After completing a successful pilot program earlier this month, Commissioner Dr. Joseph P. Scarpelli and the Township of Nutley Department of Public Works (DPW) are pleased to announce the launch of a 10-zone township-wide recycling program for old and used garbage containers. The program will run from January 25 through March 29, 2025.
“When the Department of Public Affairs switched to the new trash container system, I knew that DPW needed to come up with a system for recycling the old, unwanted containers,” Commissioner Scarpelli says. “We realized this was going to be a monumental task, collecting what could be 10,000 containers of all shapes and sizes, so we initiated a pilot program in a small section of town. The program allowed DPW to assess what kind of trucks worked best, the amount of manpower needed to collect the old containers, how long it took to finish collecting this small area of town and then extrapolate what we could finish in a full work day. In addition, we would have to transport these containers to our recycling vendor. So we also needed to see how to best stack these containers, how much room they took up in a 40-yard dumpster, and how many dumpsters would be necessary. There is much more that goes into this than people realize.”
Beginning on Saturday, January 25, the Township will be broken up by zones, with each zone assigned a specific collection date. See schedule and map below.
“We listened to people's concerns about bringing the old containers to a central drop-off,” Scarpelli added. “My goal is to make this as convenient as possible for residents who want to dispose of their old containers, while also doing it in an environmentally responsible way. Our hope is that some people will reuse or re-purpose the old containers by using them as compost bins or rain barrels, but for those who still want to get rid of these old containers I would rather recycle them before they wind up at the landfill or incinerator.”
Guidelines for pickup are as follows:
For questions or further information, please contact the Department of Public Works at 973-284-4958 or visit www.nutleynj.org/recycling.
ZONE SCHEDULE AND DETAILS
Zone | Collection Date | Snow Date | Roadways Between |
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1 | Jan. 25, 2025 | Saturday, Apr. 5, 2025 | E. Passaic Ave. - Centre St. - Prospect St. - Belleville Border |
2 | Feb. 1, 2025 | E. Passaic Ave. - Coeyman Ave. - Prospect St. - Centre St. | |
3 | Feb. 8, 2025 | E. Passaic Ave. - Clifton Border - Prospect St. - Coeyman Ave. | |
4 | Feb. 15, 2025 | Prospect St. - Centre St. - Passaic Ave. - Belleville Border | |
5 | Feb. 22, 2025 | Prospect St. - Vreeland Ave. - Passaic Ave. - Centre St. | |
6 | Mar. 1, 2025 | Prospect St. - Clifton Border - Passaic Ave. - Vreeland Ave. | |
7 | Mar. 8, 2025 | Passaic Ave. - Park Ave. - River Road - Belleville Border | |
8 | Mar. 15, 2025 | Passaic Ave. - Satterthwaite Ave. - River Road - Park Ave. | |
9 | Mar. 22, 2025 | Passaic Ave. - Clifton Border - River Road - Satterthwaite Ave. | |
10 | Mar. 29, 2025 | Cambridge Heights |