2017 RECYCLING GUIDE AND CURBSIDE …

1 2017 RECYCLING GUIDE AND CURBSIDE COLLECTION GUIDE . ACCEPTED RECYCLABLE ITEMS MIDDLESEX. COUNTY. CURBSIDE COLLECTION. RECYCLING . CONTAINERS. Containers used for single-stream collection in the MCIA's NEWSPAPER & MIXED PAPER SERVICE information . 2017. program include: A rectangular blue container with lid Newspaper, magazines, catalogs, junk mail, brown paper bags, (800) 488-6242 (MCIA). nonmetallic wrapping paper, office records, computer paper, file A round blue container folders, receipts, telephone books, softcover books, hardcover Municipal RECYCLING schedules available at Write your name and address on the containers. Place your books, greeting cards, paperboard, such as non-wax-coated recyclables in the containers and put the containers out on food and cereal boxes, pizza boxes, tissue boxes, shoe boxes the curb before 6 on your collection day. and gift boxes. Collection times are subject to change, and all materials MCIA DIVISION OF RECYCLING . must be ready for pick-up by 6 If you have more newspaper and mixed paper than you can fit in your container, place the overflow in brown paper grocery 55 Edgeboro Road NOT ACCEPTED!

2 Bags (not plastic grocery bags). Additional newspaper may be East Brunswick, NJ 08816. Recyclables in plastic bags bundled, tied and placed next to your container. Phone: (800) 488-MCIA. Recyclables in containers not at the curb, such as those left near the house, garage or at the top of the driveway NOT ACCEPTED! Fax: (732) 628-0338. Newspaper and mixed paper in plastic bags or paper leaf bags Email: Replacement Containers: If your containers are lost, stolen or broken, replacement containers can be purchased from Edward J. Windas, RECYCLING Manager your municipal RECYCLING coordinator. The phone number is CARDBOARD/PAPERBOARD. listed in the municipal section of this brochure. We sell these Corrugated cardboard, layered cardboard with a center that is containers to your municipality at the same price we pay the MCIA ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE. shaped into ridges, folds or grooves (such as shipping boxes manufacturer. and the packaging for most appliances or larger household 101 Interchange Plaza Ste.)

3 202. New Homeowners: Contact your municipal RECYCLING items). Flatten, bundle and securely tie the cardboard and Cranbury, NJ 08512. coordinator within three months of moving in to obtain free tie the sheets into stacks no larger than 48 inches square Phone: (609) 655-5141. containers. Contact numbers can be found in the municipal and 12 inches high. These items may be placed next to section of this brochure. RECYCLING containers. Fax: (609) 655-4748. Email: CUSTOMER SERVICE PLEDGE NOT ACCEPTED! Website: Cardboard in bundles larger than 48 inches square The Middlesex County Improvement Authority strives to Cardboard in plastic bags provide the best quality of services to ensure our residents and patrons have a satisfactory experience. Should you have NOTE: The maximum number of RECYCLING bundles of cardboard MCIA BOARD. any questions, concerns or compliments, feel free to contact and/or paper bags of mixed paper that the collector will pick up Leonard J. Roseman, Chairman the RECYCLING Manager at from individual households, each collection, is six (6).

4 Robert J. Mantz CANS, BOTTLES AND PLASTIC Anthony Raczynski THE NEW REUSE-IT BOOK Paul Abbey COMMINGLED RECYCLABLES Art rendered by second grader Nagsai Kodali of Plainsboro Richard Zangara N ew B runswick The New Reuse-It Book is a GUIDE to area locations where Place metal cans, glass and plastic bottles in an appropriate Middlesex County residents can freecycle or donate their container. Any overflow can be placed in your own unlidded plastic or metal container (no larger than 32 gallons in H. James Polos, Executive Director unwanted goods for reuse. The MCIA has made this most recent edition available online at for capacity or exceeding 50 pounds in weight). Please do not Carol Bellante, Freeholder & MCIA Liaison overfill containers. RECYCLING anyone who would like electronic access to the most up- to-date information . If interested in a free printed copy Metal: Tin, steel, aluminum and bimetal cans (such as soda, MIDDLESEX COUNTY BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS. or possible inclusion in the next edition, contact MCIA beer, canned pet food, soup and tuna cans).

5 Rinse the cans Ronald G. Rios, Freeholder Director Public information Officer, Maria Prato, by emailing mp@ and crush them to maximize capacity. We take the lids too. Carol Bellante, Deputy Freeholder Director Glass: Glass bottles and jars of all colors (such as juice, soda, Kenneth Armwood GUIDE beer and liquor bottles, mayonnaise and spaghetti sauce jars). Charles Kenny E-CYCLING Rinse the bottles and jars. Remove and dispose of lids. Shanti Narra Plastic: #1 PETE and #2 HDPE containers (such as milk and Charles E. Tomaro By law, most consumer electronics, including personal juice jugs, water bottles, laundry detergent, shampoo and soda computers (desktops and laptops), monitors and televisions bottles). Check the bottom of the container to make sure the Blanquita B. Valenti are not allowed in the trash. Check with your municipality's plastic is either #1 PETE or #2 HDPE. Rinse the containers and Department of Public Works to inquire if they maintain crush them to maximize capacity. Remove and dispose of caps.

6 Requests for assistance or materials in alternate a RECYCLING drop-off and if these items are acceptable. NOT ACCEPTED! plastic toys formats should be directed to For additional drop-off locations, please contact the New drinking glasses plastic packaging Maria Prato by phone at (609) 655-5141, Jersey Department of Environmental Protection at (866) window glass aluminum foil mirrors through the New Jersey Relay Service at 337-5669 or the Middlesex County Division of Solid Waste gardening or garage plastics Pyrex glassware polystyrene or Styrofoam (800) 852-7899 or by email at Management at (732) 745-4170. light bulbs (such as plastic cups or food trays) NEW BRUNSWICK 2017: For Scheduling or Missed Pick-ups, Visit the RECYCLING Division's Customer Notification Page at IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TUESDAY COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER SERVICE REQUESTS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. January 3 10 17 24 31 July *8 11 18 25 To determine the cause of a service interruption or missed As of March 30, 2015, the Middlesex County Improvement WHAT IF MY COLLECTION DAY FALLS ON A HOLIDAY?

7 Pick-up, please note whether: Authority has transitioned to single-stream RECYCLING collection. February 7 14 21 28 August 1 8 15 22 29 It's your municipality's day and/or week If your collection day falls on any of these holidays - New Now all CURBSIDE recyclable items, such as bottles, cans, paper Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Your RECYCLING was put out by the curb no later than 6 and small flat cardboard can be mixed together in a single March 7 14 21 28 September 5 12 19 26. Your entire street's RECYCLING has been affected Thanksgiving or Christmas - collection is rescheduled for the following Saturday. Check your municipal collection schedule RECYCLING container as long as they are kept separate from trash. A container no larger than 32 gallon has been used April 4 11 18 25 October 3 10 17 24 31 Any unapproved items are mixed within your RECYCLING in this brochure for specific dates. CURBSIDE COLLECTION SCHEDULE May 2 9 16 23 30 November 7 14 21 28. Your RECYCLING was placed in plastic bags, which are not RECYCLING collection is not affected by municipal public permitted works holidays such as Martin Luther King Jr.

8 Day, Lincoln's MONDAYS: For residents who have Monday/Thursday trash If you still have a concern, comment or question regarding your June 6 13 20 27 December 5 12 19 26. RECYCLING pick-up, please send an email to Birthday, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Columbus Day, collection Election Day or Veterans Day. RECYCLING collections will take *July 4th: Changed to July 8. , making sure to leave a name, address and place on those days. January 9 23 July 10 24 telephone number in the body of the message so that a February 6 20 August 7 21. SPECIAL ITEMS representative may contact you at their earliest availability. WHAT DO THE STICKERS ON MY RECYCLABLE ITEMS MEAN? These are rejection stickers. The most common reasons for USED MOTOR OIL can be dropped off at the Department of Public LEAVES, BRUSH & GRASS rejection are: * March 6 20 September *9 18 Works central garage, 400 Jersey Avenue, Monday Friday, 8 Trash mixed in with recyclables 3 Up to 30 quarts per resident per year accepted. LEAVES will be collected in the spring and fall.

9 Leaves must Containers larger than 32 gallons April 3 17 October 2 16 30 be bagged in the spring. In the fall, leaves can be bagged Recyclables in plastic bags CORRUGATED CARDBOARD, NEWSPAPER, MIXED PAPER, BOTTLES Cardboard not properly prepared 1 15 13 27. May November or raked loose to the curb. Fall collection will take place in & CANS can be dropped off at Colgate Paper Stock, Inc., 12 November and December. Use of biodegradable plastic bags Industrial Drive, New Brunswick, on Saturdays from 7:30 Only recyclables that are properly prepared will be collected. *3 12 26 11 *30. June December is recommended, but clear bags will also be accepted. Do 11:30 Call (732) 745-5059 for more information . not use dark bags. Collection dates are mailed to your home *Memorial Day: May 29 changed to June 3. and listed on the City's website, WHAT IF MY RECYCLABLES WERE NOT COLLECTED? APPLIANCES/SCRAP METAL will be collected by appointment only. Your recyclables should be placed CURBSIDE the night before *Labor Day: September 4 changed to September 9.

10 Org, as well as the My Waste App. your scheduled pick-up or by 6 on the day of the pick- *Christmas Day: December 25 changed to December 30. Refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and other appliances containing freon may be collected separately from other scrap up. Collection times are subject to change, and all material BRUSH (branches and woody plants no greater than 5 inches TUESDAYS: For residents who have Tuesday/Friday trash metal. All doors must be removed from refrigerators and must be ready for pick-up by 6 in diameter) will be collected by appointment only. Branches collection. freezers. NO car parts are accepted. Call (732) 745-5059 for must be tied in bundles, not exceeding 5 feet in length or 50 If your recyclables were out at the curb on time and were not 10 24 11 25. January July an appointment. pounds in weight. Place twigs too small to bundle in an open, collected, leave the RECYCLING at the curb and contact us within rigid container. Bagged brush will NOT be collected.