2024 Recycling Information

Information for Commercial, Industrial, Institutional, and Municipal Establishments:

1) Owners, landlords, or agents of a commercial, industrial, institutional, or municipal establishment must establish a system for source-separation, collection, transportation, and recycling of recyclable materials designated in this article that are generated at each building. The system must include an appropriate number of labeled recycling containers at easily accessible locations to accommodate the amount of recyclable materials generated at each building. It must also include written instructions to the tenants or occupants of commercial, institutional, and municipal establishments to inform them of the requirement to recycle and the use and availability of the collection program. The Borough reserves the right to require additional recycling containers if the Borough deems there are insufficient containers to serve occupants or tenants.

2) At a minimum, the following materials are required to be recycled in commercial, institutional, and municipal establishments: high-grade office paper, corrugated cardboard, aluminum cans, and leaf/yard waste. Specific provisions for leaf/yard waste recycling are provided in Section 10.3) Owners, landlords, or agents of owners or landlords of a commercial, industrial, institutional, and municipal establishments must arrange with an authorized collector for the separate collection, transportation, and recycling of recyclable materials.

4) No persons shall place recyclable materials in containers used for the collection of municipal waste and no municipal waste shall be placed in containers designated for the collection of recyclable materials.

5) Recyclable material collection frequency shall be set by the owner, landlord, or agent of a commercial, industrial, institutional, or municipal establishment and the authorized collector, but shall occur no less than once a month. More frequent collection of recyclable materials may be necessary to prevent recycling containers from being overfilled and cause materials to be blown about or littered on Borough streets and private property.

6) Whenever an authorized collector does not directly report to the Borough, the owner, landlord, or agent of a commercial, industrial, institutional, or municipal establishment must provide a written report to the Borough that lists the authorized collector collecting recyclable materials, the name and address of the property that recyclable materials are collected, the total quantity of each type of recyclable material collected by weight, and the name and affiliation of the person submitting the report. Reports shall be submitted annually, on forms furnished by the Borough, 30 days after the close of each calendar year.