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Island Info: Trash & Recycling
2008 Curbside Pickup and Sideyard Return for Trash and Recyclables Please Note:
1. Trash and Recyclables Trash and recyclables are to be placed curbside by 7A.M. Trash and recycling will not be collected on these holidays: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Years Day. By Ordinance No. 578-2000, containers shall have a capacity of no greater than thirty-five (35) gallons and a total weight not to exceed fifty (50) pounds each. No Bulk items (household furnishings) will be collected with trash.
2. Brush and Grass Clippings Brush and grass clippings will be picked up on Thursdays. Use of plastic bags for clippings is prohibited. White goods/metal will be picked up on Fridays.
3. Recycling is Mandatory in New Jersey. Recycle (a) all newspaper, magazines, cardboard and office paper (gray - shoe, cereal or food boxes not recycled) and placed in paper bags or reusable containers and (b) all rinsed glass bottles and jars, aluminum and tin cans, and household plastic bottles and place in a container with a "recycling" sticker. Use of plastic bags for recycling is strictly prohibited. There is a recycling collection area at 15th Street and Dune Drive behind the Public Works Building. In summer (Memorial Day - Labor Day) it is open Monday - Friday, 7:30 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. and Saturday and Sunday &:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. In the winter it is open Monday - Friday, 7:30 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. and Sunday, 12:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M., except holidays.
4. Use of plastic bags for trash is strictly prohibited, unless inside a container with a secure lid. All trash and recycling cans must be permanently labeled with the address of the owner in lettering not less than two inches in height.
5. Bulk Items: Borough bulk trash collections will be held May 1 – May 10 and September 4 - 13. All items must be curbside by 7:00 A.M. on Monday, May 11 or Monday, September 14. Construction materials are not collected at any time. Call the Public Works Department at 967-7697 (Mon.- Fri., 7:00A.M.- 3:30 P.M.) if you have any questions.
6. Off Season Courtesy Recycle & Trash Locations will have a manned truck at 15th & Dune Drive on Sundays only, noon to 5 p.m. from 2/10/2008 – 5/18/2008 & 9/14/2008 – 5/17/2009.
2009 Trash Collection Routes &
Schedule:
(All sections are from bay to ocean)
Sec. #1: (North) Inlet
to 23rd Street
Sec. #2 (Middle) 23rd
Street to 42nd Street
Sec. 3 (South) 42nd
Street to North Side of 80th Street
Recyclables: Recyclables are collected once per week throughout the year on the first trash collection day of the week.
Stickers for recyclables and grass may be obtained at the Public Works Office at 15th Street & Dune Drive. The Borough does not supply trash/recycling containers.