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Awards
and Recognition
Click Here
Awards Dinner Nomination Form Click Here
MCMUA Provides Recycling and Trash Decals
If you are from Morris County and would like
decals for your recycling and/or trash containers, contact the MCMUA at
973-285-8394 or at info@mcmua.com.
The MCMUA has a variety of stickers in both English and Spanish for your
containers for either recyclables or trash.
Click here to see which decals are appropriate for you.
Clean Communities
Learn how the MCMUA can help you clean your community
Click
Here for information on the Morris Habitat for Humanity
ReStore located on Iron Mountain Road in Mine Hill. Shop,
volunteer or donate materials for sale at the ReStore. The
ReStore keeps building materials, furniture and appliances out of
the landfill by accepting donations of these new and gently used
materials for sale at low prices. The proceeds fund
Morris Habitat for Humanity's home building projects.
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Background - The Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority (MCMUA) provides
water to several municipalities and oversees programs for solid and
hazardous waste disposal and recycling in Morris County, New Jersey.
Please use this Web site (www.MCMUA.com)
for information regarding the MCMUA and its programs.
Quick
Links and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
 Drought
Watch Issued for Morris County -
Morris County and 4
other Northeast NJ counties have been included in an
August 5,
2010 NJDEP drought watch. Residents are asked to use less water
for lawn watering, car washing and other non-essential water uses.
Click here to
read some water conservation practices suggested by the MCMUA.
 Safety
Note -
Three fires have occurred at
the MCMUA's Mount Olive transfer station where it has been suspected
that pool chemicals
were
improperly disposed of in the regular trash and started the
fires. Please, never throw away pool chemicals, or other household
hazardous wastes, in the regular garbage. Click
here to read about pool chemical safety or
click here to read about
proper disposal of household hazardous wastes in Morris County.  Household
Hazardous Waste Disposal Days Remaining for 2010.
Can't make one of these HHW days? Use the
permanent HHW facility
in Mount Olive all year round!
- Sat., September 11, 2010
MC Public Safety Training Academy
- Sun., November 7, 2010
Jefferson DPW Garage
1033 Weldon Rd., Lake Hopatcong
 Battery
Management Evolves - At the beginning of
2010, USDOT regulations regarding the transport of dry-cell
batteries will modify the way dry-cell batteries are collected
and managed in and around Morris County.
Click here
to learn about these changes and how dry-cell battery management
will be as easy as "1-2-3."
One (1), throw alkaline
(non-hazardous and use-once) dry-cell batteries into the trash; two (2), recycle rechargeable batteries using
Call2Recycle® drop-off boxes;
and three (3), take all other types of batteries to a
household hazardous waste program.
Click here to view this information as a 2-page, downloadable
and printable PDF.
 Keep
Your Insurance Up-to-date -
It is your responsibility to keep your insurance up-to-date and to
provide the necessary proof of coverage to the MCMUA. Please
forward your updated insurance certificates to the MCMUA. Click
below to read about
insurance requirements for the transfer stations and
insurance
requirements for the compost facilities.
 Morris
County Inspects For Recycling at Transfer Stations -
Click
here to read the July 5, 2007 letter sent to all MCMUA transfer station customers
regarding recycling inspections at the transfer stations. The inspections target the improper disposal
of designated recyclables with the trash.
Click
here to read more about what materials are designated in Morris
County to be source separated (at the point of generation) and then
recycled.
Click
here to download a PDF version of this mandated recyclable
materials list.
 Slam
Dunk the Junk - Put Litter In Its Place!
Morris County's Clean
Communities program now provides two new grant opportunity for
public schools, grades 6-12, in Morris County.
Deadline extended to March 26, 2010.
 Tipping
Fee Increase
January 1, 2010
- On January 2010 the transfer stations increased the disposal
tipping fees by 4% to $90.38/ton for most waste types.
Click here to read about this price increase.
 Morris
County Recycling Plan Update is Certified by the NJDEP-
Click
here to read Morris County's most recent recycling plan update
called Response to the January 2006 New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Solid Waste Management and
Sludge Management State Plan Update - March 2007. This plan was
adopted by the Freeholders on April 11, 2007 and certified by NJDEP on October 10, 2007.
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 The Story of
Drinking Water - Do you know how much freshwater is on the planet earth?
What are three forms of water? These and many other questions can be answered
by exploring "The Story of Water" an interactive program by the American Water
Works Association. This is not just for kids . . . everyone can learn about the
water we drink, just click here and enjoy the
learning, fun and games. |
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Public Bids
Click here for information on bids and/or proposals
that are being solicited through a fair and open process in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.1 et. seq.
Please read below to view the status of
the MCMUA's major programs and operations.
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Curbside Recycling
Collection
Norrmal
Water System
Normal
Transfer Stations
Mt. Olive transfer station - Normal
Parsippany transfer station - Normal
Recycling
Consolidation Center
Normal
Household
Hazardous Waste
Normal
Compost
Facilities
Updated
Feb. 11, 2010
Regular hours are:
Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Mt. Olive facility's currently accepting brush, leaves, grass and wood chips.
Wood mulch and unscreened compost are available.
Parsippany facility's currently accepting brush, grass and
wood chips . Wood chips and
unscreened compost are available.
Commercial contractors are not permitted to enter facilities between noon and
1:00 p.m. Compost
facilities are CLOSED on the following holidays: Good Friday (4/2/10), Memorial
Day (5/31/10), Independence Day (7/5/10), Labor Day (9/6/10), Columbus Day
(10/11/10), Thanksgiving
(11/25/10), Christmas (12/24-25/10) and NYE (12/31/10).
Dump/material tickets are available at each individual compost facility
and all commercial entities (landscapers, contractors, etc.) must pay in full by
check (no cash or credit cards accepted) at the the time of dumping or
purchasing materials. The old Shade Tree ticket office on West Hanover
Ave. no longer distributes any tickets. Note:
all tickets expire at the end of the year in which they were
purchased.
For
current updates on disposal and/or product availability, phone 973-631-5109.
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News & Events |
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April
1, 2008 - $3.00/ton recycling tax is now added to MCMUA transfer
station tipping fees -
Click here to read about the tipping fee increase as well as the
recently adopted Recycling Enhancement Act.
MCMUA
Pays $290,000 to Municipalities for Material They Recycled in 2007 -
Nineteen
Morris County municipalities have received a approximately $290,000
for recyclable materials they sent to the MCMUA Recycling
Consolidation Center in Dover, combined with other materials markets
through the MCMUA in 2007.
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here for more information. |
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1/9/98
- MCMUA retain
waste flow
control over all Morris County solid waste. |
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