Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and phrases used throughout this Article shall have the following meanings:
ALUMINUM CANS — All empty beverage and food containers made from aluminum.
CLEAN AND UNCONTAMINATED NEWSPAPER — Newspaper which has not been exposed to substances or conditions which rendered it unfit for recycling purposes.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT — Those properties used primarily for commercial or industrial purposes and those multiple-dwelling residential buildings containing more than four (4) dwelling units.
CORRUGATED PAPER — Structural paper material with an inner core shaped in rigid parallel furrows and ridges.
GLASS — All products made from silica or sand, soda ash and limestone (the product may be transparent, translucent or colored) and may be used as a container for packaging or bottling of various matter, and all other material commonly known as "glass."
HIGH-GRADE OFFICE PAPER — All white paper, bond paper and computer paper used in commercial, institutional and municipal establishments.
INSTITUTION ESTABLISHMENT — Facilities that house or serve groups of people such as schools, hospitals, day-care centers and nursing homes.
LEAF WASTE — Leaves and foliage of trees and shrubs and foliar garden residues, but not including grass clippings or tree or shrubbery branches.
NEWSPAPER — Paper of the type commonly referred to as "newsprint" and distributed at stated intervals, usually daily or weekly, having printed thereon news and opinions and containing advertisements and other matters of public interest. Expressly excluded are glossy advertising inserts, often included with newspapers.
PERSON — Includes a lessee, as well as an owner of a residence and includes a person, firm or corporation which owns or occupies a residence, commercial or institutional establishment.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS — All source-separated materials as identified by this article in accordance with Section 1501 of Act 101 of 1988,
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specifically including glass, aluminum cans, newspapers, high-grade office paper and corrugated paper.
RESIDENCE — Any single-family or other dwelling with four or fewer units, from which the Township collects solid waste.
SOLID WASTE — All garbage and refuse normally placed by a resident for regular collection by the Township. It specifically excludes recyclable materials.
TOWNSHIP — The Township of Upper Dublin.
1 Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 4000.1501.