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ParentMunicipal Recycling Responsibilities

According to the March 1993 Morris County Solid Waste Management Plan Amendment, each Morris County municipality was required to comply with the following recycling responsibilities.

  • Recycling Coordinator: Each town shall designate a recycling coordinator to oversee the recycling activities of the municipality, maintain and compile recycling information for submittal to the State and County, and act as an informational base for municipal residents, businesses and officials. If a town fails to designate a municipal recycling coordinator, the County shall assume the municipal administrator or manager will be the acting coordinator until one is designated. Presently, each municipality has designated a recycling coordinator.

  • Recycling Ordinance: By December 31, 1993, each municipality must update their recycling ordinance to accept the source reduction and recycling goals stipulated in this Plan Amendment. Likewise, the ordinance update must minimally include municipal acceptance of the County's mandated materials list for all sectors. The update shall also include a description of how the municipality plans on achieving the recycling goals in both the residential and commercial sector. The municipal ordinances shall include enforcement policies which include inspection of garbage set out for disposal and a minimum fine of $25.00 per offense for recycling violators. Finally, the municipality must provide the County Recycling Coordinator with a certified copy of the municipal recycling ordinance whenever it is amended.

  • Documentation: The municipality must provide documentation in accordance with the County Plan and State documentation system as presented in a report prepared by the NJDEPE entitled, 1993 Recycling Tonnage Reporting Manual dated December 1992. In the past, recycling tonnages were to be provided for all sectors to the County Recycling Coordinator on a quarterly basis. This responsibility shall remain in place until the formally implementation of the State's proposed system. In accordance with that manual, municipalities will be responsible to report tonnage information (and submit weight slips) to the NJDEPE on a semi-annual basis for specified materials depending on how the material is collected and processed. After compilation, the State shall distribute documentation data back to the County. Finally, the municipality must present a detailed description of the recycling programs established at all municipal buildings to the County Recycling Coordinator annually.

  • Notification: At least once every six months each municipality must notify all persons occupying residential, commercial or institutional premises in that municipality of the provisions of the municipal recycling program and how each sector may recycle its mandated materials. This notification shall be provided to the County Recycling Coordinator. At least one notification a year shall be a direct mailing to each individual unit. This can be sent exclusively or accompany other official notifications such as tax or water bills.

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