News from the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders
Public Information Contacts: Linda Van Zandt / Joanne Vuoso / Lisa Krueger
908.231.7020 publicinfo@co.somerset.nj.us
December 20, 2011
Recycling Holiday Waste, Christmas Trees
The Somerset County Recycling Division would like to remind residents that they can recycle
holiday waste, such as corrugated cardboard, chipboard (gift boxes), empty pizza boxes (free of food
waste), nonmetallic wrapping paper, holiday cards and plastics – # 1 through # 7 (no Styrofoam # 6) at their usual curbside collection and at First Saturday of the Month drop-off events.
Also, residents can recycle Christmas trees at two Somerset County Park Commission parks
from Dec. 26, 2011 to Jan. 31, 2012: North Branch Park in Bridgewater in Parking Lot A and Colonial
Park
in
Somerset
in
Parking
Lot
F.
For
directions,
visit
www.somersetcountyparks.org/genInfo/directions/Directions.html.
Also, residents can spread holiday cheer throughout the year by putting canned food items in a
plastic bag curbside on their regularly scheduled recycling days. Donations will be delivered to the
Food Bank Network of Somerset County.
The next Saturday drop-off day at the Somerset County Recycling Center, located at 40
Polhemus Lane in Bridgewater, will be on Jan. 7, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. In addition to usual curbside
recycling items, residents can drop off used consumer electronics (e-waste), which may have been
upgraded and replaced over the holidays.
E-waste includes computers (CPUs), servers, monitors, terminals/CRTs, televisions, printers, fax
machines, copiers, computer/laptop peripherals, telecommunication equipment (telephones, cellular
phones, telephone mainframes), keyboards, mice, cables, wiring, circuit boards, modems, power
supplies, laptops, docking stations, audio visual equipment, typewriters, VCRs, mainframe equipment
and controllers, camcorders, CDs, DVDs, computer disks, diskettes, videotapes, cassette tapes, and
rechargeable and button-cell batteries. Residents should individually bag each battery or tape each
terminal to avoid short-circuiting of batteries.
Residents also can drop off electronics at Newtech Recycling Inc., located at 600A Apgar Drive,
Somerset 08873, weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Both drop-off opportunities are free. For more
information about Newtech Recycling Inc. contact them at (732) 564-3110 or
www.newtechrecycling.com.
For a complete listing of recyclable items, recycling events and much more, visit
www.co.somerset.nj.us/recycle or call the Somerset County Recycling Center at
(732) 469-3363.
Robert Zaborowski, Freeholder Director  Patricia L. Walsh, Freeholder Deputy Director
Peter S. Palmer, Freeholder  Patrick Scaglione, Freeholder  Mark Caliguire, Freeholder
Somerset County Is An Equal Opportunity Employer