Recycling in New Jersey
Where to recycle, donate or get rid of things in 77 cities and towns across New Jersey. Pick your city, or search for your item. We also pick up anywhere in the state.
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New Jersey rules
- Since January 1, 2011, no one may knowingly dispose of a used covered electronic device, or its components, as solid waste in New Jersey. Source: P.L.2008, c.130: Amendments to the Electronic Waste Management Act (opens in new tab)
- Used televisions, as covered electronic devices, may not be knowingly disposed of as solid waste in New Jersey (since January 1, 2011). Source: P.L.2008, c.130: Amendments to the Electronic Waste Management Act (opens in new tab)
- Used computers, monitors and laptops, as covered electronic devices, may not be knowingly disposed of as solid waste in New Jersey (since January 1, 2011). Source: P.L.2008, c.130: Amendments to the Electronic Waste Management Act (opens in new tab)
More New Jersey rules (32)
- Desktop printers and desktop fax machines are covered electronic devices under the Act (and so fall under the disposal ban); other electronics are not named. Source: P.L.2016, c.87: Amendments to the Electronic Waste Management Act (approved January 9, 2017) (opens in new tab)
- Handheld devices used for commercial mobile data or mobile radio service (cell phones) are not covered electronic devices. Source: P.L.2016, c.87: Amendments to the Electronic Waste Management Act (approved January 9, 2017) (opens in new tab)
- Electronics inside a microwave oven are excluded from covered electronic devices, so microwaves are not part of the e-waste program. Source: P.L.2016, c.87: Amendments to the Electronic Waste Management Act (approved January 9, 2017) (opens in new tab)
- Electronics inside clothes washers and dryers are excluded from covered electronic devices under the Act. Source: P.L.2016, c.87: Amendments to the Electronic Waste Management Act (approved January 9, 2017) (opens in new tab)
- Electronics inside refrigerators and freezers are excluded from covered electronic devices under the Act. Source: P.L.2016, c.87: Amendments to the Electronic Waste Management Act (approved January 9, 2017) (opens in new tab)
- Each county recycling plan had to designate collection sites for used televisions, and may designate sites for other covered electronic devices. Source: P.L.2007, c.347: Electronic Waste Management Act (as enacted) (opens in new tab)
- Under the Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act (P.L.1987, c.102, as amended), each county adopts a district recycling plan to implement the State Recycling Plan goals. Source: P.L.2007, c.347: Electronic Waste Management Act (as enacted) (opens in new tab)
- Each county plan designates the materials every municipality must source separate: leaves plus at least three other recyclable materials. The statute does not name a fixed statewide list beyond leaves. Source: P.L.2007, c.347: Electronic Waste Management Act (as enacted) (opens in new tab)
- Municipalities adopt recycling ordinances under the county plan and may limit collection of designated recyclables to set hours. Source: P.L.2007, c.347: Electronic Waste Management Act (as enacted) (opens in new tab)
- Statutory targets: recycle at least 50% of the municipal solid waste stream and 60% of the total solid waste stream (by 1995). Source: P.L.2007, c.347: Electronic Waste Management Act (as enacted) (opens in new tab)
- A county plan may require municipalities to add used dry cell batteries as a designated recyclable material. Source: P.L.2007, c.347: Electronic Waste Management Act (as enacted) (opens in new tab)
- Since August 1, 2004, buyers pay a $1.50 fee on each new motor vehicle tire sold in a sale subject to NJ sales tax. Source: P.L.2004, c.46: New motor vehicle tire fee and Local Tire Management Program (opens in new tab)
- The Division of Taxation says the tire fee is $1.50 per tire, including a spare sold with a vehicle and new tires sold with repair or maintenance service. Source: NJ Division of Taxation: Motor Vehicle Tire Fee (opens in new tab)
- Recapped tires are not new motor vehicle tires, so the fee does not apply to them. Source: P.L.2004, c.46: New motor vehicle tire fee and Local Tire Management Program (opens in new tab)
- Tire fee revenue goes to the Tire Management and Cleanup Fund in DEP. Source: NJ Division of Taxation: Motor Vehicle Tire Fee (opens in new tab)
- DEP runs a Local Tire Management Program to clean up abandoned tire piles and give grants to counties and municipalities for that cleanup; it is not a consumer drop-off program. Source: P.L.2004, c.46: New motor vehicle tire fee and Local Tire Management Program (opens in new tab)
- No one may dispose of a used lead acid battery as solid waste in New Jersey. Source: N.J.S.A. 13:1E-200 Disposal of used lead acid battery (opens in new tab)
- A used lead acid battery may go to a battery retailer or wholesaler, a secondary lead smelter, a scrap processing facility that takes them, or a county household hazardous waste collection site. Source: N.J.S.A. 13:1E-200 Disposal of used lead acid battery (opens in new tab)
- Scrap processing facilities that receive lead acid batteries for recycling are among the places a used lead acid battery may be delivered. Source: N.J.S.A. 13:1E-200 Disposal of used lead acid battery (opens in new tab)
- Licensed garbage collectors may not knowingly collect lead acid batteries put out as trash and may refuse a container holding one. Source: N.J.S.A. 13:1E-205 Solid waste collector not to collect used lead acid batteries (opens in new tab)
- No one may knowingly dispose of used nickel-cadmium or sealed lead rechargeable batteries as solid waste. Source: N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.69 Disposal of used nickel-cadmium rechargeable batteries as solid waste, prohibited (opens in new tab)
- Household nickel-cadmium and sealed lead rechargeable batteries may be returned to a retailer (unless the manufacturer plan says otherwise), taken to a county HHW collection site, or put out under the municipal recycling ordinance where batteries are designated. Source: N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.69 Disposal of used nickel-cadmium rechargeable batteries as solid waste, prohibited (opens in new tab)
- No one may knowingly dispose of used mercuric oxide batteries as solid waste. Source: N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.68 Disposal of mercuric oxide batteries as solid waste, prohibited (opens in new tab)
- The Dry Cell Battery Management Act requires counties to include used dry cell battery collection in their existing household hazardous waste collection programs. Source: N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.60 Dry Cell Battery Management Act: findings, declarations (opens in new tab)
- PaintCare says it operates in twelve states and DC (California, Colorado, Connecticut, DC, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington); New Jersey is not one of them. Source: PaintCare: PaintCare States (opens in new tab)
- New Jersey has a pending paint stewardship bill, S666 (Architectural Paint Stewardship Act), pre-filed for the 2026 session; it is a bill, not law. Source: NJ Senate Bill S666 (2026 session): Architectural Paint Stewardship Act (introduced text) (opens in new tab)
- The Mattress Recycling Council runs statewide mattress recycling programs only in California, Connecticut, Oregon and Rhode Island, so there is no Bye Bye Mattress program in New Jersey. Source: Mattress Recycling Council (opens in new tab)
- MRC operates recycling programs in states that have passed mattress recycling laws. Source: Mattress Recycling Council (opens in new tab)
- Bye Bye Mattress supports programs only in California, Connecticut, Oregon and Rhode Island. Source: Bye Bye Mattress (Mattress Recycling Council) (opens in new tab)
- New Jersey has a pending Mattress Stewardship Act bill, S2359, pre-filed for the 2026 session; it is a bill, not law. Source: NJ Senate Bill S2359 (2026 session): Mattress Stewardship Act (introduced text) (opens in new tab)
- The pending mattress bill would cover foundations, defined to include box springs. Source: NJ Senate Bill S2359 (2026 session): Mattress Stewardship Act (introduced text) (opens in new tab)
- The pending mattress bill would not cover unattached mattress pads or toppers. Source: NJ Senate Bill S2359 (2026 session): Mattress Stewardship Act (introduced text) (opens in new tab)