Asbestos

Hazards

• Microscopic asbestos fibers from friable (loose or crumbling) asbestos can be suspended in air and inhaled. Once inhaled, fibers remain in lungs, causing lung cancer.
   
• Asbestos may be found in pipe insulation and insulating boards, textured wall surfaces, electrical equipment, floor and roofing tiles and certain adhesives.

Handling

• If asbestos is in good condition, and fibers are not exposed, it does not need to be removed.
   
• Slightly damaged or loose asbestos can be re-wrapped rather than removed.
   
• Asbestos should be handled by a certified asbestos abatement contractor.  Contact the resources listed to the right.
   
• NJDEP requires notification at least 10 business days prior to any asbestos removal activities.
   
• All asbestos containing materials must be containerized, labeled and removed in accordance with NJDEP regulations. Asbestos must be adequately wetted so that fibers will not be released, and sealed in leak-tight, properly labeled containers. If bags are used, they should be thick plastic (6 mil) and double bagged. The same handling procedures are required for contaminated clothes and equipment. Container must then be labeled with an OSHA approved asbestos warning label.
   
• Do not dust, sweep or vacuum particles suspected of containing asbestos.

Management Options

• Asbestos is not permitted for disposal at either of the two MCMUA transfer stations with ordinary trash. Small quantities, up to 100 pounds may be delivered to the MCMUA's household hazardous waste facility located at the  Mount Olive transfer station. Quantities over 100 pounds will have to be managed by other facilities permitted to accept asbestos. See below for more information.
    
• Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Facility Asbestos Disposal Information - The HHW Facility is only to be used for small asbestos-removal projects. No household or business may deliver asbestos from any remediation project in which the total quantity of asbestos exceeds 100 pounds (wetted, double-bagged and sealed with duct tape). There will be no exceptions. Customers who deliver quantities in excess of 100 pounds will be redirected to Grand Central Sanitary Landfill or G.R.O.W.S. Landfill.
   
• A list of current licensed asbestos contractors can be obtained by calling the Asbestos Contractor unit of the Division of Codes and Standards at 609-633-2159 or by requesting the list in writing from the unit at the following address:

  Department of Community Affairs
  Division of Codes and Standards
  Asbestos Contractor Unit
  101 South Broad Street
  P.O. Box 816
  Trenton, NJ 08625
   

• All asbestos materials must be disposed of in landfills permitted to receive asbestos.
    
• Asbestos-containing asphalt roofing materials and vinyl asbestos floor tiles that are not broken and are removed in accordance with NJDEP regulations can be disposed of in designated solid waste landfills.
   
• Asbestos containing materials should never be disposed of in a combustion facility or compacted because fibers may be released to the surrounding area.

Additional Asbestos Resources

Asbestos DOH and Senior Services info. 609-984-2193

Asbestos abatement contractor licensing 609-633-2158

NJDEP Info. on asbestos waste disposal 609-530-8895

Consumer Product Safety Commission -- info. re: asbestos in consumer products -- 1-800-638-CPSC

Asbestos testing is done at:

• EMSL
  1056 Stelton Road
  Piscataway, NJ 08854
  (732-981-0550)
  1-800-220-3675
  (sample in zip-locked bag inside another bag 2" x 2")
  $50.00/sample, cert. check, m.o., credit card info.
  Request PLM
    
• J&S Environmental Laboratories, LLC
  2333 Route 22 West
  Union, NJ  07083
  908-206-0073
  Place sample in zip-lock bag inside another bag, sample size needs to be 2" x 2".  $45/sample, checks or cash.  Request PLM analysis.
  

Asbestos Disposal is done at:

• Grand Central Sanitary Landfill
  Pen Argyl, PA
  (out Route 46 Westbound)
  610-863-6057
   
• G.R.O.W.S. Landfill
  (Tullytown/Morrisville, PA area) -- 215-736-9400

Asbestos minerals which have been used commercially from the top: chrysotile, amosite and crocidolite.

NJ Disposal Facilities Permitted to Accept Asbestos - Unfortunately these facilities are unlikely to accept asbestos generated in Morris County but they may be a good source of additional information

• Atlantic County Sanitary Landfill
  Delilah Road
  Egg Harbor Twp.
  609-646-5500
• Cape May County MUA
  Kearney Ave & Route 610
  Upper Twp. & Woodbine Boro
  609-465-9026
• Cumberland County Solid Waste Complex
  Jesse's Bridge Rd, Rt 636
  Deerfield Twp.
  609-825-3700
• Gloucester County Solid Waste Complex
  Swedesboro-Monroeville Rd
  South Harrison Twp.
  609-848-4002
• HMDC 1-E North Area
  Belleville Turnpike
  Kearny/North Arlington
  201-460-1700
• Middlesex County Sanitary Landfill
  Edgeboro Rd
  East Brunswick
  908-721-3800
• Monmouth County Reclamation Center Asbury Ave. & Shafto Rd
  Tinton Falls, NJ
  732-922-8686
• Ocean County Landfill Corp
  571 Route 70
  Manchester
  732-657-5100
• Pennsauken Sanitary Landfill
  9600 River Rd.
  Pennsauken
  609-663-2772
• Salem County Sanitary Landfill
  Route 540 & McKillp Rd.
  Alloway Twp.
  609-935-7900
• Sussex County Sanitary Landill
  Route 94 & Route 15
  Lafayette Twp.
  201-579-6998
• Warren County District Landfill
  Edison Rd.
  White Twp.
  908-453-2174