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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 additional information regarding the MCMUA and its programs.
Quick
Links and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
 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.
 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.
 Household
Hazardous Waste Disposal Days announced for 2010.
The MCMUA will conduct 4 HHW programs in 2010:
- Sat., May 8, 2010
Chatham High School
225 Lafayette Ave, Chatham
- Sat., June 12, 2010
MC Public Safety Training Acad.
500 W. Hanover Ave, Parsippany
- Sat., September 11, 2010
MC Public Safety Training Academy
- Sun., November 7, 2010
Jefferson DPW Garage
1033 Weldon Rd., Lake Hopatcong
 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 an increase in 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.
 Safety
Note -
In July
2003, July 2008 and again in September 2008 fires occurred at
the MCMUA's Mount Olive transfer station. In each instance it
is suspected that a small quantity of pool chemical was
improperly disposed of in the regular trash and started the
fire. 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.
 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.
 Thermometer
Drop-Off is Now Year Round
A
"Catch the Fever" Mercury Thermometer
Disposal Program once again hits Morris County! Instead of
running for six months a year, this program is now runs all year
long. To get rid of their mercury in an environmentally safe manner,
Morris County residents may bring their mercury fever thermometers
to participating pharmacies, municipal health departments, and other
municipal offices.
Click here for details
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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
Normal
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
Dec. 22, 2009
Regular hours resumed as of 12-6-2009 which 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: NYD (1/1/10), MLK Day (1/18/10), Lincoln's
Birthday (2/12/10) and Presidents' Day (2/15/10), 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), Election Day (11/2/10), Veteran's Day (11/12/10), Thanksgiving
(11/25-26/10), Christmas (12/24-25/10) and NYE (12/31/10).
Dump/material tickets are to be purchased 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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