said container(s). Use of recycling containers for any purpose other than the designated recycling program or use of the recycling containers by any person other than the person allocated such container(s) shall be a violation of this subchapter.
(2) An owner, landlord or agent of an owner or landlord of a multi-family rental housing property with more than four units may comply with its recycling responsibilities by establishing a collection system at each property. The collection system must include suitable containers for collecting and sorting the recyclable materials, easily accessible locations for the containers, and written instructions to the occupants concerning the use and availability of the collection system. Owners, landlords and agents of owners or landlords who comply with this subchapter shall not be liable for noncompliance of occupants of their buildings, as long as the hauler reports aggregate amounts of recyclables from these properties. If recyclable materials are collected by a collector other than the borough or its authorized agents, owners, landlords and agents of owners or landlords shall submit an annual report to the borough reporting the tonnage of materials recycled during the previous year.
(3) All persons must separate leaf waste from other municipal waste generated at their houses, apartments and other residential establishments for collection unless those persons have otherwise provided for composting of leaf waste.
(4) Persons must separate high grade office paper, aluminum, corrugated paper, leaf waste and such other materials as may be designated by the borough generated at commercial, municipal and institutional establishments and from community activities and store the recyclable materials until collection. A person may be exempted from this division (A)(4) if that person submits documentation to the borough annually indicating that the designated recyclable materials are being recycled in an appropriate manner.
(B) If recyclable materials are collected by a collector other than the borough or its authorized agent, occupants of said establishments shall submit an annual report to the borough reporting the tonnage of materials recycled during the previous year.
(Ord. 971, passed 8-20-1991)