MCMUA Solid Waste Division

Contents
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  1. Compliance with State Plan 

  2. Attainment of the Mandated Municipal Solid Waste Recycling Goal

  3. Existing and Proposed Morris County Source Reduction, Recycling and Waste Diversion  Programs

  4. Source Separation

  5. Materials Mandated to be Source Separated and Recycled

  6. Additional Materials

  7. Materials That are No Longer Designated to be Source Separated and Recycled

  8. Enforcement Program

  9. Municipal Responsibilities

Appendices

  1. Morris County Solid Waste Generation - Plan Implementation Ten-Year Projection

  2. Morris CountyGenerated Disposal Tonnages by Year for 1995-2006 - MCMUA  - Parsippany and Mt. Olive Transfer Stations Combined as Compared to NJDEP Data

  3. Inventory of Morris County Solid Waste Facilities

  4. Guidelines for Evaluation of Solid Waste Facility Requests to be Included in  the Morris County Solid Waste Management Plan

  5. Enforcement Documentation

  6. Sample Model Municipal Planning Board Recycling Ordinance for Multifamily Housing Developments That Require Subdivisions or Site Plan Approval

  7. Sample Recycling Status Report for Generators

Tables

  1. Morris County Recycling Rates 1995 - 2004

  2. Morris County Total Solid Waste Generation - Ten-Year Projection from 2004 Base Year

  3. Recycling and Disposal Data (State Plan, Table B-1)

  4. Municipal Solid Waste - Status Quo Projection Based on Population Increases

  5. National Municipal Solid Waste Generation Rates According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)

  6. Additional Tonnage to be Extracted from the Municipal Solid Waste Stream for Recycling by 2015

  7. Municipal Recycling Programs

  8. Materials Mandated to be Source Separated and Recycled Morris County, New Jersey

  9. Additional Materials Recommended to be Included in Municipal Waste Management Programs

  10. Solid Waste Activities Inspection Checklist

 

 

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Morris County, New Jersey

Response to the January 2006 New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Solid Waste Management and Sludge Management State Plan Update - March 2007

2. Attainment of the Mandated Municipal Solid Waste Recycling Goal

According to Table 3, which is taken from the State Plan, Morris County needed an additional 76,421 tons of generated waste to have been recycled in 2003 in order to have met its MSW Recycling Goal.

Table 3
Recycling and Disposal Data

(State Plan, Table B-1)1

County

2003 MSW Disposal Tonnage

2003 MSW Recycling Tonnage

2003 MSW Recy. Rate

at 50% Recycling Rate

MSW Recy. Tonnage Increase Needed to Reach 50% MSW Recy. 
Goal

MSW Disp. Tonnage

MSW Recy. Tonnage

Atlantic

255,501

86,093

25.2%

170,797

170,797

84,704

Bergen

674,728

489,718

42.1%

582,223

582,223

92,505

Burlington

343,555

234,437

40.6%

288,996

288,996

54,559

Camden

362,301

160,819

30.7%

261,560

261,560

100,741

Cape May

93,463

64,325

40.8%

78,894

78,894

14,569

Cumberland

125,329

101,201

44.7%

113,265

113,265

12,064

Essex

639,537

280,140

30.5%

459,838

459,839

179,699

Gloucester

203,347

150,440

42.5%

176,893

176,894

26,454

Hudson

435,393

88,332

16.9%

261,862

261,863

173,531

Hunterdon

87,099

20,939

19.4%

54,019

54,019

33,080

Mercer

260,385

108,033

29.3%

184,209

184,209

76,176

Middlesex

593,459

315,847

34.7%

454,653

454,653

138,806

Monmouth

439,586

259,876

37.2%

349,731

349,731

89,855

Morris

355,758

202,916

36.3%

279,337

279,337

76,421

Ocean

462,800

179,013

27.9%

320,906

320,907

141,894

Passaic

387,182

171,948

30.8%

279,565

279,565

107,617

Salem

36,670

19,287

34.5%

27,978

27,979

8,692

Somerset

220,702

85,613

27.9%

153,157

153,158

67,545

Sussex

91,337

25,294

21.7%

58,315

58,316

33,022

Union

408,380

126,454

23.6%

267,417

267,417

140,963

Warren

75,766

18,116

19.3%

46,941

46,941