Trash & Recycling for Businesses

Collection Guidelines

Stakeholder type	Trash	Comingled / Mixed Paper Recycling	Cardboard Recycling
Business	-Curbside collection 1 business day per week 80-gallon allowance per week -Can purchase coupons to use Transfer Station	-Must contract on your own with private vendor (no city collection) -Can use recycling center (6-month pass required)	Can schedule pickup through DPW
CRBD Business (see map)	Collection 7 days a week (Mon-Fri: SID tax & Sat-Sun: Clean Communities Grant)	-Must contract on your own with private vendor (no city collection) -Can use recycling center (6-month pass required) -Can use drop-off CRBD recycling bins*	Can schedule pickup through DPW

Summit Business Recycling

Why?

Because it's the law! Pursuant to both state law and local ordinance, all places of business are required to recycle. In addition, Summit receives state grant money in proportion to the amount of material it recycles.

What must be recycled?

Mixed Paper (Includes newspapers, magazines, catalogs, junk mail, colored and white paper)
Plastic (items coded 1,2, and 5 ONLY)), cans (aluminum and steel), glass bottles and jars--comingled
Corrugated Cardboard
Computers/Electronics (Includes computers, printers, keyboards, monitors, TVs, phones, faxes, copiers)
Batteries (Only rechargeable and button batteries; alkaline batteries should be thrown in trash)
Fluorescent tubes, compact fluorescent bulbs
Styrofoam (Includes white packing material, excluding packing peanuts and food containers)

In addition to general recycling of the business, all places of business must have recycling bins available to employees and customers (especially applicable to locations where bottled or canned drinks are consumed onsite).

Where Can I Recycle?

Paper, plastic, cans and glass may be recycled in any of the five (5) multi-compartment containers located in downtown Summit (see above for map). Please note that the individual receptacles on the street are not intended for use by businesses.

Electronics, batteries, bulbs and styrofoam may be taken to the Transfer Station or to an NJDEP-approved recycling facility accepting these items. You may pick up a free renewable 6-month pass for the Transfer Station at City Hall.

Cardboard may be taken to the Transfer Station if it is not picked up by the city. You may pick up a free renewable 6-month pass for the Transfer Station at City Hall.

You can arrange for pickup by the recycling vendor that collects residential recycling in Summit. For more information, call the Department of Community Services at (908) 273-6404. Please note that materials for pickup may not be left at the curb or on the sidewalk.

You can arrange for pickup by a private hauler of your choosing. Please note that materials for pickup may not be left at the curb or on the sidewalk and need to be placed in a watertight can with lid.

Reporting Requirements

No reporting is necessary if you use the city bins located downtown or if you take your recycling to the Transfer Station.

If you use a private hauler, you are responsible for submitting a yearly report to the city (due within 60 days of the end of the year) which lists the name and contact information of your hauler; reports the amount of recycling picked up (by weight); and identifies the NJDEP-approved facility to which the recycling was taken. Your hauler should be able to provide you with that information.

Exemptions

By state law, businesses must separate recycling from garbage. However, an exemption may be available if a business can show that the mixed garbage and recycling is picked up by a private hauler who takes it to a NJDEP-approved Material Recovery Facility where it is separated later. Contact the Department of Community Services at (908) 273-6404 for more information.

www.cityofsummit.org/186/Trash-Recycling

Department: Community Services
Division: Public Works
Phone: (908) 273-6404
Email: summitDCS@cityofsummit.org