Recycling Resolutions

Bloomfield residents can now recycle even more on their commingled recycling days. In addition to plastics (numbers 1 through 7), cans and bottles, the following new items can be added to commingled recycling:

„X Plastic Bags

„X Plastic Wrappers

„X Bubble Wrap

„X Shrink Wrap

„X Tetra Pak Materials and juice boxes

„X Rigid Plastic such as molded lawn chairs, buckets and toys with no metal parts

„X Aluminum pots and pans

„X Styrofoam including cups, egg cartons and packing materials

http://www.bloomfieldtwpnj.com/documents/file/Recycling%20expansion%20press%20release%201127.pdf

NEW - Starting January 2013 NEW DPW Garbage/Recycling Rules:

Holiday Black Out Day will only have one Garbage Pick Up that Week.
Curb Side Recycling - Black Out Day will miss that pick up for the item being recycled that day. 
http://www.bloomfieldtwpnj.com/documents/file/2013-Black%20Out%20Days.pdf

DEP REMINDS RESIDENTS TO RECYCLE TVS, COMPUTERS AND MONITORS AS REQUIRED BY ELECTRONIC WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT
http://www.bloomfieldtwpnj.com/documents/file/E-waste%20Recycling%20Reminder%20--%20P159.pdf

Electronics Recycling in the North End of Bloomfield Saturday, January 5, 2013 and Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 9AM to 12 noon
Where: in the Parking Lot directly across the street from the Brookdale Christian Church and next to Shop-Rite on Broad Street. Look for the Bloomfield DPW Recycling truck.
http://www.bloomfieldtwpnj.com/documents/file/Electronic%20Recycling%202013%20flyer.pdf