Recycling for the Municipal Recycling Coordinator

This page has been provided specifically for the Morris County municipal recycling coordinator and related positions.  It provides information and links regarding annual recycling tonnage reports, municipal recycling planning responsibilities specific to Morris County, information regarding mandated source separation recycling in Morris County, some general information and additional helpful  links.

Sections

• Recycling Tonnage Reporting and Rates 

• Recycling Program Implementation

• Planning Responsibilities

• Mandated Source Separation Recycling

• Contact Information

• Outside Links and Resources

Recycling Tonnage Reporting, Rates and Taxes

• Recycling Tonnage Reports As Reported by Markets
  - 2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005
   
• Municipal Solid Waste (MSW - 50% Goal) Recycling Rates by Town
  - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004
   
• Recycling Tax ($3/ton) Paid By Towns in Tipping Fees
  - 2009 - 4/1/2008 - 12/31/2008

Recycling Program Implementation

Planning Responsibilities

• March 2007 Recycling Plan Update to the Morris County Solid Waste Management Plan - This is a link to the entire Plan Update as adopted by the Board of Chosen Freeholders on April 11, 2007.  This amendment was certified as approved for the most part by NJDEP in a certification dated October 10, 2007.

• Municipal Recycling Coordinator's "Readers Digest" version of the March 2007 Recycling Plan Update. (PDF) This is not the full Plan Amendment but a reordered and reprioritized version of the document prepared to help the Morris County municipal recycling understand the Plan Amendment as it relates to municipal responsibilities, programs and enforcement efforts.

• Cover letter (PDF) that accompanied guidance document provided below.

• Guidance Document for a Municipality (PDF) Implementing an Update to Its Recycling Ordinance and Other Recycling Requirements Resulting from the March 2007 Morris County Solid Waste Management Plan Amendment.

• Checklist for the Morris County Municipal Recycling Coordinator (PDF) - This is a checklist of various activities related to both the adoption of the 2007 Recycling Plan Amendment as well as general recycling coordinator duties.  Please use this checklist to ensure you are performing the minimum duties required in Morris County as a municipal recycling coordinator.

• Model Municipal Recycling Ordinance for Morris County - PDF format or Word format.  Use this model ordinance to update your municipal recycling ordinance to be consistent with the state and Morris County Solid Waste Management Plans as well as state regulations.  This update of municipal recycling ordinances is required to be completed by each Morris County municipality by April 10, 2008 as part of the adoption of the March 2007 Recycling Plan Update.

• Model Multifamily Ordinance (PDF) revised for Morris County municipalities

• Old Municipal Recycling Responsibilities from the 1993 Plan Update.  This has been superseded  by New Municipal Recycling Responsibilities from March 2007 Plan Update.

Mandated Source Separation Recycling

• Mandatory Source Separation Recycling - Explanation of why source separation recycling is the primary means of recycling in accordance with the Morris County Solid Waste Management Plan.

• List of Materials Mandated to be Source Separated and Recycled in Morris County 2007 (PDF or Word File).  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.

• Exemptions From Source Separation Recycling Requirements - By law a procedure to assess requests by commercial entities for exemptions from the Plan's requirements to source separate designated materials must be available and this document is the Plan's recommended procedure.  Only municipalities can grant such exemptions. This would only be an exemption from source separation and not an exemption from recycling.  Let us repeat that previous statement for emphasis.  The granting of an exemption would only be an exemption from source separation and not and exemption from recycling. The commercial generator that is issued such an exemption would then need to find a recycling facility that would separate the recyclables from the disposables and recycle the designated materials.  Since no known such facility in New Jersey adequately operates like this, exemptions should not be granted by a municipality without total confidence that the materials will be recycled.  To date and in Morris County,  there are no known exemptions that have been granted.

Contact Information

• Morris County Recycling Coordinators Listing

• Morris County Alternate Recycling Coordinators Listing

• MCMUA Solid Waste Contacts Listing

Outside Links and Resources

• Primer for the Municipal Recycling Coordinator prepared by ANJR (Association of New Jersey Recyclers)

• NJDEP Web Page for the Recycling Coordinator

• Recycling Certification Series - Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experimental Station, Office of Continuing Professional Education conducts recycling certification courses recently required for municipal recycling coordinators.