2000 GENERATION, DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING RATES IN NEW JERSEY (Tons)
COUNTY	POPULATION	GENERATION	DISPOSAL			RECYCLING
	2000	Disposal and Recycling	MSW	BULKY	TOTAL	MSW	MSW %	Total Recycled w/Add-ons	Total % Recycled
Atlantic	252,552	736,586	234,317	90,420	324,737	95,115	28.9%	411,849	55.9%
Bergen	884,118	1,719,770	538,697	215,180	753,877	501,546	48.2%	965,893	56.2%
Burlington	423,394	772,903	309,366	118,125	427,491	160,406	34.1%	345,412	44.7%
Camden	508,932	900,985	329,513	147,136	476,649	163,792	33.2%	424,336	47.1%
Cape May	102,326	436,493	113,907	61,215	175,122	55,989	33.0%	261,371	59.9%
Cumberland	146,438	390,522	121,648	46,018	167,666	95,637	44.0%	222,856	57.1%
Essex	793,633	1,629,905	484,195	246,519	730,714	353,175	42.2%	899,191	55.2%
Gloucester	254,673	664,652	168,624	68,087	236,711	152,108	47.4%	427,941	64.4%
Hudson	608,975	1,039,888	388,095	159,120	547,215	162,548	29.5%	492,673	47.4%
Hunterdon	121,989	173,074	86,914	39,589	126,503	19,863	18.6%	46,571	26.9%
Mercer	350,761	608,768	261,207	104,451	365,658	128,247	32.9%	243,110	39.9%
Middlesex	750,162	2,292,038	506,007	288,863	794,870	337,861	40.0%	1,497,168	65.3%
Monmouth	615,301	1,290,891	420,189	192,162	612,351	274,784	39.5%	678,540	52.6%
Morris	470,212	866,184	297,368	128,344	425,712	247,148	45.4%	440,472	50.9%
Ocean	510,916	1,016,613	381,255	139,430	520,685	184,610	32.6%	495,928	48.8%
Passaic	489,049	953,041	307,403	119,749	427,152	222,370	42.0%	525,889	55.2%
Salem	64,285	135,188	39,278	57,433	96,711	15,304	28.0%	38,477	28.5%
Somerset	297,490	574,946	223,404	112,882	336,286	82,400	26.9%	238,660	41.5%
Sussex	144,166	197,454	80,279	38,677	118,956	29,120	26.6%	78,498	39.8%
Union	522,541	1,106,706	368,350	169,373	537,723	150,219	29.0%	568,983	51.4%
Warren	102,437	145,553	72,486	26,020	98,506	16,834	18.8%	47,047	32.3%
TOTAL	8,414,350	17,652,159	5,732,502	2,568,793	8,301,295	3,449,076	37.6%	9,350,864	53.0%

NOTES: MSW Recycled tonnages do not include total recycling activities from 22 municipalities which did not report. However, "MSW" and Total Recycled" tonnage columns includes approximately 11,166 tons to municipalities which did not submit a report but was reported by Class A recycling facilities. Total Recycled with Add-ons also includes tonnage reported by ISRI/AMRA, NJDOT and Class B recycling facilities which was not reported by the municipalities. Totals subject to rounding.
Last Updated on 3/13/2002
By DEP/DSHW