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Recycling Processes and Programs


A

America Recycles Day

America Recycles Day

Awards (Recycling)

DEP Recycling Awards

B

Beneficial Use Determinations

Authorized Beneficial Use Projects
Guidance Document for the Beneficial Use Project (BUD) Approval Process
Registration, Permit, Information and Recording Forms

Business (Recycling) Development

County Recycling Coordinators
County by County Listing of Designated Mandatory Recyclable Materials
Economic Benefits of Recycling
New Jersey Recycling Laws and Recycling Rules
New Jersey Recycling Statistics
Recycling Market Directory
Waste Audits

Buy Recycled

Building and Furnishing with Recycled Products
Executive Order #11

"Green Purchasing" Information from Rutgers University
Recycled Products Information

Recycled Product Resources

C

Campus Race to Zero Waste (formerly RecycleMania)

Class A, Class B, Class C and Class D Recycling Facility Requirements

New Jersey Recycling Laws and Recycling Rules

Communications

Additional Resources and Information

Composting

Article on Backyard Composting (Rutgers University)
Class C Recycling Facilities
New Jersey’s Manual on Composting Leaves & Management of Other Yard Trimmings
Source Reduction in the Garden
Technical Manual for Class C Recycling Center Approvals

County Solid Waste and Recycling Planning Process

See Planning (County Solid Waste and Recycling Plans)

Cut It and Leave It Program

Grass – Cut It and Leave It Information
Source Reduction in the Garden

D

Data (Recycling and Solid Waste) Management

New Jersey Recycling Statistics
New Jersey Recycling Tonnage Grant Program
Registration, Permit, Information and Recording Forms

Disposal (Waste)

Solid and Hazardous Waste Homepage

E

Economic Analysis of Recycling

Economic Benefits of Recycling
“Practical Recycling Economics – Making the Numbers Work for Your Program” manual
Waste Audits

Education and Promotion

Additional Resources and Information
"Here Today, Here Tomorrow - Recycled!" - the grades 1-6 curriculum resource, updated with cross-references to the core curriculum content standards.
DEP Recycling Awards

Enforcement

NJDEP Letter to Businesses Regarding Recycling Responsibilities

Environmental Analysis of Recycling

Environmental Benefits of Recycling

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing

Building and Furnishing with Recycled Products
"Green Purchasing" Information from Rutgers University
Recycled Products Information

Recycled Product Resources

Exemption from Recycling Center Approval Process

New Jersey Recycling Laws and Recycling Rules
Registration, Permit, Information and Recording Forms

F

Forms Retrieval

Recycling Tonnage and Reporting
Registration, Permit, Information and Recording

Funding

Recycling Tonnage and Reporting

G

“Green” Building

Building and Furnishing with Recycled Products
Recycled Products Information
Recycled Product Resources

Rutgers University Center for Green Building

Grants

See Funding

H

Household Hazardous Waste Collection

List of New Jersey County Household Hazardous Waste Coordinators and Program Summaries

I

Intermediate Processing Facilities

New Jersey Intermediate Processing Facilities (IPFs)

L

Law (Recycling)

New Jersey Recycling Laws and Recycling Rules

Leaf Mulching

see Composting

M

Market Development

See Business (Recycling) Development

N

New Jersey WasteWise Business Network – How to Join and General Information

New Jersey WasteWise Business Network website
NJDEP Letter to Businesses Regarding Recycling Responsibilities

O

Oil (Used) Recycling

Authorized “Class D” Used Oil Facilities
Used Motor Oil Recycling Information - When You Do It Yourself, Do It Right
Used Oil Recycling - County Drop-off Locations

Open Public Records Act

Open Public Records Act, P.L. 2001, c.404

P

Per Container Systems

Municipal “Pay As You Throw” Trash Collection Systems in New Jersey
Source Reduction (waste reduction)

Planning (County Solid Waste and Recycling Plan)

2006 Statewide Solid Waste Management Plan
County Plan Summaries
District Solid Waste Management Officials
NJDEP Letter on the Department's Preemption of Municipal Planning and/or Zoning Ordinances in Regard to Solid Waste Facilities and Recycling Centers
Solid Waste and Recycling Planning
Solid Waste Management Plan Amendments, Certification and Administrative

Product Stewardship

Fluorescent Light-Bulb Recycling
"Recycle Your Cell Phone - It's An Easy Call"

R

Recycling

iWARM - Individual Waste Reduction Model - Measure Your Recycling Impact Through the Individual Waste Reduction Model (iWARM)!

Recycling Center Approval and Requirements

See Class A, Class B, Class C and Class D Recycling Facility Requirements


Recycling Coordinator Certification Series (Rutgers University)

http://www.cookce.rutgers.edu/programs/recycling.html

Reuse

Reuse Opportunities Listed By Material (list includes names and websites of organizations involved in reuse of various materials)
Source Reduction (waste reduction)

Reporting

New Jersey Recycling Tonnage Grant Program
Registration, Permit, Information and Recording

Rules (Recycling)

Recycling Rules, N.J.A.C. 7:26A-1 et seq.

S

Siting

Guidelines for Siting Used Oil Collection Tanks for “Do-It-Yourselfer” Recycling Programs

Source Reduction

Learn How to Receive Fewer Phone Books!
Reuse Opportunities Listed By Material (list includes names and websites of organizations involved in reuse of various materials)
Source Reduction (waste reduction)

Statistics

New Jersey Recycling Statistics

T

Technical Manuals

Technical Manuals and Guidance Documents

Tonnage (Recycling) Grant and Reporting Process

Recycling Tonnage and Reporting

Toxic Packaging Clearinghouse

Source Reduction (waste reduction)

U

Universal Waste Recycling

Compact Fluorescent Bulb Recycling News!
“Is Your Life Mercury Free?” informational brochure

Universal Waste Information Site

Used Oil Recycling

See Oil (Used) Recycling

V

Vegetative Waste Composting

Class C Recycling Facilities
New Jersey’s Manual on Composting Leaves & Management of Other Yard Trimmings
Source Reduction in the Garden
Technical Manual for Class C Recycling Center Approvals

W

Waste Audits

https://www.epa.gov/smm/best-practices-wastewise-participants

https://archive.epa.gov/region02/webinars/web/pdf/022310_hayes2.pdf

https://nerc.org/documents/waste_assessments_and_waste_audits.pdf

https://green.harvard.edu/tools-resources/how/how-host-waste-audit

http://www.opala.org/solid_waste/How_to_Conduct_a_Waste_Audit.html

Waste Prevention and Reduction

See Source Reduction