Readington Township

Curbside Recycling
Curbside recyclable pickup is provided on a bi-weekly basis to all township residents* by Raritan Valley Disposal (RVD). The recyclables are picked up on the same day as the trash, but with a separate truck. For this reason please do not place the recyclable materials next to the trash, this will ensure that the appropriate truck will collect the recyclables and trash. Place recycling out the night before your scheduled pick-up day. Collections begin at 5:00 am. If your recycling is not out when the service personnel arrive, the pick-up will be missed and will not be made up until the next collection cycle (two weeks later).

*Note: Hunters Crossing development and Lake Cushetunk Townhouse, Condominium and Apartments are not part of the Township contract, continue to follow whatever schedule your management association has set up.

Collection weeks - 2007

This same bi-weekly schedule continues into 2007 with the first collection week beginning on January 1st 2008.

If a holiday falls on your collection day, your pick-up will be one day later (Friday holiday means a Saturday pick-up). All other pick-ups that week will be on the regular scheduled collection day. However, service may be later than normal during that week due to catching up from the holiday. Holidays that are observed are; New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving day, and Christmas Day.

Materials Collected

Newspaper:
Tie in bundles (both directions), 8" - 12" high with twine.
Do not mix with magazines, mail, cardboard, envelopes, fliers, catalogs or plastic.
Place on the ground next to your recycling.

Magazines & Junk Mail:
Tie in bundles (both directions), 8" - 12" high with twine.
Acceptable items: magazines, catalogs, junk mail, school and computer paper.
No brown paper bags, telephone books, carbon paper or books.
Do not mix with newspapers or cardboard.

Corrugated Cardboard:
Tied and bundled (no pizza, cereal boxes).
Do not mix with newspapers or magazines.

Commingled:
The following materials should be placed all together in one container. The container should be rigid (no paper, plastic bags or cardboard boxes) and not any larger than 26 gallon capacity. Glass bottles should not be broken before being placed in the container.

Glass:
Clear, Green, Brown glass food and beverage containers.
Remove caps and lids, and rinse out, labels can remain on the container.

Plastics:
Only plastic soda bottles, milk jugs and laundry products labeled #1 or #2 are acceptable.
Remove caps and lids, and rinse out, labels can remain on the container.
Other plastic containers such as bowls and plates are not acceptable.

Aluminum & Bimetal Cans:
All food and beverage cans are recyclable.
Cans must be rinsed out and clean. Labels can remain on the container.

Unacceptable Materials in Recycling:

Aluminum foil and/or pie plates, ceramic cups and/or plates, mirror, window glass, light bulbs of any type, heat resistant ovenware (Pyrex, etc), drinking glasses, flower pots, styrofoam, plastic bags and/or wrap, oil jugs, scrap metals, wire, pipe, pots, etc.

Bulky Household Waste Collection
RVD does pickup Bulky Household items along with the weekly trash. Call RVD at 730-7800 and tell them the item you want to dispose of, and they will tell you the appropriate number of stickers to put on the item to have it removed from the curb. At this time stickers cost $.90 each and represent 25 lbs. of trash.

Should you have any questions regarding the trash or recycling collections, please call RVD's customer service department at 908-730-7800 during office hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.