Recommendation for Textiles - Many markets currently exist for the recycling of textiles. The MCMUA recommends that each municipality ensure that one or more convenient outlets exist within the municipal borders where residents may deposit their textiles. Many markets currently provide clothing bins into which residents may deposit bags of textiles. The markets often provide the transportation for the material and in some cases may even provide payment to the municipality for the material.

Appliances Containing Refrigerants - It has been noted that residents in some municipalities do not readily have access to refrigerant removal services. If a resident herself or himself must find an outlet for proper disposal of an appliance that contains refrigerants, the resident often becomes very frustrated at the high cost involved with proper handling.

Recommendation for Appliances Containing Refrigerants - The MCMUA will work with municipalities which currently do not offer a service to their residents to properly handle appliances containing refrigerants to possibly develop a regional program. The potential exists for a cooperative marketing agreement to provide lower pricing for residents. Existing municipal programs will also be investigated and summarized to provide information to those municipalities that do not have programs.

Cell Phones - Many markets currently exist for the recycling and/or reuse of cell phones.

Recommendations for Cell Phones – In addition to accepting cell phones during electronics drop-off programs, there are several additional opportunities for the reuse of cell phones. These include drop-off bins at local electronics stores and programs that charitable organizations conduct to collect and distribute old cell phones to those that need them. The MCMUA will continue to nurture and promote these cell phone recycling and/or reuse opportunities.

Electronics - Electronics include the following: computer CPUs (central processing units), computer monitors, televisions, printers, scanners, fax machines, audio equipment (receivers, radios, turntables, tape players/recorders, DVD players/recorders) microfiche machines, speakers, telephones, cell phones, keyboards, wire, hard drives, removable floppy and/or hard drives, power supplies, docking stations, circuit boards.

Recommendations for Electronics - The MCMUA currently accepts electronics in its Household Hazardous Waste Program throughout the year, which was previously described in detail. In addition, markets exist for large generators of electronic waste to manage this portion of the waste stream directly with a market. Finally, for the past several years, Intel Corporation of has been sponsoring two annual two-day electronics drop-off programs at of its corporate office in Parsippany, which provides an additional outlet for this material. The MCMUA will continue to nurture and promote these electronics collection and recycling opportunities. Several municipalities also provide outlets for electronics to be dropped off at their recycling center/depot.

Devices Containing Mercury - Any items or devices that contain the element mercury. Examples of these include some thermometers, thermostats, electric switches.

Recommendation for Devices Containing Mercury - The MCMUA accepts devices containing mercury in its Household Hazardous Waste Program which was previously described in detail. All residents in need of disposing of these items, should be referred to the MCMUA.

Toner Cartridges - These are spent cartridges which were full of laser printer toner or ink jet printer ink.

Recommendation for Toner Cartridges - Several markets exist for the recycling and/or reuse of toner cartridges.

Fluorescent Light Bulbs - Aside from the newly manufactured low mercury bulbs, such as the Phillips Alto Lamp, Green-tips, etc., fluorescent light bulbs contain enough mercury to classify them as hazardous waste according to RCRA. If the bulbs are RCRA hazardous, it is illegal for commercial generators to dispose of them in the municipal solid waste stream. Fortunately, outlets to accept, transport and recycle the mercury-containing bulbs as a universal waste do exist. In addition, the process involved in recycling fluorescent bulbs not only captures and recycles the elemental mercury contained in the bulbs, but it also separates and recycles the other materials contained in the bulbs such as glass and metal end-caps.

Recommendations for Fluorescent Light Bulbs – The MCMUA currently accepts fluorescent light bulbs for recycling from residential generators at both the permanent HHW facility and the one-day HHW collection events. In addition, the MCMUA Recycling Consolidation Center in Dover, a small quantity handler of universal wastes, accepts fluorescent bulbs from commercial generators for recycling. The MCMUA also provides municipalities with collection boxes for bulbs so they may safely accept, store and transport bulbs accepted from their residents for delivery to the MCMUA for recycling. Finally, an adequate market does exist for larger quantity generators of fluorescent light bulbs to have these bulbs managed properly either as hazardous waste for disposal and/or recycled as universal waste. The MCMUA will continue to nurture and promote these programs to safely manage fluorescent bulbs.

Christmas Trees - Christmas trees are generated only for a few weeks each year and as a result, present a problem with collection. Additionally, the trees must be clean of any and all decorations. These trees are vegetative waste and as such should not be mixed with other waste and disposed at the transfer stations.

Recommendation for Christmas Trees - The MCMUA currently accepts Christmas Trees from municipalities at its compost sites. At least one private market exists in the county that accepts Christmas trees from individuals for recycling.

Concrete - It makes economic sense to recycle this very heavy building material, since disposing of it when charged by the ton is very costly.

Recommendations for Concrete - Markets exist for the recycling of concrete; therefore, municipalities should direct generators of this material to those markets. The MCMUA maintains a market list on its website for this material.

Asphalt - This material, often resulting from a pavement resurfacing construction project, is readily recyclable.

Recommendations for Asphalt - Markets exist for the recycling of asphalt; therefore, municipalities should direct generators of this material to those markets. The MCMUA maintains a market list on its website for this material.