High Bridge Recycling & Trash

Information regarding the Commons Ordinance

Recycling Guidelines and Recycling Other Items

Hard Plastics Recycling Day

Battery Recycling

Car Battery

Cell Phones/Toner Cartridges Recycling

Bottle Caps

Electronic recycling 

Town-wide Litter Clean Up Day

Proper Disposal of used US Flags

Bicycle Recycling Information

What to do with left over paint

Schedule for Commons open for brush for 2012

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 November 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. Electronic items will no longer be collected.  Save for the Borough's Electronic Recycling Day-April 28, 2012.  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 Premier Disposal, 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.

WHITE GOODS AND CONSTRUCTION WASTE will not be picked up.  Save electronic items for our annual electronics recycling event. A $10.00 charge for freon items such as refridgerators, air conditioners, etc.

Garbage & Recycling Service: Premier Disposal

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 3" 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, Premier Disposal collects curbside 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.

Commingled items include glass of all colors, aluminum, tin, paper and plastic...

Plastics # 1 -7 any size and any shape are curbside recyclable.

Reminder: you must tie newspapers, magazines, corrugated cardboard, single-ply cardboard (such as cereal boxes and gift boxes), and junk mail (not shredded) in separate bundles for pick up.

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

Please notify borough hall of any recycling concerns with our recycling contractor638-6455.

EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE (EPS) STYROFOAM - According to the Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers, (epspacking.org/info/html), it's difficult to find anyone who will come and collect EPS.  In addition, EPS that was used for food or drink, such as a Styrofoam coffee cup or meal tray, usually cannot be recycled because the debris will ruin the recycling equipment.  Any tape of other items attached to the EPS/Styrofoam needs to be removed as well.  Foam Peck Industries accepts EPS/Styrofoam, unless it is contaminated by food or drink.  The EPS is used to stuff children's toys.  Foam Peck has a drop off location in Springfield, NJ. Contact Mitch or Dave at 973-376-3700 for directions and more information.  Please remove any tape attached to the EPS.  (Think of combining this recycling effort with your friends, neighbors, or relatives.)

PLASTIC BAGS- Take them to Clinton A&P or Clinton ShopRite for recycling. You can also purchase cloth shopping bags from local stores such as Clinton Walmart, ShopRite or A&P.  These bags can be used over and over again, reducing your need for plastic. 

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 beginning December 26 through February 10, 2012.  Remember to remove all ornaments, lights, and tree stands; decorated trees will not be collected.

Commons Area Ordinance

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.

Only brush may be brought by residents to the area behind the Commons Park on Saturday mornings from 9AM to 1PM on the following days:

March 17 & 31, 2012

April 14 & 28, 2012

May 12 & 26, 2012

June 9 & 23, 2012

July 7 & 21, 2012

August 4 & 18, 2012

September 8 & 22, 2012

October 6 & 20, 2012

November 3 & 10, 2012

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

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

Click on this link for more information regarding the borough's recycling as well as other ways to recycle items in your household.

Thanks to all who participated in our first annual "Hard Plastic" recycling event!

Have you been saving your hard plastics for another Hard Plastics Recycling Event similar to the one held in August of last year? Well, please hold on to those hard plastics a little longer. The High Bridge Environmental Committee is attempting to setup another event for our Borough. However, the recycling economy is not strong at the moment and a plastic recycling company has not been identified yet.

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:

Picture 1 | Picture 2 | Picture 3 | Picture 4 | Picture 5 | Picture 6

Battery Recycling

Batteries – As of Feb. 23, 2011 alkaline batteries are no longer collected by the County and can be disposed as regular waste.

You can recycle the batteries that come in cordless power tools, laptop computers, cordless and cell phones, comcorders and remote control cars.  Call 800-8-BATTERY for details or visit rbrc.org.

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.

VIDEOTAPES, FLOPPY DISKS, ZIP DISKS, DVDs, CDs, or CD JEWEL CASES- Mail them to either one of the following two companies(think of combining with friends, neighbors, or relatives):

"Alternative Community Training" in Missouri.  Go to ACTRecycling.org.  On the left side of the screen, you will see a yellow box; click on "Donations."  At the bottom of the next screeen, a bulleted list in purple text will appear.  Click on either "Video Tapes," or "Computer Media", and then follow direstions on downloading a donor form from ACTRecycling.org;  Send Items to "Alernative Community Training", 2200 Burlington, Columbia, MO 65202.  Call (800) 359-4607 for more information.

"GreenDisk" in Washington will also take these items, through its Technotrash Pack-It service.  Go to the website HYPERLINK http://www.greedisk.com greendisk.com, and select if you  want to mail 20 pounds or less (will cost you $6.95) or more than 20 pounds.  Additionally, you can send your unwanted computer equipment, such as monitors, laptops, and desktops, to GreenDisk.  Shipping costs are listed on the website.  800-305-DISK is the Phone number.  The company claims that it reuses or recycles all the materials it collects.

This information comes from HYERLINK http://www.emagazine.com/view/?3172  emagazine.com/view/?3172  "How to Recycle Practically Anything" by Sally Deneen.

Cell Phones, PDAs and Pagers  are accepted by Staples in Flemington at 17 Route 202/31, Flemington:  806-6040  The Environmental Club at the High Bridge Elementary School also collects old cell phones.  Drop off cell phones at the borough library during Library operating hours:

Mon. & Wed. 10am - noon and 3 - 8pm

Fridays 10am - noon and 3 - 7pm

Saturdays 10 am - 2pm

Come in the back door of the library and place the recyclable items in the marked collection box on the shelf to your left. The collected items will be sent to charitable organizations and the borough will be able to claim the recycling tonnage reports.

Ink Jet and Laser Toner Cartridges are recycled through the High Bridge Elementary School Environmental CLub.  You may drop them off in the collection box at eh town library.  Contact the school at 638-4105 for more information 

RECYCLE BOTTLE CAPS   The Enviromental Committee is no longer recycling bottle caps.   

CLOTHING, TOYS, BOOKS, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS

You can donate these items to the Open Cupboard Thift Shop located at 37 Old Hwy. 22, Clinton, NJ Call the shop at 730-7320 for hours.  The Fire Deparment has a Clothing Box at 7 Maryland Ave.  In addition, several churches in our area hold annual or twice-yearly rummage sales.  Keep an eye out fro signs in the community or announcments in local newspapers for these eventsin which you can donate clothing, books, videos, DVDs, and household items.  High Bridge also had a borough-wide yard sale usually in May.  You can paricipalte and recycle old items in this event as well.  Look for the yard sale signs, usually posted around the borough by the end of April or call Borough Hall at 638-6455.  For more information on recycyling more materials, see Earth911.org

OIL & HAZARDOUS WASTE:  Bring to County Hazardous Waste Collection days. For more info: hcua@co.hunterdon.nj.us or phone 908-788-1110 

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, printerd, and televisions. There will be a fee for refrigerators and air conditioners with freon still in. Smaller items with a plug are also collected.  Look for announcements and more information on our web site highbridge.org and in the borough's newsletter, "The Bridge."

 One Day Electronics Recycling

Saturday, April 28, 2012 from 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Thank you to all who participated.   Keep saving those electronics. 

** Reminder: There will be a $10 fee per freon item. This covers the removal and recycling of the freon from each appliance and providing the necessary recycling certificates. If you are bringing freon items, please bring exact cash or a check made out to the Borough of High Bridge.

Location:Union Forge Park Parking Lot

Sponsored by: The High Bridge Environmental Committee using Clean Communities Grant Money

Recycling Provide by: Supreme Computer & Electronics Recycling Inc. and GreenCoat LLC

List of Acceptable Items that will be recycled:

Refrigerators, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, etc.

The company will remove & recycle freon for each appliance and provide freon recycling certificates  

Electronic Equipment

Computers, Mice, Monitors, Printers, Scanners

Cables,TV’s, Personal Digital Assistants

Stereos, VCR’s, DVD players, Video equipment, Radios

Flat panel displays, Video game players

Copy machines, Fax machines

Phones, Cell phones, Answering machines

Tape recorders, Reel to reel tape players

Refrigerators, Air conditioners, dehumidifiers

Medical electronics, Surveillance equipment

Toasters, Microwaves

Essentially anything with a plug that is non-hazardous

NO light bulbs will be accepted.

RECYCLE CFL's

The Raritan (FLemington) Home Depot recycles the spiral energy saving light bulbs (CFL's, compact flourescent lightbulbs)

They do not take the long, thin tube bulbs.

for more information:

visit highbridge.org

call Borough Hall 638-6455

Lynn Hughes project coordinator at 638-8887

METAL RECYCLING OPTIONS

1.  Jim's Lawn Cutting, LLC is a free metal recycling earth friendly green service.  Anything metal can be recyclied.  Items can have wood or plastic parts, but no freon items.

Example items picked up for free:  grills, gas grills, empty propane tanks, exercise equipment, file cabinets, auto parts, rims, lawn mowers, garden tractors, outdoor furniture, metal fencing, gutters, above ground pools, satellite dishes, washers, dryers, dishwashers, stoves, pots & pans, metal desks & chairs, metal fans, ceiling fans, light fixtures, hand & power tools, and hardware.

Items need to be at ground level for free pickup.  There is a $25.00 charge for the first item that requires assistance to be removed from the home and $10.00 for each additional item needing removal assistance.

Town-wide Litter Clean Up Day Saturday, April 28, 2012 

Sponsored by the High Bridge Environmental Committee in conjunction with our electronics recycling day.

We ask everyone to take a few minutes of your day to walk a section of your street and pick up any litter you see. Separate recyclables from trash and please place the items collected out on your next scheduled recycling or trash collection day.If you find any large items too heavy to carry, please notify Borough Hallat 638-6455.

We would very much appreciate an e-mail left on our town web site as to how many bags of litter you collected and what types of litter you found. Please email Doug Walker, Borough Administrator at: dwalker@highbridge.org with your information.

Bicycle Recycling

Pedals for Progress

It costs $35 per bike from pick-up to delivery overseas. A cash donation is needed, suggested minimum $15. For more info call Dave @ (908) 638-8893, or go to the website Pedals 4 Progress at:"http://www.p4p.org" www.p4p.orgMany Americans have used bicycles gathering dust in a garage or basement. They bring almost nothing in terms of resale and fill our dwindling landfills. Millions of people in developing countries throughout the world have no means of transportation other than their feet. P4P addresses this situation by gathering used bikes and shipping them to willing partners worldwide. Get the satisfaction of providing help and a future to other people! Bring your bicycle(s) and get an I.R.S approved tax deduction slip. Also collecting: working sewing machines to send overseas.

Proper Disposal of used US Flags

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.

or

2. You can take the US flag directly to the Flemington American Legion Post on Route 31. They have a flag collection box out front. Wrap the flag in a plastic bag in case the collection box is full and you need to leave the flag on top of the box.

What to do with left over paint...

According to the National Paint & Coatings Association, paint can last for years when you follow these proper storage tips:

> Cover the opening with plastic wrap.

> Make sure the lid fits securely so the paint doesn't leak.

> Store the paint can upside down; that creates a tight seal around the lid, keeping the paint fresh until you need it again.

but if you want to give the boot to those old cans, here's what you can do:

Check the label. Paint made before 1978 might contain lead, and paint made before 1991 might contain mercury. Both materials should be listed on the paint label.

Recycle it. Hunterdon County offers recycling programs for old paint and empty paint cans. Water-based, or latex, paint can be recycled into new paint or it can even be used to create nonpaint products such as cement. Oil-based, or alkyd, paint is usually used for fuel blending- meaning it's burned to create energy at a power plant.

Donate it for reuse. Some organizations will accept paint that's in good condition, meaning it can be easily stirred to a smooth consistency and is uncontaminated. The paint should also be in an intact, labeled container. Check for donation options in your area by clicking on "Paint donation" at Earth911.

Dispose of it. If you can't donate or recycle your paint, here is how you can dispose of latex paint:  dry out the paint to place in regular trash. (oil based paint is always considered hazardous and should be disposed of at a household-hazardous waste collection facility.) 

To dry out paint-

1. Check the label to see if any lead or hazardous materials are in it. If there are, then you must wait for the county hazardous waste collection day.

2. Remove the lid and let the paint air dry in the can. To speed up the process, stir in an absorbent material such as clay kitty litter, sawdust, or leftover concrete mix.

3. Look to see when the paint is completely dry and shows no moisture whatsoever, wrap the dried clump in newspaper and place into your regular trash. Do not place the lid back on the can. Wrap the lid and can separately in newspaper for disposal.

*If you need to get rid of a lot of latex paint, you may want to consider purchasing "waste paint hardener."  A cup or so of this powder mixed in with a gallon of paint will cause it to harden up within hours.