BOROUGH OF BARRINGTON
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
RECYCLING AND TRASH COLLECTION SCHEDULE AND REGUALTIONS

Camden County 2008 Household Special Waste Collection Schedule

MONDAY
Brush limbs & stumps (all year)
Vegetative waste (4-02-07 to 10-01-07)

THURSDAY
Commingle and Mixed paper collection by South Jersey Sanitation
Stumps & Concrete - call the DPW office at 856-547-2486 prior to Thursday
pick-up and leave your address for Borough collection

FRIDAY
Trash collected by South Jersey Sanitation
Appliances and scrap metal call the DPW office at 547-2486 prior to Friday
pick-up and leave your address for Borough collection

Reminder: Please do not put your trash or recyclable items to the curb any earlier than 1:00pm the day prior to your scheduled pick up and no later than 6:00am the day of your pick up. Borough Ordinance 792 - DPW Recycling and Trash Schedule & Regulations are available at the Borough Hall. Any questions, please contact the DPW at 547-2486.

APPLIANCE & SCRAP METAL

DPW office 547-2486 ext. 13 must be notified prior to Friday pick ups. Metal list items are th follwoing: washers, dryers, stoves, hot water heaters, refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, windows air conditioners. Scrap metal is any and all metal objects with non-metal elements removed. These items should be placed on park strip separate from trash. Refrigerators are to have doors removed. Place appliance & scrap metal curbside the night before collection but no earlier than 1:00 p.m. the day preceding collecting to ensure that your appliance & scrap metal will be picked up. Do not place your appliance & scrap metal in the street as this is a dangerous practice that may cause a liability problem. Appliance & scrap metal placed n the park strip will not harm the grass.

BRUSH, LIMBS, STUMPS

Includes tree limbs and trimmings, brush with roots removed and stumps not longer than twelve (12) inches in diameter with all dirt washed off. Brush, limbs and stumps should be no longer than 4 ft. If stumps are more than 12" in diameter call the DPW office for pick up, prior to Thursday at 856-547-2486, ext 13. Any tree work done by a contractor is the responsibility of contractor to dispose of debris. Place brush, limbs, stumps, curbside the night before collection but no earlier than 1:00 p.m. the day preceding collection to ensure that your brush, limbs, stumps, will be picked up. Do not place brush, limbs, stumps in the street as this is a dangerous practice that may cause a liability problem. Brush, limbs, stumps, placed on the park strip will not harm the grass.

BATTERIES

Batteries will not be collected by Borough. Batteries can be disposed of at most auto part stores for a nominal fee or by disposing of at Camden County Hazardous Waste Collection sites, dates & times to be determined by the Camden County Dept of Environmental Affairs, Phone 856-858-5241.

CONCRETE/BLOCK/BRICK

Small piles of debris not to exceed 500 lbs. in aggregate per pick up and pieces may not exceed 50 lbs. per piece. DPW Office must be notified by 12:00 prior to Thursday pick-up at 547-2486 ext 13. If a homeowner and/or a contractor are replacing driveway, apron, curb, sidewalk, or any other type of renovations, arrangements must be made for private disposal of all resulting debris. A permit must also be obtained.

CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS

If you are doing any remodeling or building, you are responsible for removal of all debris whether you use a contractor or not. This means you must rent a dumpster. If the job is very small the Borough will pick up five buckets of debris per week not exceeding 50 pounds.

COMMINGLE

Includes empty unbroken food and/or beverage containers of clear, brown, and green glass: empty aluminum, tin and/or bi-metal food and beverages containers, and empty plastic juice, soda, water, milk, and/or laundry detergent bottles with only the number 1 (pete) and the number 2 (HDPE) symbols on the bottom. Do not include butter tubs, flowerpots, anti-freeze or oil containers, laundry buckets, plastic bags, syringes, vinyl, and 5-gallon pails. Make sure the acceptable containers are empty and rinsed out. Labels may be left on, but caps should be discarded. Place commingle curbside the night before collection but no earlier than 1:00 p.m. the day preceding collection to ensure that your commingle will be picked up. Do not place your commingle in the street as this is a dangerous practice that may cause a liability problem. Commingle placed on the park strip will not harm the grass.

LEAF PICK UP

Will begin September 29, 2008, to December 26, 2008, weather permitting. There are 3 districts that will have 4 pick-ups. Leaves are to be put to the park strip. Do not put leaves in street. Leaf machine will make one pass thru on your scheduled pick up week. The week of Thanksgiving there will be no pick up due to the short workweek.

BAGGED LEAF PICK UP

Will be picked up during leaf season on Thursdays of each week and will include the whole town. Place bagged leaves curbside the night before collection but no earlier than 1:00 p.m. the day preceding collection to ensure that your bagged leaves will be picked up. Do not place your bagged leaves in the street, as this is a dangerous practice that may cause a liability problem. Bagged leaves placed on the park strip will not harm the grass.

SPRING LEAF PICK UP

Week of 03-31-2008, the pick up will consist of the whole town. Please put leaves between curb abd sidewalk area and no closer than 10' from the nearest storm sewer inlet. Please do not put sticks, rocks, trash, vegetative waste debris, etc. in leaf piles as they can cause danmage to the machines and create a safety hazard for our employees. Leaf signs will be posted the week prior to pick up.

MIXED PAPERS

Includes magazines, catalogs, envelops, junk mail, school papers, work books, textbooks (without covers) office paper, non metallic wrapping paper and computer printout paper. These items should be placed in a plastic bag which should be closed and tied. Place mixed papers curbside the night before collection but no earlier than 1:00 p.m. the day preceding collection to ensure that you're mixed papers will be picked up. Do not place your mixed papers in the street, as this is a dangerous practice that may cause a liability problem. Mixed papers placed on the park strip will not harm the grass.

NEWSPAPERS

Includes all newspapers, including glossy inserts in the Sunday editions. These items are to be placed in a brown paper shopping bag or tied in bundles of less than 30 pounds. Place newspapers curbside the night before collection but no earlier than 1:00 p.m. the day preceding collection to ensure that your newspapers will be picked up. Do not place your newspapers in the street, as this is a dangerous practice that may cause a liability problem. Newspapers placed on the park strip will not harm the grass.

CORRUGATED CARDBOARD

Includes all types of unwaxed and uncoated corrugated cardboard and does not include food boxes or laundry detergent boxes. Corrugated is to be flattened and bundled. Place corrugated cardboard the night before collection but no earlier than 1:00 p.m. the day preceding collection to ensure that your corrugated cardboard will be picked up. Do not place your corrugated cardboard in the street, as this is a dangerous practice that may cause a liability problem. Corrugated cardboard placed on the park strip will not harm the grass.

FENCING & R.R. TIES

All wooden fencing & R.R. ties should be cut to 4' lengths and limited to no more than 10 pieces per week. They can be put out for trash on Friday. If contractor is doing work the contractor is responsible for disposal of all debris. Place fencing & R.R. ties curbside the night before collection but no earlier than 1:00 p.m. the day preceding collection to ensure that your fencing & R.R. ties will be picked up. Do not place your fencing & R.R. ties in the street, as this is a dangerous practice that may cause a liability problem. Fencing & R.R. ties placed on park strip will not harm the grass.

TIRES

May be put out for regular trash pick up with out the rim; limit 2 per household per week. Tires w/rim will not be taken. Place tires curbside the night before collection but no earlier than 1:00 p.m. the day preceding collection to ensure that your tires will be picked up. Do not place your tires in the street, as this is a dangerous practice that may cause a liability problem. Tires placed on the park strip will not harm the grass.

VEGETATIVE WASTE

Includes grass clippings, sticker balls, acorns, pine cones and viney type materials such as ivy, honey-suckle, poison ivy, laurel and plant clippings. Vegetative waste is to be placed in an open trash container of not more than 30 gallons and/or contractor grade trash bag weighing not more than 50 lbs. Pick up of getative waste shall occur from April 3 thru September 29, 2008. Please, no dirt or sod. Place vegetative waste curbside the night before collection but no earlier than 1:00 p.m. the day preceding collection to ensure that your vegetative waste will be picked up. Do not place your vegetative waste in the street, as this is a dangerous practice that may cause a liability problem. Vegetative waste placed on the park strip will not harm the grass.

WASTE OIL

Waste oil may be brought to the Public Works Garage Monday through Friday from 7:30a.m. to 3:30p.m. Please do not drop off after hours and leave at gate.

HAZARDOUS WASTE

Will not be accepted. Residents should call Camden County Department of Environmental Affairs at 856-858-5241 for information on the legal disposal of these materials. (i.e. propane tanks, car batteries, oil based paints, etc.)

TRASH

Trash collected by South Jersey Sanitation. Place trash curbside the night before collection but no earlier than 1:00 p.m. the day preceding collection to ensure that your trash will be picked up. Do not place your trash cans and bags in the street as this is a dangerous practice that may cause a liability problem. Trash cans and bags placed on the park strip will not harm the grass. If your trash was not collected, please call the South Jersey Sanitation at 1-609-561-0441. If you are not satisfied please call the Department of Public Works at 547-2486 ext 13.

COMMINGLE & MIXEDPAPER

Recycling collected by South Jersey Sanitation. Place recycling curbside the night before collection day but no earlier than 1:00 p.m. the day preceding collection to ensure that your recycling will be picked up. Do not place your recycling in the street, as this is a dangerous practice that may cause a liability problem. If your recycling was not collected please call South Jersey Sanitation at 1-609-561-0441. If you are not satisfied please call the Department of Public Works at 547-2486 ext 13.