Waste Management Commercial and Institutional Recycling
City of Summit -- Waste Management Commercial and Institutional Recycling The City of Summit has an active commercial and institutional recycling program. The City revised its recycling ordinance (uploaded as a separate document) in December 2009 and currently requires commercial and institutional recycling. It also requires reporting to the City for those businesses and institutions making use of private recycling carters. Those entities that seek to have their solid waste and recycling sorted offsite must submit an application for an exemption to the source separation requirements of the ordinance and must demonstrate that the recyclables will be removed at a state licensed materials recovery facility. Finally, the ordinance allows the city to assess fines for failure to comply with the ordinance. In addition to the recycling ordinance, Summit has a long history of working cooperatively with businesses and institutions to encourage and improve recycling. Summit’s Common Council created the Recycling Advisory Committee (RAC) in 2006 to increase recycling in Summit. The RAC is a volunteer committee comprised of Summit’s Recycling Coordinator and representatives from Summit’s schools and Summit’s business organization, Summit Downtown, Inc (SDI), among others. The RAC has worked closely with SDI to improve commercial recycling in Summit. In cooperation with the RAC, SDI has purchased recycling bins in the downtown for the public and also for downtown business use.
The City maintains these bins for businesses to recycle paper and commingled bottles and cans. http://summit.patch.com/groups/summit-environmental-commissions-blog/p/bp--working-together-torecycle-in-summit The City provides six month renewable permits for all businesses in Summit to use
the Recycling Center free of charge. The City also collects corrugated cardboard six days a week from downtown businesses. To inform businesses about the recycling ordinance and all of the services provided by the City, RAC has created a business recycling flyer that is posted on the City website and is distributed by SDI to local businesses. http://www.cityofsummit.org/filestorage/8252/Business_recycling_flyer_2014.pdf RAC members attend SDI meetings to discuss recycling issues. Through the Recycler of the Month program, the RAC recognizes Summit businesses and schools for their efforts in recycling and waste reduction. http://www.nj.com/independentpress/index.ssf/2012/11/stahl-del_duca_florist_in_summ.html http://thealternativepress.com/articles/summit-downtown-inc-awarded-recycler-of-the-mon http://www.nj.com/independentpress/index.ssf/2014/05/summit_schools_named_recycler.html http://thealternativepress.com/towns/summit/articles/summit-public-schools-recognized-as-city-recycler http://summit.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/summit-public-schools-recognized-as-city-of-summitrecycler-of-the-month Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/summitrac?fref=nf The RAC has streamlined recycling efforts at the Summit Public Schools by arranging for the curbside recycling contract to include the schools and by seeking grants for recycling bins for classrooms. The RAC implemented an innovative food composting program that composts all food waste generated in preparing the meals in the Summit Public Schools’ cafeterias. This program was funded by a grant from the Summit Area Public Foundation, and has been approved by the Board Of Education for another two years. Excerpt from February 26, 2014 Board of Education minutes (available at http://www.summit.k12.nj.us/Board_of_Education/BOE_Documents/Minutes22614.pdf )
The RAC has also reached out to local private schools to encourage them to compost food and to help them comply with the recycling law.
Finally, the RAC has reached out to the local houses of worship to inform them of the recycling ordinance and the availability of a free six month pass to the recycling center. The RAC has sent several surveys, the most recent one this past winter, seeking information about how religious institutions recycle and what their greatest recycling challenges are. See Business Recycling Flyer starting on next page.
Business Recycling in a Nutshell Why? Because it's the law! Pursuant to both state law and local ordinance, all places of business are required to recycle. In addition, Summit receives state grant money in proportion to the amount of material it recycles.
What has to be recycled?
Mixed Paper (Includes newspapers, magazines, catalogs, junk mail, colored and white paper) Plastic (items coded 1‐7), cans (aluminum and steel), glass bottles and jars‐‐comingled Corrugated Cardboard Computers/Electronics (Includes computers, printers, keyboards, monitors, TVs, phones, faxes, copiers) Batteries (Only rechargeable and button batteries; alkaline batteries should be thrown in trash) Fluorescent tubes, compact fluorescent bulbs Styrofoam (Includes white packing material, excluding packing peanuts and food containers)
In addition to general recycling of the business, all places of business must have recycling bins available to employees and customers (especially applicable to locations where bottled or canned drinks are consumed onsite).
Where Can I Recycle? Paper, plastic, cans and glass may be recycled in any of the six multi‐compartment containers located in
downtown Summit (see map on back). Please note that the individual receptacles on the street are not intended for use by businesses. Electronics, batteries, bulbs and Styrofoam may be taken to the transfer station or to an NJDEP‐approved recycling facility accepting these items. [http://www.state.nj.us/dep/dshw/recycling/]. Cardboard may be taken to the Transfer Station if it is not picked up by the City. You may pick up a free renewable 6‐month pass for the Transfer Station at City Hall. You can arrange for pickup by Giordano Recycling (http://www.gogreengiordano.com/), which picks up residential recycling in Summit. For more information and fees, call 1‐800‐216‐2250. Please note that materials for pickup may not be left at the curb or on the sidewalk. You can arrange for pickup by another private hauler of your choosing. Please note that materials for pickup may not be left at the curb or on the sidewalk.
Reporting Requirements No reporting is necessary if you use the City bins located downtown, or if you take your recycling to the
Transfer Station. If you use a private hauler, you are responsible for submitting a yearly report to the City (due within 60 days of the end of the year) which lists the name and contact information of your hauler; reports the amount of recycling picked up (by weight); and identifies the NJDEP‐approved facility to which the recycling was taken. Your hauler should be able to provide you with that information.
Exemptions By state law, businesses must separate recycling from garbage. However, an exemption may be available if a business can show that the mixed garbage and recycling is picked up by a private hauler who takes it to a NJDEP‐ approved Material Recovery Facility where it is separated later. Contact the City Recycling Coordinator for more information. Questions? Contact Paul Cascais, City of Summit Recycling Coordinator, at 908‐273‐6404. Prepared by the City of Summit Division of Public Works and the Recycling Advisory Committee.
Locations of multi‐compartment recycling bins for commercial use in downtown Summit
Bins are located as follows: One in each of the Park and Shop lots on DeForest Ave.
One inside on the ground level of the tiered parked building on Springfield Ave. (for paper only)
One adjacent to the ground level of the tiered parking garage on Springfield Ave. on block between Maple St. and Woodland Rd. behind shops
One outside the train station on Union Place
Multi‐compartment bin in Park and Shop lot
The City maintains these bins for businesses to recycle paper and commingled bottles and cans. http://summit.patch.com/groups/summit-environmental-commissions-blog/p/bp--working-together-torecycle-in-summit The City provides six month renewable permits for all businesses in Summit to use
the Recycling Center free of charge. The City also collects corrugated cardboard six days a week from downtown businesses. To inform businesses about the recycling ordinance and all of the services provided by the City, RAC has created a business recycling flyer that is posted on the City website and is distributed by SDI to local businesses. http://www.cityofsummit.org/filestorage/8252/Business_recycling_flyer_2014.pdf RAC members attend SDI meetings to discuss recycling issues. Through the Recycler of the Month program, the RAC recognizes Summit businesses and schools for their efforts in recycling and waste reduction. http://www.nj.com/independentpress/index.ssf/2012/11/stahl-del_duca_florist_in_summ.html http://thealternativepress.com/articles/summit-downtown-inc-awarded-recycler-of-the-mon http://www.nj.com/independentpress/index.ssf/2014/05/summit_schools_named_recycler.html http://thealternativepress.com/towns/summit/articles/summit-public-schools-recognized-as-city-recycler http://summit.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/summit-public-schools-recognized-as-city-of-summitrecycler-of-the-month Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/summitrac?fref=nf The RAC has streamlined recycling efforts at the Summit Public Schools by arranging for the curbside recycling contract to include the schools and by seeking grants for recycling bins for classrooms. The RAC implemented an innovative food composting program that composts all food waste generated in preparing the meals in the Summit Public Schools’ cafeterias. This program was funded by a grant from the Summit Area Public Foundation, and has been approved by the Board Of Education for another two years. Excerpt from February 26, 2014 Board of Education minutes (available at http://www.summit.k12.nj.us/Board_of_Education/BOE_Documents/Minutes22614.pdf )
The RAC has also reached out to local private schools to encourage them to compost food and to help them comply with the recycling law.
Finally, the RAC has reached out to the local houses of worship to inform them of the recycling ordinance and the availability of a free six month pass to the recycling center. The RAC has sent several surveys, the most recent one this past winter, seeking information about how religious institutions recycle and what their greatest recycling challenges are. See Business Recycling Flyer starting on next page.
Business Recycling in a Nutshell Why? Because it's the law! Pursuant to both state law and local ordinance, all places of business are required to recycle. In addition, Summit receives state grant money in proportion to the amount of material it recycles.
What has to be recycled?
Mixed Paper (Includes newspapers, magazines, catalogs, junk mail, colored and white paper) Plastic (items coded 1‐7), cans (aluminum and steel), glass bottles and jars‐‐comingled Corrugated Cardboard Computers/Electronics (Includes computers, printers, keyboards, monitors, TVs, phones, faxes, copiers) Batteries (Only rechargeable and button batteries; alkaline batteries should be thrown in trash) Fluorescent tubes, compact fluorescent bulbs Styrofoam (Includes white packing material, excluding packing peanuts and food containers)
In addition to general recycling of the business, all places of business must have recycling bins available to employees and customers (especially applicable to locations where bottled or canned drinks are consumed onsite).
Where Can I Recycle? Paper, plastic, cans and glass may be recycled in any of the six multi‐compartment containers located in
downtown Summit (see map on back). Please note that the individual receptacles on the street are not intended for use by businesses. Electronics, batteries, bulbs and Styrofoam may be taken to the transfer station or to an NJDEP‐approved recycling facility accepting these items. [http://www.state.nj.us/dep/dshw/recycling/]. Cardboard may be taken to the Transfer Station if it is not picked up by the City. You may pick up a free renewable 6‐month pass for the Transfer Station at City Hall. You can arrange for pickup by Giordano Recycling (http://www.gogreengiordano.com/), which picks up residential recycling in Summit. For more information and fees, call 1‐800‐216‐2250. Please note that materials for pickup may not be left at the curb or on the sidewalk. You can arrange for pickup by another private hauler of your choosing. Please note that materials for pickup may not be left at the curb or on the sidewalk.
Reporting Requirements No reporting is necessary if you use the City bins located downtown, or if you take your recycling to the
Transfer Station. If you use a private hauler, you are responsible for submitting a yearly report to the City (due within 60 days of the end of the year) which lists the name and contact information of your hauler; reports the amount of recycling picked up (by weight); and identifies the NJDEP‐approved facility to which the recycling was taken. Your hauler should be able to provide you with that information.
Exemptions By state law, businesses must separate recycling from garbage. However, an exemption may be available if a business can show that the mixed garbage and recycling is picked up by a private hauler who takes it to a NJDEP‐ approved Material Recovery Facility where it is separated later. Contact the City Recycling Coordinator for more information. Questions? Contact Paul Cascais, City of Summit Recycling Coordinator, at 908‐273‐6404. Prepared by the City of Summit Division of Public Works and the Recycling Advisory Committee.
Locations of multi‐compartment recycling bins for commercial use in downtown Summit
Bins are located as follows: One in each of the Park and Shop lots on DeForest Ave.
One inside on the ground level of the tiered parked building on Springfield Ave. (for paper only)
One adjacent to the ground level of the tiered parking garage on Springfield Ave. on block between Maple St. and Woodland Rd. behind shops
One outside the train station on Union Place
Multi‐compartment bin in Park and Shop lot
