Telephone Numbers

• Recycling Division, City Hall  201-858-6099

• Drop-Off Site, Hook Road  201-858-6189

• County Environmental Hot Line  1-800-540-0987

Recycling Stickers

Wood Chips/Fire Wood

• Occasionally we generate excess amounts of Wood Chips and Fire Wood which are made available to our residents, free of charge, at our Drop-Off Site.  It is recommended that you call ahead to our Drop-Off Site at 201-858-6189 to determine availability.

Hudson County Improvement Authority

• The Hudson County Improvement Authority (HCIA) accepts particular types of household hazardous waste and handles electronic recycling at certain times and places that are announced each year.  For more information, visit the HCIA's website, which is www.hcia.org, or call the HCIA at 201-795-4555.

Mixed Paper Recycling Collection
Acceptable Materials	Brown Paper Bags	Non-Metallic Paper
Newspapers (including inserts)	Telephone Books	NCR Paper
Corrugated Cardboard	White or Colored Paper	Real Estate Books
Magazines	Envelopes	Office Paper    - Fax or Photocopy    - Computer Printouts    - Envelopes    - White Ledger Paper
Junk Mail	Sweepstakes Forms
Chipboard Boxes    - Pizza Boxes    - Cereal Boxes    - Gift Boxes    - Shoe Boxes	School Paper    - Math Paper    - Composition Paper    - Construction Paper    - Oak Tag    - Textbooks    - Workbooks
Not Acceptable Materials
No Carbon Paper	No Waxed paper (Any Kind)
No Blue Prints	No Waxed Milk Cartons
No Plastic Bags (Any Kind)	No Waxed Corr. Cardboard

Fall Leaf Collection

Bayonne offers a leaf collection service during the Fall of each year.

Leaf and Garbage Collections Start Early - 6:00 a.m.
Please put out your properly packaged leaves out on Sunday Evening.

Commingled Recycling Collection

• Definition: Our Commingled (Mixed) Collection consists of glass bottles, and jars, tin cans, aluminum cans and plastic bottles.

Glass Bottles and Jars
Includes the various kinds of container you are likely to find in your refrigerator or food cabinet.  This category would include soda bottles, beer bottles, catsup bottles, pickle jars. etc.
This category does not include plate glass, light bulbs, window glass, Pyrex, glass cookware, drinking glasses, cups, dishes, bowls, or mirrors.  All of these items still go into the regular garbage.

Aluminum Cans
Mean cans only.  These are usually beer or soda cans.
This category does not include aluminum pie plates or cooking pans, aluminum foil, or any other type of aluminum product.

Tin Cans
Includes cans made of tin or bi-metal which are used to package canned soups, canned vegetables and canned juices.
This category includes cans only and does not include any other products made of tin or bi-metals.

Plastic Bottles
Includes bottles that have either the #1 or the #2 stamped on the bottom inside a triangle.  Acceptable plastic bottles would include two (2) liter sized soda bottles, one (1) gallon sized milk jugs, liquid detergent bottles, hair shampoo bottles, or hair conditioner bottles.
We cannot accept  plastic bottles which have had motor oil or pharmaceutical products or medicines in them.  This category is for plastic bottles only.  We cannot accept plastic tubs, such as those in which margarine or butter are sold.

• Packaging Instructions: Commingled (mixed) glass bottles and jars, aluminum cans, tin cans and plastic bottles should be put out at curbside in a sturdy plastic or metal trash bucket or garbage can with a recycling sticker attached.  Recycling stickers can be obtained in City Hall in the Department of Health and Welfare, Room # 18.

Please do not put this material out in plastic bags.  Recyclables put out at curbside in plastic bags will not be picked up!

• Collection Schedule:
  - 1st Street to 16th Street  (Every Thursday)
  - 16th Street to 32nd Street (Every Friday)
  - 32nd Street to City Line (Every Wednesday)

Scrap Metal Recycling Collection

• Definition:  Scrap metal is defined as large metal objects.  Items included in this collection are: refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, furnaces, stoves, ranges, hot water heaters, air conditioners, trash compactors, dishwashers, bicycles, metal lawn furniture, and metal cabinets.
  Items which cannot be included with this collection are: Venetian blinds, metal furniture with wood, chain link fencing, televisions, radios, batteries, gas tanks, mufflers, tail pipes, catalytic converters, cable strapping, bailing wire, metal paint cans, fluorescent lighting fixtures, and any non-metallic material.
   
• Packaging Instructions: Remove all doors from refrigerators and other large appliances for the safety of the neighborhood children.
   
• Collection Schedule:
  - Entire City (From 1st Street to City Line)  Every Tuesday

Recycling and Garbage Collections Start Early - 6:00 a.m.
Please put your material out on the evening prior to your collection day.

Bayonne Drop-Off Site

Bayonne has a fully functional Recycling Drop-Off Site on Hook Road (See Map).

The Recycling Drop-Off Site is open from Monday thru Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

201-858-6189

Recycling materials accepted at our drop-off site are as follows:

• Mixed paper - includes newspapers, magazines, junk mail, corrugated cardboard, brown paper bags, shoe boxes, and gift boxes.

• Commingled glass bottles and jars, aluminum cans, tin cans, and plastic bottles.

• Scrap Metal which includes refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, stoves, air conditioners, de-humidifiers, and hot water heaters.

• Automobile Tires - limited to four (4) tires per resident.  Bayonne residents only.

• Used Motor Oil - limited to motor oil from automobile engines.  Cannot accept any other kind of petroleum product.  Limited to residents doing oil changes on personally owned vehicles.

• Spent Anti-Freeze - limited to anti freeze drained from automobile radiators only.  No other liquid chemical product can be accepted.  Bayonne residents only.

• Used Motor Oil Filters - limited to oil filters from automobiles only.  Bayonne residents only.

• Tree Parts - limited to limbs and branches from trees.  Does not include processed lumber or wood from any construction and/or demolition project of any kind.  Bayonne residents only.  No contractors.

• Old automobile batteries / household batteries.