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Fair Lawn DPW’s holiday schedule for Dec 31st weekend – and tree pickup is coming

2016-12-28 Kimi Wei Leave a comment

Christmas-Tree-Recycle — Source: Issaquah Highlands

The Borough of Fair Lawn’s DPW holiday schedule is in effect for the December 31st weekend.

Saturday, December 31st
Recycling Center is open from 9:00 AM to 12:45 PM

Sunday, January 1st
Recycling Center is closed

Monday, January 2nd (Borough Holiday)
Borough offices are closed
Recycling Center is closed
Regular garbage collection (Section 3)
Regular recycling collection (Section 5) for bottles & cans

The Recycling Division will be collecting natural Christmas Trees during the week of January 9, 2017 on your regular recycling day. Trees must be out by 7AM the day of the scheduled collection. Do NOT wrap them in plastic bags. They will not be collected if wrapped in plastic bags, or if they have tinsel, ornaments or lights on them. No yard waste or wreaths will be collected during this collection. Fake Christmas trees and wreaths may be discarded in the garbage. Regular yard waste may be brought to the Recycling Center during the center’s regular hours of operation.

Christmas tree collection will be as follows:
Section 1 – Tuesday, January 10
Section 2 – Wednesday, January 11
Section 3 – Friday, January 13
Section 4 – Thursday, January 12
Section 5 – Monday, January 9

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Bergen County hazardous waste collection Sun 4/17 at Bergen Community College

2016-04-14 Kimi Wei Leave a comment

The BCUA will be conducting a household hazardous waste (HHWb) collection event this coming Sunday between 9am – 3pm rain or shine.

Sunday 17 April 2016
9am – 3pm
Bergen County Community College
400 Paramus Road (Enter via Paramus Road only)
Paramus, NJ

HHW Events offer Bergen County residents a location for the safe and proper disposal of household generated hazardous waste. BCUA hosts eight hazardous waste days for Bergen County residents and small businesses to take advantage of throughout the year. Locations include Bergen County Community College in Paramus, Campgaw Mountain Reservation in Mahwah and the BCUA facility in Moonachie.

Household hazardous materials the BCUA accepts include aerosol cans, anti-freeze, batteries (vehicle and rechargeable only), disinfectants, fertilizer, fire extinguishers, fluorescent lights, gasoline, paints, solvents, used motor oil and filters; and varnishes. A full list of accepted materials and other related information can be found at bcua.org.

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Back-to-School: a good time to discard hazardous waste – collection on Sept 12

2015-09-10 Kimi Wei Leave a comment

The BCUA will be conducting a household hazardous waste (HHW) collection event this coming Saturday, rain or shine:

Saturday 12 Sept 2015
9am-3pm
Bergen County Campgaw Mountain Reservation
200 Campgaw Road
Mahwah, NJ

BCUA hosts eight hazardous waste days for Bergen County residents and small businesses to take advantage of throughout the year. Locations include Bergen County Community College in Paramus, Campgaw Mountain Reservation in Mahwah, and the BCUA facility in Moonachie.

Household hazardous materials the BCUA will accept include aerosol cans, anti-freeze, batteries (vehicle and rechargeable only), disinfectants, fertilizer, fire extinguishers, fluorescent lights, gasoline, paints, solvents, used motor oil and filters, and varnishes. A full list of accepted materials and other related information can be found at www.bcua.org.

ABOUT BCUA
BCUA, a public utility providing sewage disposal and solid waste services, water pollution control and solid waste management services in Bergen County, actively partners with local communities in efforts to protect the environment, including free programs to collect hazardous waste, tires and other reusable items.