Saturday, November 16th • 9:00am – 12:00pm

Cranford: Emergency Services Building, 151 Kenilworth Boulevard, Kenilworth
Rahway: Rahway River Park (follow Park Drive, Rahway off St. Georges Avenue to service yard across from swimming pool)

Friday, November 1st through Saturday, November 30th

The Pumpkin Recycling Program will run from Friday, November 1st through Saturday, November 30th at the following locations:

DPW facility located next to town hall
Monday through Friday from 6:30 am to 3:00 pm
1st and 3rd Saturday of the month from 9:00 am to noon

401 Sheridan Avenue
Fridays from 7:00 am to 2:30 pm
1^st and 3^rd Saturday of the month from 7:30 am to noon

2 Donaldson Place
Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm

95 Rock Avenue
Monday through Friday from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm (drop-off until 2:45 pm)

180 West Webster Avenue
Monday through Friday from 7:30 am to 3:00 pm

1 Swanstrom Place East
Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm

1300 Lamberts Mill Road
Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm
Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Questions? Please contact the Union County Recycling Hotline at 908-654-9889.

Curbside Plastic Recycling

The Union County Board of County Commissioners and the Bureau of Recycling and Planning would like to remind residents to check the numbers on their plastic products before disposing of them. Plastics labeled with the numbers #1, #2, and #5 only can be recycled curbside. Plastics marked with #5 are only accepted for curbside recycling in Berkeley Heights, Clark, Fanwood, Garwood, Linden, New Providence, Plainfield, and Summit. Plastics with the numbers #3, #4, #6, and #7 should not be placed in curbside recycling bins.

The following plastics can be recycled in your curbside bin:

# 1 – PET or PETE (Polyethylene terephthalate)

Soda bottles, water bottles, salad dressing, mouthwash

# 2 – HDPE (High-density polyethylene)

Milk containers, shampoo bottles, detergent bottles, juice bottles

# 5 – PP (Polypropylene)

Yogurt containers, sour cream containers, margarine/butter containers, prescription bottles

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