Recycling Collection

Through shared services agreements, the MCMUA provides curbside recycling to many Morris County municipalities. We also offer roll-off and dumpster recycling services for other public sector entities, such as schools and housing authorities, as well as businesses in our service area.

Questions About Collecton?
Call us at 973-285-8393

Towns Where We Collect

• Boonton (Town of)
• Boonton Township
• Chatham Borough
• Chatham Township
• Chester Borough
• East Hanover
• Florham Park
• Hanover Twp.
• Long Hill
• Mendham Township
• Morris Plains
• Netcong
• Rockaway Borough
• Wharton
   

Curbside Best Practices

• Recycling containers must be placed at the curb before 6 AM on collection day.
• Material placed on the curb after this time for collection is considered a late set-out and not a missed collection by the MCMUA.
• If your material was set out to the curb before 6 AM and the MCMUA missed your collection location, it must be reported to your Municipal Recycling Coordinator/Municipality by 10 AM the next day.
• Containers must be no larger than 32 gallons and under 50 lbs.
• Use decals to label and distinguish recycling and trash cans appropriately. To request decals for your recycling and trash containers, use our online order form here.
   

Single-Stream Recycling

All municipalities collected by the MCMUA recycling program use single-stream recycling. This means that all acceptable recyclable materials, including paper, cardboard, bottles, and cans, can be placed together in one container for recycling collection. The materials are then taken to a Materials Recovery Facility, where they are sorted and processed and baled for transport to recycling markets. See how it all works by viewing a virtual tour of the recycling facility

Material Preparation

The following flyers describe what materials are recyclable in the MCMUA single-stream recycling collection, as well as common materials that are unacceptable in single-stream recycling stream:

Acceptable Materials	Unacceptable Materials

Tag it and Leave it Inspections

The MCMUA will periodically perform tag-it-and-leave-it recycling inspections. MCMUA staff will "tag" recycling set-outs that contain unacceptable materials for recycling. These will be left at the curb and not picked up until the problem is resolved on the next collection day. MCMUA staff will also leave "Star Recycler" door hangers for residents who correctly follow all recycling guidelines. These educational campaigns are always done in collaboration with municipalities with advance notice through press releases and other resident notifications. These inspections have effectively educated residents and reduced harmful and costly contamination in the recycling stream.

Processing Single-Stream

Recycle Right

• Do not bag recyclables. Materials should be loose in the container.
• All items must be empty, clean, and dry.
• No Styrofoam of any kind is acceptable in this program.
• No shredded paper.
• Flatten cardboard boxes
   

Recycle Coach App

Find all your local recycling information in one convenient location when you download the free Recycle Coach app and enter your municipality. The app features a personalized collection schedule for your town, collection reminders through in-app notifications or email, and localized information on what materials are accepted for recycling in your town's program.

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Roll-off & Dumpster Services

The MCMUA provides collection services for roll-off containers at recycling depots participating in the MCMUA recycling program and dumpster services for schools, businesses, and institutions.

Recycling Depots Serviced

• Boonton (Town of)
• Boonton Township
• Chatham Borough
• Chatham Township
• East Hanover
• Florham Park
• Hanover Township
• Long Hill
• Morris Plains
• Mount Arlington Borough
• Netcong
• Rockaway Borough
• Roxbury Township
• Washington Township
• Wharton Borough
   

Best Practices for Dumpsters and Roll-off Containers

• Dumpster lids should always remain closed to prevent weather-related contamination, such as rain and snow, and to prevent materials from falling on the ground and becoming litter.
• Prepare the materials appropriately for collection by following the same "recycle right" guidelines as the curbside collection program.
• Keep the area around containers clear so that MCMUA staff can access them for collection.
   

Containers are serviced on-call in the order in which requests are received. Please call for container service before your container is overflowing.

Need recycling services?

If you are a municipality, school district, business, or institution in our area and need recycling collection services, please contact us at support@mcmua.com.

For government agencies: The MCMUA is authorized under the Uniform Shared Services and Consolidation Act (Act), N.J.S.A. 40A:65-1 et seq., to enter into a contract with any other local unit for the provision of any service which that local unit is empowered to render within its own jurisdiction. Further, uniform shared services agreements are exempt from the bidding requirements of the Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq.

This allows for municipalities, school districts, and other local government agencies to enter into shared services agreements for recycling services with the MCMUA without needing to go out to bid. Furthermore, the MCMUA is authorized to enter into an agreement for the collection and disposal of municipal solid waste, and the collection and disposition of recyclable materials for a term of up to five years.