High Bridge Recycling & Trash
Information regarding the Commons Ordinance
Recycling Guidelines and Recycling Other Items
Hard Plastics Recycling Day
Battery Recycling
Car Battery Recycling
Electronic recycling
Town-wide Litter Clean Up Day
Proper Disposal of used US Flags
Bicycle Recycling Information
Trash information: As the state has mandated a 50% reduction in solid waste from all New Jersey Municipalities, starting January 1, 2009, the Mayor and Council have decided to use a sticker program to encourage more recycling. Each sticker can be used for 34 gallons or 50 pounds of garbage. This year we are sending 110 stickers for the year 2009, in the future 104 stickers, equating to two bags a week, and will be sent every December for the following year. These are not dated stickers, so they can be used throughout the years.
Every bag of garbage must have a sticker on it. If you use garbage cans, place the sticker on the top item in the can so it is plainly visible when the lid is removed by the collector. For cleanup items, use one sticker for each 50 pounds of weight.
Landlords, please advise your tenants of the regulations and distribute the stickers to your tenants in a timely fashion. If you don't disperse the stickers, solid waste will not get picked up, and as owners, you will be fined.
DAY AND TIME OF COLLECTION: Your day of collection will remain the same, either Tuesday or Friday. However, the time of day may change. Your garbage should be placed at the curb by or before 7 AM on collection day with your sticker attached to each garbage bag.
LIMITS: ALL such waste should be in 34 gallon containers, either metal, plastic or 34 gallon heavy duty garbage bags. There is a 50 pound limit on each container. Bring trash receptacles back into your yard by the end of the collection day.
IMPORTANT: Items NOT in 34 gallons containers 1) may be left by Waste Management, 2) may blow away, 3) may be scattered by birds or animals, 4) are unsightly, and 5) may create a health hazard. Please cooperate.
BULKY WASTE: For cleanup items, use one sticker for each 50 pounds of weight. Save these items for our annual electronics recycling event. A freon removal sticker must be on refridgerators, air conditioners, etc.
Garbage & Recycling Service: Waste Management 800-745-5616
Brush & Leaves
Place brush at curb for collection by Monday of collection week. Please note that brush must not interfere with vehicular passage or storm water drainage. Brush must also be placed with stem portions facing out to the street. Once the collection has passed your house it will not return until the next collection week of the following month. Brush will NOT be picked up if it is larger than 2" in diameter and NO stumps will be picked up. If you have any questions, call Borough Hall (638-6455) between 9 AM and 4 PM weekdays.
Recycling Information
Curbside recycling is a service our town provides for its residents. Please take advantage of this service. Recycling does make a difference in our environment. Our goal is to keep all recyclables out of the trash flow.
To make recycling as convenient as possible, we have curbside collection every other week. We also list the recycling dates in the town newsletter. Take a few minutes to copy the dates on your monthly calendar as a reminder.
Newspaper, magazines, junk mail, cardboard and commingled items are collected.
Please cross tie newspaper, magazines, junk mail and cardboard into bundles 8 -12 inches high. The bundles should be placed next to your recycling container for collection.
Place recycling out the night before your pick-up day. Collection begins early in the morning. If your recycling is not out when the truck goes by, please bring it back into your yard. It will not be picked up until the next scheduled pick-up collection day. Bring recycling receptacles back into your yard by the end of the collection day. Sometimes our collector has a problem and cannot finish all the streets on the collection day. If they haven’t been to your street at all, leave your materials curbside and they should be by the very next day to pick them up.
STYROFOAM RECYCLING
Don't waste your garbage stickers on throwing away unwanted Styrofoam, because you can easily recycle it at the UPS Store in the Greyrock's Shopping Center. UPS takes any kind of Styrofoam, including the solid packing that encases newly-purchased items in their boxes as well as Styrofoam coolers, Styrofoam peanuts, and so forth. As long as it's not dirty or "beat up," you can bring this material to the store; simply leave it at the front desk or in the corner. UPS itself reuses most of the Styrofoam to mail out its packages. UPS is located at 1802 Route 31 North (next to the Bagelsmith and the dry cleaners). The hours are Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Sundays the store is closed. For info: 638-3500; website: store4525@theupsstore.com.
Please notify borough hall of any recycling concerns with our recycling contractor 638-6455.
Thank you for making an effort to recycle.
Environmentally,
Lynn Hughes
High Bridge Environmental Commission
Recycling Coordinator
Christmas trees will be picked up on a daily basis until the second week of February.
Please help keep the Commons mulch area clean!
Being able to bring your yard brush and pick up mulch at the commons is a service we provide to our residents. Recently people have been dumping items not allowed at this site.
Reminder: only grass, leaves, brush, and tree branches are to be brought to the area behind the Commons Park. Please do not leave items in plastic bags. No pieces of lumber/wood.
It is against the law to dump any other items and subject to a fine up to $1000 / 90 days jail/ community service. Ordinance No. 2006-3
If a resident hires a lawn service, we ask that you notify Borough Hall 638-6455 of the day and name of the contractor that will be bringing your yard material to the commons. That way we can control illegal commercial dumping. Please remind your service of what is acceptable to avoid you being fined.
We ask if any one observes illegal dumping at the Commons to report the day, time, type of material and the vehicle license plate number to the High Bridge Police. 638-6500
Recycling Guidelines and Recycling Other Items
Hard Plastic Recycling Day
For details as to what can/cannot be brought to the recycling collection site, you can also view the 2008 newsletter on our website where it is posted in the document library entitled "High Bridge Newsletter Summer Fall 2008". Click Here to go to the document library: http://www.highbridge.org/document_library.html
Thanks to all who participated in our first annual "Hard Plastic" recycling event!
Recycling all items that can be recycled will reduce the amount of trash you need to put out on garbage collection day.
Pictures from Hard Plastics Recycling day:
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Batteries – Can be recycled locally at the Department of Public Works located at 26 West Main Street. You can leave dead batteries in the blue collection drums inside the shed at the entrance.
Car Batteries- Padik Auto Parts, 423 Route 513, Califon, NJ accepts all automotive and light batteries ("wet" batteries). Folks don't need to go into the store; they can just put the batteries on the rack in the front of the store. The rack is always there so you can drop off batteries anytime 24/7 that is convenient.
Electronic Recycling
Electronic Recycling – High Bridge Environmental Commission holds an annual town-wide electronics and appliances recycling event. The collection is held in Union Forge Park. You can recycle items such as computers, televisions, and refrigerators and air conditioners with freon still in. Smaller items with a plug are also collected.
Bicycle Recycling
1. You may bring your used US flag to borough hall and the High Bridge American Legion Post 188 will see that it is properly disposed of.