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These recycling items are collected by Suburban Disposal, Inc. every Wednesday, town wide on an alternating schedule. Please check the Recycling Calendar for the schedule.

Residents are requested to put their recyclables in a proper container for pickup and also secure their paper and cardboard in a way as to keep it from blowing away on windy days.

Acceptable Items for Recycling

Recyclables: Aluminum and tin cans, mixed colored glass, bottles and jars, plastic bottles, dishwasher bottles, detergent bottles. Wash/rinse all recyclable containers. Bottle caps and can lids should be discarded.

Mixed Paper:
Newspapers, magazines, junk mail, envelopes, telephone books, soft cover books, corrugated boxes (please flatten). Use brown bags, a laundry basket, corrugated box, or milk crate for paper recycling. Garbage cans are not allowed for mixed paper recycling.

Household Hazardous Waste Events:
The Bergen County Utilities Authority conducts hazardous waste collection free of charge for Bergen County residents at several locations in Paramus, Mahwah, and Moonachie:

Bergen Community College, 400 Paramus Road, Paramus, NJ
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012

Bergen County Utilities Authority, Foot of Empire Blvd., Moonachie, NJ
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Saturday, July 21, 2012

Bergen County Campgaw Mountain Reservation, 200 Campgaw Rd., Mahwah, NJ
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Saturday, November 17, 2012

All of the above collection sites are open from 9:00am to 3:00pm (rain or shine)

Shredding Events:

Bergen County Community Services Bldg., 327 East Ridgewood Ave., Paramus, NJ
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Saturday August 18, 2012

Bergen County Campgaw Reservation, 200 Campgaw Rd., Mahwah, NJ
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Saturday, November 3, 2012

The above collection sites open (rain or shine) at 9:00am and close promptly at 2:00pm.

Tire Recycling and Electronics Program:

Bergen County Community Services Bldg., 327 East Ridgewood Ave., Paramus, NJ
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Saturday August 18, 2012

Bergen County Campgaw Reservation, 200 Campgaw Rd., Mahwah, NJ
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Saturday, November 3, 2012

The above collection sites open (rain or shine) at 9:00am and close promptly at 2:00pm.

For information regarding private companies/organizations which accept computer equipment and electronics, please log on to www.bcua.org (click on Solid Waste and Recycling, then Computer and Electronics.

There are also two websites that are terrific sources of information about recycling:

http://Recyclingnj.com provides practical and straight-forward advice for how New Jersey citizens can reduce the amount of waste their households produce, with simple tips for waste reduction or reuse that do not require dramatic changes in lifestyle. It also gives suggestions for alternative ways for reusing some of the items residents might otherwise discard.  Additionally, it provides information additional recycling options that are not available through your local authority, but have been created by private businesses and charity groups, for the collection or redistribution of specific waste items, often at little or no expense to your constituents.
http://earth911.com is a privately owned, for-profit company that specializes in providing consumers with accessible and actionable recycling information across the country.  Its Recycling Directory is very comprehensive.  It contains information for recycling over 240 different products.  The Directory is free for consumers to use on the website, through the toll-free and bilingual hotline(1-800-CLEANUP) and with the free iPhone application (Recycle).  Earth911.com lists over 127,000 locations and programs that people can search int he directory to find local recycling and disposal resources.  The information provided through the site's directory, editorials and resources represents only fact-based, information and useful content.