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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