Curbside Recycling
MORRIS MUA URGES RESIDENTS TO PUT OUT ONLY ACCEPTABLE ITEMS FOR CURBSIDE RECYCLING -
In an effort to capture only acceptable materials during curbside
recycling collection, the Morris County Municipal Utilities
Authority (MUA), will implement a "tag-it and leave-it"
inspection program this summer in the municipalities served by
the MUA's "all-in-one" single-stream curbside recycling
collection program.
Due to recent enforcement of rigorous restrictions banning
unacceptable materials from the curbside recycling stream, the
MUA has been assessing unacceptable items in the recycling
stream.
The most common and problematic unacceptable materials
(contaminants) found mixed with acceptable recyclables
include:
• plastic bags
• plastic film/plastic packaging
• foam (Styrofoam)
• hangers (plastic, metal, wood)
• food waste
• wood scraps
• plastic bottles/containers coded #3, #4, #6 & #7 (only
plastic bottles/containers coded #1, #2 & #5 are acceptable).
Due to strict requirements for collecting only acceptable materials in the recycling stream, the MUA will leave those recycling set-outs with unacceptable items in the recycling containers at the curb.
Residents will have to correct the issues and wait until the next scheduled collection day to put their acceptable recyclables for curbside collection.
The main goal is to avoid rejected loads at the local recycling facility which first separates the single-stream recyclables into the individual materials that make up the recycling stream.