Politics & Government
Single Stream Recycling Begins Monday
Residents in West Belmar first to experience the new program
Single stream recycling, the township's newest trash program touted as more earth-friendly and easier on town coffers, began in West Belmar with Monday's regular trash pickup.
West Belmar is the only section of town that receives both regular Monday trash pickup and single stream recycling pickup on June 6. The remaining parts of town will receive their regular trash pickup on Monday and will follow the new single stream pickup map, which is attached to this story.
For instance, residents along Route 34 who have regular trash pickup on Monday and Thursday will receive single stream pickup on the first and third Thursdays of the month, along with their regular trash pickup.
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Under the program, residents can place paper, newspaper, office paper, junk mail, envelopes, magazines and flat cardboard into the same bin as glass bottles and jars, metal food and beverage containers and plastic bottles, including shampoo and detergent bottles.
by not paying the county landfill in Tinton Falls to take residents' garbage.
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"This is very easy to do,'' Committeeman George Newberry, a champion of the new program, has said. "You can't make a lot of mistakes. It has changed the way I think about trash, very honestly."
Wall Patch has assembled all the resources available to residents on the topic: pickup schedules, flyers and video. They are all attached to this story.
But the big question is: What do I put in the my recycling can?
Here's a list of what can, and cannot, go into the single stream recycling for pickup on Monday morning:
Yes:
No:
Glass bottles
Food Scraps
Plastic Bottles
Waxed Paper
Cardboard
Pizza Boxes
Newspaper
Styrofoam
Computer Paper
Coffee Grounds
Cereal Boxes
Plastic Utensils
Magazines
Plastic Shopping Bags
Metal Food Containers
Plastic Bags/Plastic Wrap
Shampoo Bottles
Wire Hangers
Detergent Bottles
Christmas Lights
Milk Containers
Diapers
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