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Department of Sanitation
BRING YOUR RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES TO TOWN HALL FOR PROPER RECYCLING
WHY BOTTLED WATER IS NOT A GOOD OPTION
SCMUA (Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority - Solid Waste Facility)
SCMUA Computers and Electronics Recycling Event
Andover Twp first to Use Advanced Electronic Re-Cycling Facility
Recycling and Trash Collection
Recycling
All information listed below pertains to all residents of Andover Township , including those at Rolling Hills Condominiums.
Heavy Bulk
Items –Carpeting (must be rolled and tied), Sofas, Mattresses,
Playground Equipment, Furniture, Televisions, Ovens/Ranges and Hot Water
Heaters. All paint cans must have lids removed and paint must be totally
dry. Bulk items will be picked up every Wednesday with a limit of
350 pounds per residence.
Refrigerators and Freezers (doors removed) and Air Conditioners -
will be picked up by appointment only on the last Wednesday of every
month. If you have one of these appliances to be picked up, please call
Robyn at the Municipal Building (973-383-4280, ext. 224) to arrange for
removal.
Non Freon Appliances – should be put out with weekly bulk
pick-up.
No Construction Material allowed. Also no asbestos, hazardous
materials, tires, batteries, wet paint, or chemicals allowed. For disposal
information of these materials, please call The Sussex County Municipal
Utilities Authority (SCMUA) Facility at 973-579-6998. They are located
at 34 South Route 94, Lafayette , NJ .
Collection items should be placed curbside no sooner than 24 hours
prior to pick-up.
Trash - Appropriate container size is 32 gallons with a limit of 2
per week for trash.
Recycling - must be placed in a reusable container no larger than
32 gallons with exterior handles (no 55 gallon drums or home made
containers). No plastic bags allowed. Corrugated goods must be flattened
and cannot contain any other packing material (peanuts and Styrofoam,
etc.). Newspapers and magazines can either be crossed tied and bundled or
put in a permanent container with other fiber recycling.
Recycling cannot contain trash/Trash cannot contain recycling.
Christmas Tree Drop Off, Brush Pick up and Leave Collection are discussed in the Fall 2007/Winter 2008 Newsletter. Please refer to the newsletter section on this site for more information.Waste Oil Drop - For motor oil only! Drop off is the last Friday of each month, between the hours of 8 and 10 AM at the Municipal Garage (upper parking lot), 134 Newton-Sparta Road . Each container must not exceed 5 gallons. Due to the Friday Holiday in November, drop off will be November 17, 2006 .
Rolling Hills Residents Only – In addition to the above: Trash will be picked up twice per week from the compactor. Recycling (fiber [corrugated cardboard; newspapers; magazines; junk mail/paper] and co-mingled [Glass (no window glass) plastic bottles, aluminum and tin]) will be collected once per week. Bulk will be picked up once per week. Recycled items in plastic bags will not be collected. Deposit recyclables in appropriate dumpster. All contractors doing work in any unit must take all garbage and construction material.
Please do your part. Immediately call the Andover Police (973-383-5544) with any information regarding any outside dumping or other abuse of the Rolling Hills garbage facility.
For further information, please contact Robyn at (973) 383-4280, ext. 224, Monday through Friday, 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM.