| Board of Supervisors | |
| •Robert R. Hart, Chair •Leslie S. Richards, Vice-Chair |
•David E. Brooke •Sara J. Erlbaum •Melissa S. Sterling |
ARTICLE III, Recycling of the Code of the Township of Whitemarsh states:
§ 109-23. Nonresidential separation and collection.
A. Persons shall separate high-grade office paper, aluminum cans,
corrugated paper and leaf waste generated at any commercial, municipal or
institutional establishment or community activity within the Township and
provide for the disposal of such materials by recycling.
B. The Township shall require a certificate of compliance from all commercial,
municipal or institutional establishments and community activities indicating
their compliance with this section. Such certificates shall be pursuant to
the regulations promulgated by the Board of Supervisors.
§ 109-24. Ownership.
All recyclable materials placed by a resident for collection by the Township
pursuant to this article and regulations hereunder shall, from time of pickup,
become the property of the Township, except as otherwise provided by § 109-25.
§ 109-25. Prohibited collection; exception.
It shall be a violation of this article for any individual, partnership, association
or corporation, other than the Township or one authorized by the Board of
Supervisors, to collect recyclable materials placed by a resident for collection
by the Township, unless such individual, partnership, association or partnership
has prior written permission from the Township to make such collection. Each
unauthorized collection in violation hereof from one or more residences on
one calendar day shall constitute a separate and distinct offense punishable
as hereinafter provided.
§ 109-26. Materials donated.
Any person may donate or sell recyclable materials to any individual, partnership,
association or corporation, whether operating for profit or not, provided
that the receiving individual, partnership, association or corporation shall
not collect such donated recyclable materials from the collection point without
prior written permission from the Township to make such collection.
§ 109-27. Violations and penalties; enforcement.
A. Except as hereinafter provided, any individual, partnership, association
or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall,
upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 and costs
of prosecution for each and every offense.
B. Any individual, partnership, association or corporation who shall violate
the provisions of §§ 109-22 and 109-23 shall receive an official
written warning of noncompliance for the first and second offenses. Thereafter,
all such violations shall be subject to the penalties provided.
C. The Township reserves the right not to collect municipal waste containing
recyclable materials in combination with nonrecyclable materials.
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Whitemarsh Township
616 Germantown Pike
Lafayette Hill, PA 19444
Phone: (610) 825-3535
Fax: (610) 825-9416