2001 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	699,811	270,069	102,767	372,836	81,170.81	23.1%	326,975.31	46.7%
Bergen	884,118	1,843.217	606,777	255,576	862,353	506,877.82	45.5%	980,863.72	53.2%
Burlington	423,394	989,603	317,484	118,168	435,652	199,500.24	38.6%	553,950.64	56.0%
Camden	508,932	938,070	322,613	148,566	471,179	160,176.80	33.2%	466,890.80	49.8%
Cape May	102,326	484,171	110,395	63,988	174,383	75,625.81	40.7%	309,788.19	64.0%
Cumberland	146,438	442,371	129,847	54,209	184,056	101,572.87	43.9%	258,314.96	58.4%
Essex	793,633	1,755,333	551,654	258,603	810,257	328,561.69	37.3%	965,076.49	54.4%
Gloucester	254,673	667,602	176,633	72,494	249,127	127,584.39	41.9%	418,474.98	62.7%
Hudson	608,975	982,919	395,539	158,999	554,538	89,520.99	18.5%	428,380.78	43.6%
Hunterdon	121,989	185,431	81,982	38,328	120,310	22,968.25	21.9%	65,120.53	35.1%
Mercer	350,761	653,487	240,434	92,880	333,314	126,204.91	34.4%	320,172.77	49.0%
Middlesex	750,162	2,073,457	509,556	286,580	796,136	349,229.67	40.7%	1,277,320.76	61.6%
Monmouth	615,301	1,313,509	399,328	174,643	573,971	339,301.99	45.9%	739,538.39	56.3%
Morris	470,212	937,671	328,768	141,987	470,755	218,495.63	39.9%	466,916.37	49.8%
Ocean	510,916	1,093,681	420,394	156,979	577,373	201,994.87	32.5%	516,308.41	47.2%
Passaic	489,049	1,072.383	341,655	136,230	477,885	190,960.90	35.9%	594,498.03	55.4%
Salem	64,285	753,910	40,564	58,951	99,515	13,385.81	24.8%	654,395.19	86.8%
Somerset	297,490	521,384	204,028	105,549	309,577	73,226.48	26.4%	211,807.48	40.6%
Sussex	144,166	190,744	80,445	38,830	119,275	17,113.80	17.5%	71,469.38	37.5%
Union	522,541	1,104,878	376,331	179,301	555,632	125,272.50	25.0%	549,245.76	49.7%
Warren	102,437	141,756	67,037	27,239	94,276	14,639.18	17.9%	47,479.75	33.5%
TOTAL	8,414,350	18,865,389	5,971,529	2,670,871	8,642,400	3,363,385	36.0%	10,222,988.69	54.2%

NOTES: MSW Recycled tonnages do not include total recycling activities from 25 municipalities which did not report. However, "MSW" and "Total Recycled" tonnage columns include approximately 17,754 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 8/20/2003
By DEP/DSHW