Recycling

Sections

• Source Separation Recycling

• Specific Material Information

• Recycling Supplies and Equipment

• Educational Tools You Can Use

• MCMUA Recycling Operations

• Recycling Planning

• For the Municipal Recycling Coordinator

• Recycling Rates

Source Separation Recycling

• Mandatory Source Separation Recycling - Why do we source separate and recycle and why do we require it.
• List of Materials Mandated to be Source Separated and Recycled in Morris County 2007 (PDF).  Please download, print, pay attention to and distribute this document to anyone that lives or works in Morris County. Recycling of these materials is the law in Morris County.
• Letter regarding recycling Inspections at transfer stations - A July 5, 2007 letter was sent to all MCMUA transfer station customers regarding an increase in recycling inspections at the transfer stations.  The inspections target the improper disposal of designated recyclables with the trash.

Specific Material Information

• Materials listing including recyclables and information on their proper management
• Hazardous materials F.A.Q. - Read the frequently asked questions regarding materials often thought of as household hazardous waste.

Recycling Supplies and Equipment

• Recycling and Trash Decals for Containers - Live or work in Morris County and need decals for your containers?  Go to this page and browse recycling and trash decals the MCMUA will send to you.  All you have to do is ask.
• Vendors that Sell Recycling Containers - Browse this listing of links to companies that sell recycling containers.

Educational Tools You Can Use

• The ABCs of Plastics Recycling - Learn which plastics to recycle (Bottles #1 and #2) and which plastics to throw out (mostly the rest).
• Puzzled by Plastics? - Reading this question and answer page will help you understand some of the differences between plastic recycling programs with respect to which types of plastics are accepted and not accepted.
• The ABCs of Recycling in Schools flyer (PDF). Click, download, read, print and distribute this document for any school located in Morris County.  This document itemizes and clarifies the variety of materials schools should be recycling and those that they should not be recycling.
• A guide to recycling and solid waste disposal for businesses located in Morris County, NJ (PDF). Click, download, read, print and distribute this document for any business located in Morris County
• Office Recycling flyer (PDF). Click, download, read, print and distribute this document for any office located in Morris County.  This document itemizes and clarifies the variety of materials offices should be recycling and those that they should not be recycling.

MCMUA Recycling Operations

• Curbside Recycling Program - Learn about the MCMUA's curbside recycling collection program.
• Recycling Consolidation Center - Learn about the MCMUA's Recycling Consolidation Center located in Dover for the acceptance and processing of primarily paper products.

Recycling Planning

• March 2007 Recycling Plan Update (submitted to NJDEP on April 11, 2007) to the Morris County Solid Waste Management Plan

For the Municipal Recycling Coordinator

• For the Municipal Recycling Coordinator - A page dedicated to help and inform the Morris County municipal recycling coordinator

Recycling Rates

The chart below illustrates that Morris County was achieving its ambitious recycling goals between 1995 and 1998 and that after 1998 the recycling rate for Morris County dipped below the county's goals. These goals are to recycle 50% of municipal solid waste (MSW) and to recycle 60% of all waste (total waste).  Please note that municipal solid waste (MSW) and its accompanying 50% goal generally excludes all construction, demolition, bulky waste and industrial waste disposal and recycling activities. The total waste recycling goal of 60% includes all these non-municipal solid waste disposal and recycling activities in addition to municipal solid waste disposal and recycling. 

The recent decline in recycling closely follows New Jersey's own statewide downward trend.  In an effort to turn this trend around Morris County adopted a significant update to the recycling element of its Solid Waste Management Plan in April 2007.  This Plan update details the programs to be implemented to reverse this trend and provides Morris County a pathway to once again achieve its recycling and solid waste management objectives.  Click here to read more about this March 2007 Solid Waste Management Plan Amendment.