Product containers marked with the words, "Warning: Hazardous," "Flammable," "Poisonous," "Corrosive," or "Explosive," See below for listing.

House - Aerosol cans, bleach, chemistry kits, nail polish, polish removers, perfumes, disinfectants, drain cleaners, floor wax, mercury thermometers, moth balls, oven cleaner, smoke detectors, spot remover, toilet cleaner, fire extinguishers, thermostats, friable asbestos.

Workshop - Corrosives, paints (oil and latex based), small compressed-gas cylinders, solvents, stains strippers, thinners, varnish, wood preservatives, fluorescent bulbs, photographic chemicals, household batteries, aerosol cans, mineral spirits, shellacs, and turpentine.

Garden/Yard - Algacides, ant and roach powder, bug sprays, fertilizers, fly strips, garden and dust sprays, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides, pool chemicals and driveway/roof sealers.

From the Garage - Antifreeze, Auto batteries, motor oil, degreasers, waste fuels – gasoline, transmission fluid, brake fluid, kerosene, waxes, polishes, and used motor oil mixed with other fuels, oil filters

1. Unlabeled wastes or containers with unknown contents.
2. Regulated medical waste (as defined by the N.J.A.C. 7:26-3A).
3. Non-Friable Asbestos - Contact the BCUA for a disposal package which includes a complete listing of disposal facilities.
4. Automobile Tires – Contact your local municipality or service station.
5. Radioactive Waste – Except smoke detectors.
6. Explosive or Ordnance Materials – Contact your local Police Department.
7. Containers with less than 1" of material or empty containers – These can go into the regular trash.
8. Large Containers - larger than 5 gallons containers is unacceptable.

Caution

Explosives or Highly Reactive Materials may be dangerous. If you have these types of materials, call first for safety instructions. DO NOT bring these materials without prior authorization! These dangerous items include, but are not limited to, picric acid, isopropyl ether, calcium carbide, perchloric acid and benzoyl peroxide.

The BCUA operates a Computer Recycling Drop-off Center free for all Bergen County residents by appointment only. The drop-off center will be collecting all types of computer equipment for recycling. The computer-recycling center is open Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 AM – 12 PM. Contact the Computer hotline at (201) 807-8683 to schedule an appointment or for more information.

For Businesses

The Computer Recycling Center will be accepting equipment from businesses for a small recycling fee. The Authority will charge $5.30 for each monitor and $4.10 for each CPU. All other computer equipment delivered will be free. Accepting checks only and by appointment only. Contact the hotline at (201) 807-8683 for complete details.

What You Can Bring To A Computer Recycling Program?

Monitors, CPU’s, Printers, Keyboards, Fax machines, Scanners, Copiers, Laptops, and Components such as hard drives, circuit boards, speakers, modems, motherboards, power supplies, cell phones and other wireless electronic devices. The collection will also accept television sets and VCR’s for recycling.

Location and Hours

• Bergen County Utilities Authority
  Foot or Empire Blvd.
  Moonachie, NJ  07074

  Collection Hours are 9:00 am - 12:00 pm, Monday through Friday

Directions: Bergen County Utilities Authority

• From Route 17 North - Exit at Moonachie/Wood-Ridge exit. Make right at light onto Moonachie Avenue. Pass Teterboro Airport (on left) and continue going straight until road ends into BCUA facilities.
• From Route 17 South - Exit at Moonachie Avenue (Exit is by Fiesta Catering) Make left at light onto Moonachie Avenue. Pass Teterboro Airport (on left) and continue going  straight until road ends into BCUA facilities.

• Clean Venture/Cycle Chem
  201 South First Street
  Elizabeth, New Jersey 07206
  (973)355-5800
• Key Environmental
  311 East Blackwell Street
  Dover, NJ 07801
  1-800-821-9741
• Onyx Environmental Services, Inc.
  1 Eden Lane
  Flanders, NJ  07836
  (973) 691-3945
• Radiac Research Company
  261 Kent Avenue
  Brooklyn, New York 11211
  (718)963-2233
• Safety-Kleen Corp.
  32 Tompkins Parkway
  Newark, New Jersey 07144
  (973) 242-3556

Motor oil is acceptable at all household hazardous waste collection events sponsored by the BCUA. So, check the schedule for the next collection event. Otherwise, contact your municipal recycling coordinator or local service station for disposal outlets.

All Jiffy-Lube stations will take up to 10 gallons at no charge. All Bridgestone and Firestone Tire and Service Centers will accept up to 2 gallons at no charge. You must bring the used motor oil in closed containers, during business hours, and take the containers away with you.

Call Earth’s 911 at 1-800-CLEANUP, or visit there website at www.1800cleanup.org, for a list of used motor oil collection centers near your home.

Residents may deliver material containing asbestos to the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Comission (HMDC) Landfill in Kearney.  For further information, please contact the HMDC at (201) 460-1700.

The BCUA Solid Waste staff provides technical assistance to Bergen County municipalities which includes: liaison role to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and general assistance in meeting the recycling and source reduction goals of the Bergen County solid waste district. The Solid Waste Department provides a variety of programs geared towards Bergen County residents, municipalities, schools, businesses and civic groups. Some of these programs include the following:

MUNICIPAL ASSISTANCE

Municipal Tire Recycling Program

In an effort to remove and recycle tires from Bergen County’s municipal solid waste stream, the BCUA has initiated a tire recycling program. Bergen County municipalities collect tires from residents and deliver them for recycling to a chosen vendor. 

Many municipalities collect tires for recycling, so contact your municipal recycling coordinator to see if your town participates in this program or for further information about the BCUA program, contact Richard Baroch, Recycling Program Manager, at (201) 807-8696.

Municipal Battery Management Program

The BCUA has required all Bergen County municipalities to include household-generated batteries as a designated recyclable material. Each Bergen County municipality has been afforded the option of disposing their household-generated batteries at each of the BCUA’s Household Hazardous Waste events.

For further information about this program, please contact Richard Baroch, Recycling Program Manager, at (201) 807-8696.

Municipal Recycling Coordinator Workshops

The BCUA Solid Waste Department hosts workshops, which provide pertinent recycling and source reduction information to municipalities. This information includes: new markets; NJDEP Grant Assistance; purchase of recycled products; composting and legislative issues.

For information about upcoming workshops, please contact Nina Seiden, Recycling Program Manager, at (201) 807-5822.

BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

• Waste Audit Program  The BCUA Business Waste Audit Program surveys each Bergen County company which employees 100 or more people. The BCUA utilizes this information to assist companies with solid waste disposal options and with implementing and expanding recycling, source reduction and procurement of recycled products programs.   For further information about this program, please contact Richard Baroch, Recycling Program Manager, at (201) 807-8696.
   
• Business and Government Seminars The BCUA offers professional programs designed to educate and inform various business and industry groups, as well as government officials and public managers. The topics presented include the following:
   
  • Recycling: Information includes, developing and implementing a recycling program, laws and statutes, marketing of materials, technical and educational assistance.
  • Source Reduction: Information presented includes, understanding the unique characteristics of waste reduction as opposed to recycling, analysis of current waste generation behaviors, waste reduction techniques, procurement of products which promote waste reduction, cooperative purchasing, and conducting a waste audit.
  • Purchasing of Recycled Products: Information presented includes analysis of current purchasing practices, understanding the "close the loop" system, purchasing specifications, cooperative purchasing, and buy-recycled resources (the products which are available and their vendors.)

For further information about this program or to schedule a presentation, please contact Nina Seiden, Recycling Program Manager, at (201) 807-5822.

PUBLIC EDUCATION ASSISTANCE

The Solid Waste Education Department award winning program provides a variety of education programs to Bergen County schools and civic groups. These programs include classroom recycling and waste reduction programs for all grade levels including pre-K. Civic group programs are generally geared towards Senior Citizen Groups, Women’s Clubs, Libraries and Environmental Groups. Public education programs include the following:

Classroom Presentations

Available for pre-k through college level students. Each of the 6 classroom programs available have been developed for a specific age group or grade level. Information presented within that program is introduced so that specific educational objectives, consistent with that particular age-group, are achieved.

Some examples of the various programs that have been developed by the BCUA staff and are currently offered as part of the overall source reduction campaign are listed below:

• Michael Learns to Recycle: a felt board story designed to teach kindergarten and first grade students about the importance of the three R’s--reduce, reuse and recycle.
• Why Should Kids Care About Garbage? a presentation on how children can effectively make a difference in reducing the amount of solid waste produced at home, at school and at play.
• The Worm Bin: a traveling composting bin, complete with worms, which explores the world of composting and examines the difference between worm composting and outdoor composting.

For further information about these programs or to schedule a program, please contact Lori Russo, Solid Waste Education/Technical Advisor at (201) 807-8692.

Civic Group Presentations

Available to any civic or community-based organization. Programs include a speaker who comes prepared with a slide program and/or other props and focuses on one of the following topics:

Environmental Shopping

A program developed for the average consumer focusing on ways to shop with the environment in mind, i.e. reduced packaging, packaging recyclability, etc.

Worm Composting

A program developed for all age groups, Kindergarten through adult, which stresses the importance of composting food waste and introduces and explains the concept of indoor composting with worms.

For further information about these programs, please contact Lori Russo, Solid Waste Education/Technical Advisor at (201) 807-8692.

Advertising/Publicity Program

Verizon Recycling Pages: The BCUA Recycling and Household Hazardous Waste Programs are featured in the white pages of the Verizon telephone directory. This feature also includes local recycling information for each Bergen County municipality.

Assistance Publications

The Solid Waste Department provides two outreach publications.

1. The "Recycling Bin" is a quarterly newsletter which provides BCUA programming information, as well as general recycling & waste reduction information to approximately 2,000 sources. For further information about the "Bin," please contact Lori Russo, Solid Waste Education/Technical Advisor at (201) 807-8692.
2. The "Recycling Update" is a monthly external newsletter, which provides technical and marketing information to the Bergen County municipalities. For further information about the "Update," program, please contact Nina Seiden, Recycling Program Manager, at (201) 807-5823.

BCUA Printed Materials/Publications

• "Comprehensive Guide to Waste Reduction:" A 20 page brochure for residents geared towards practical, everyday tips on recycling and reducing solid waste.
• "Guide to Environmental Shopping:" A 10 page brochure designed to help residents with their buying decisions.
• "Recycling Market Directory:" A directory which provides Bergen County municipalities with a list of recycling markets, recycling equipment markets, solid waste haulers, and references and resources.
• "Recycling and Source Reduction Procurement Guidelines for Government/Public Agencies:" A manual designed to assist government/public agencies in the effective implementation of a recycling and waste reduction procurement program. This information is directed to recycling coordinators and purchasing officers in county and municipal government agencies, school districts, and other public institutions.
• "Recycling and Source Reduction Procurement Guidelines for Businesses:" A manual designed to assist businesses in the procurement of products and/or services which will help to achieve the recycling and waste reduction goals of Bergen County. This information is directed to purchasing managers and recycling coordinators in the private sector.
• Business Waste Audit Manual: The SWP Department has developed the "BCUA Business Waste Audit Manual" to assist companies with their waste disposal options and with implementing and expanding recycling, source reduction and procurement of recycled products programs.
• Recycling Handbooks: Factual and market information on Renderings, Corrugated Cardboard, Office Paper, Aluminum and Glass.
• Material Fact Sheets: An assortment of 20 individual sheets, citing factual and educational information relevant to the specific material
• Apartment Recycling Manual: The SWP Department has developed this manual to provide municipal recycling coordinators with information needed to plan and implement cost effective apartment building recycling programs.
• Household Hazardous Waste Alternatives: A tri-fold brochure citing particular household substances that are considered "hazardous or toxic" and their non-toxic alternatives/substitutes.
• Grass: Cut It And Leave It: A brochure which provides residents with basic information on the benefits of leaving grass clippings on their lawns.
• Backyard Composting: This publication contains information on how to compost in one’s backyard, the benefits derived from composting, and the various containment methods that can be used.
• "Recycling Marshal’s Program for Elementary Schools:" A 40 page manual for elementary schools with guidelines, specific instructions, goals, objectives and reproducible graphics for developing or enhancing a recycling program that can be managed and carried out by the students with minimal administrative involvement.

Promotional Items

The BCUA Solid Waste Staff distributes over 40,000 complimentary items to municipalities, schools, businesses, and interested residents. Most items are made of recycled products and the majority are also recyclable. The following promotional materials are available:

• Coloring Books
• Litter Bags
• Recycling Decals
• Lapel Stickers
• Magnets
• Recycled Tire Pens
• Recycled Paper Pens and Pencils
• Recycled Plastic Mini Worm Bins
• Recycled Paper Notepads
• Recycled Plastic Frisbees
• Magnifying Rulers
• Reusable Shopping Bags
• Recycled Plastic Rulers
• Reusable Mugs
• Write On/Wipe Off Magnetic Memo Board