Department of Public Works

Bill Macomber, Acting Public Works Director

Telephone: (609) 967-7697
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM

2008 Trash & Recycling Information

Avalon Offers Sunday Household Trash And Recycling Dropoff Times (Avalon, NJ)—Avalon’s Department of Public Works announced that it has begun the post-season practice of offering a manned location for the drop off of household trash and recycling. “This is a tremendous convenience for both the year-‘round resident, and people who visit Avalon on the weekends during the post season”, said Avalon’s Acting Public Works Superintendent Bill Macomber. “We’re pleased to offer this service as a convenience, and as a way to keep Avalon clean of trash and litter”. The borough is providing a manned location at the 15th Street Public Works Yard entrance on Sundays, from Noon-5pm during the offseason. Household trash and recycling will be accepted at the yard in a designated container. The following dates Sundays are offered through the offseason: 2008: September 14th, 21st, and 28th October 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th November 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th December 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th. This practice will also continue in 2009 through Sunday, May 19th.

Trash Collection Routes	Trash Collections Schedule
	January 1 – May 7 and September 18 – December 31, 2008
Section #1 (North) - Inlet to 23rd Street	Section #1 - Monday Only
Section #2 (Middle) - 23rd Street to 42nd Street	Section #2 - Tuesday Only
Section #3 (South) - 42nd Street to North Side of 80th Street	Section #3 - Wednesday Only
(All sections are from bay to ocean)	May 8 – September 17, 2008
	Section #1 - Monday and Thursday
	Section #2 - Tuesday and Friday
	Section #3 - Wednesday and Saturday

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Complaints regarding missed collections should be direct to Public Works, 609-967-7697

Recyclables
Recyclables are collected once per week throughout the year on the first trash collection day of the week. (Section #1 Monday; Section #2 - Tuesday and Section#3 - Wednesday). Stickers for recyclables and grass may be obtained at the Public Works Office at 15th Street & Dune Drive. The Borough does not supply trash/recycling containers. Curbside Pickup and Sideyard Return for Trash and Recyclables.

Please Note:

1. Trash and Recyclables Trash and recyclables are to be placed curbside by 7A.M. Trash and recycling will not be collected on these holidays: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Years Day. By Ordinance No. 578-2006, containers shall have a capacity of no greater than thirty-five (35) gallons and a total weight not to exceed fifty (50) pounds each.

2. Brush and Grass Clippings Brush and grass clippings will be picked up on Thursdays. Use of plastic bags for clippings is prohibited. White goods/metal will be picked up on Fridays.

3. Recycling is Mandatory in New Jersey. Recycle (a) all newspaper, magazines, cardboard and office paper (gray - shoe, cereal or food boxes not recycled) and placed in paper bags or reusable containers and (b) all rinsed glass bottles and jars, aluminum and tin cans, and household plastic bottles and place in a container with a "recycling" sticker. Use of plastic bags for recycling is strictly prohibited. There is a recycling collection area at 15th Street and Dune Drive behind the Public Works Building. In summer (Memorial Day - Labor Day) it is open 7 days a week, 7:30 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. In the winter it is open Monday - Friday, 7:30 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. except holidays.

4. Use of plastic bags for trash is strictly prohibited, unless inside a container with a secure lid. All trash and recycling cans must be permanently labeled with the address of the owner in lettering not less than two inches in height.

5. No Bulky Items (household furnishings) will be collected with trash. Borough bulk trash collections will be held May 2 – May 11 and August 29 – September 7. All items must be curbside by 7:00 A.M. on Monday, May 12 or Monday, September 8. Construction materials are not collected at any time. Call the Public Works Department at 967-7697 (Mon.- Fri., 7:00A.M.- 3:30 P.M.) if you have any questions.

6. Off Season Courtesy Recycle & Trash Locations will have a manned truck at 15th & Dune Drive on Sundays only, noon to 5 p.m. from 2/10/2008 – 5/18/2008 & 9/14/2008 – 5/17/2009.

Recycling Center Relocated The recycling center formally located at the rear of Police Department parking lot has been relocated to the 15th Street and Dune Drive at the Avalon Public Works Facility. The hours of operation Monday through Friday are 7:30 a.m. through 3:00 p.m.

Avalon, New Jersey is a "Clean Communities" City