Once each week, the Contractor shall collect,
remove, and dispose of all Municipal Waste from all
Residents (as defined below) within the Township of
Moon.
Contractor
Is
the corporation determined to be the low responsible
bidder to whom a Contract to collect, haul, and
dispose of Municipal Solid Waste from single family
residential dwelling units in the Township of Moon
and collect, process, and market Recycle Materials,
has been awarded by the Moon Township Municipal
Authority Board of Directors.
The Contractor is currently Waste Management.
Curbside Collection shall
refer to Municipal Waste or Recyclable Materials
placed at the curb or at a point not more than five
(5) feet from the back of the curb which would be
unobstructed and clearly visible to the Contractor.
Collection from Municipal Waste and Recycling
Containers more than five (5) feet back from the
curb are not included in this Contract nor are items
within the five (5) foot area that are hidden or
otherwise obstructed from view of the Contractor.
In areas where there is no such curb,
curbside collection refers to the edge of the
traveled roadway, so long as placement of Municipal
Waste and Recycling Containers does not impede
vehicular or pedestrian traffic or create hazards to
vehicles or persons traveling in this area.
Garbage
shall mean all refuse and animal and vegetable
matter which has been used for food for man, and all
refuse and animal and vegetable matter which was
intended to be so used and includes condemned food
and all waste paper contained in the receptacles.
It shall also include excess fruit from trees on
residential property but not from trees and/or
orchards. The term “garbage” shall also mean
mixed and waste fragments resulting from the use and
occupancy of the premises, including but not limited
to rags, paper and packaging material, broken glass,
crockery, bottles, leather, rubber, plastics, and
other general small household refuse placed in
approved receptacles or containers. Garbage
must be set out by residents in containers that are
non-porous, that confine, severely reduce, or
eliminate unpleasant odors and seepage. Bags
or containers of garbage should not be set at curb
side by residents more that twelve (12) hours prior
to their expected collection time by the contractor.
Household
Rubbish
means old furniture, trunks, stoves, refrigerators,
bed springs, mattresses, etc., furnace pipe, water
boilers, large radios, and television sets and all
other rubbish which may accumulate. Household
Rubbish should not be set out at curbside by
residents more that twelve (12) hours prior to the
expected collection of the contractor.
Refrigerators and air conditions require special
handling as described prior to disposal.
Rubbish
means all rags, broken glass, crockery, containers
for non-edible products used in the home, paper
(including magazines tied in bundles), grass
cuttings, hedge cuttings and branches 3” in diameter
or less (which shall be securely tied in bundles not
exceeding forty-eight inches (48”) in length and
less than 50 lbs in weight), incinerator ashes,
refuse from paper burners, and household refuse
generally; ashes from household heating plants,
incinerators, and coal stoves, Christmas trees (for
the January collection). Rubbish should not be
placed at curbside by residents more than twelve
(12) hours prior to the expected collection time of
the contractor.
Municipal Solid
Waste or Municipal Waste
for the purpose of this Contract includes any
Garbage, Household, Rubbish, and Rubbish resulting
from Residential premises or Residences as defined
elsewhere herein. The term does not include
dirt, stones, concrete blocks, bricks, plaster,
lumber, or other construction material or debris
resulting from repairs, alteration, demolition or
new construction of building, structures, or
sidewalks and does not include automobile parts.
Municipal Waste
Containers
shall mean covered containers of metal or plastic
not larger than 32 gallons capacity weighing less
than 50 lbs. per container when filled with garbage.
All solid waste materials shall be placed in
properly fastened plastic bags before being placed
in the container except for household rubbish items
over 2 feet in length. Municipal waste may not
be placed in biodegradable paper bags for disposal.
These bags are designated for fall collection of
leaves by Moon Township. The contractor will
not collect paper bags containing municipal waste or
other materials.
Origin of
Materials
service is provided for residential solid waste
materials generated at the site and is not for the
disposal of material generated from a business or
from another location.
Residences
shall mean any occupied single-family dwellings or
multi-family dwellings having less than four (4)
dwelling units per structure and for which the
Contractor provides Municipal Solid Waste and
Recyclables Materials collection service.