Upper Township Public Works
Residents Information - 2010
Trash and Recycling Collection Holiday Schedule 2010
Monday January 18th Martin Luther King Day
Monday February 15th Presidents Day
Monday February 22nd George Washington’s Birthday **
Friday April 2nd Good Friday
Monday May 31st Memorial Day *
Monday July 5th Independence Day *
Monday September 6th Labor Day *
Monday October 11th Columbus Day
Tuesday November 2nd General Election Day
Thursday November 11th Veteran’s Day
Thursday November 25th Thanksgiving Day
Friday November 26th Thanksgiving Holiday
Friday December 24th Christmas Day
If your TRASH AND RECYCLING COLLECTION DAY falls on one of the HOLIDAYS in the schedule above the following will occur. Your household TRASH will be collected on our NEXT WORKING DAY and you will be required to hold your RECYCLING MATERIALS until your next REGULAR COLLECTION DAY.
* Regular collection of Trash and Recycling WILL be collected on Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day
** Trash and recycling will be collected on Tuesday, February 23rd.
Your household trash must be in a sealed watertight container [trash can with lid] placed to the curb prior to 6:00 a.m. the morning of your collection day, but not prior to 5:00 p.m. the day before your collection day. Trash containers must be in good condition and have a minimum capacity of 20 gallons and a maximum capacity of 45 gallons. The containers must have removable lids, external handles, and must weigh 50 pounds or less when full. Trash containers that do not conform to the requirements listed above will be tagged with orange condemned notices, a letter will be hand delivered by the Sanitation Inspector with an explanation of the violation, and what is required to correct the violation.
Your Recycling Materials must be placed to the curb by 6:00 a.m. the morning of your collection day but not prior to 5:00 p.m. the day before your collection day. Your recycling containers must comply with the same requirements as your trash containers. Recycling containers must be in good condition, have removable lids, external handles, have a minimum capacity of 20 gallons and a maximum capacity of 45 gallons, and must not weigh over 50 pounds when full.
Recycling Materials must be handled in the following manner.
Commingled Recycling Materials
Your CLEAR, BROWN and GREEN glass bottles and jars, ALUMINUM cans, STEEL [TIN] cans, including empty aerosol cans*, and PLASTIC bottles and jugs** must be placed in a recycling container for collection. We only want empty, clean household products containers.
*Empty Aerosol Cans from household products only! NO PAINT CANS of any type.
**Empty Plastic Household Containers must have a #1 or #2 RECYCLING SYMBOL on them.
Mixed Paper Recycling Materials
Your NEWSPAPERS [with inserts], MAGAZINES,
CORRUGATED CARDBOARD*, OFFICE PAPER, JUNK MAIL,
and KRAFT [brown] PAPER BAGS must be placed in a recycling container, a brown
paper bag or a corrugated cardboard box for collection. Shredded paper may be
placed in clear plastic bags for identification and collection. Styrofoam and
plastic wrap must be removed from cardboard boxes prior to collection.
*CORRUGATED CARDBOARD IS BROWN IN
COLOR AND HAS A LAYER OF CORRUGATION BETWEEN THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE LAYERS. THIS
IS THE ONLY TYPE OF CARDBOARD WE COLLECT TO BE RECYCLED.
We DO NOT RECYCLE the following
paper products: pizza boxes, white or gray chipboard boxes [cereal boxes,
clothing boxes, tissue boxes, shiny beer boxes, shiny soda boxes etc], paper
towels, cardboard tubes, paper plates, plastic coated boxes, tissue paper or
gift wrapping paper of any kind.
CLEAR PLASTIC BAGS MAY BE USED FOR SHREDDED PAPER BUT ARE PROHIBITED AS A CONTAINER FOR ANY OTHER RECYCLING MATERIALS.
USED MOTOR OIL and USED ANTI FREEZE must be placed in a one [1] gallon plastic container with a screw on lid [water jug, milk jug, anti freeze jug, detergent jug etc]. Place your one-gallon plastic containers of used motor oil and anti-freeze, with a screw on lid, next to your commingled recycling materials for collection.
WE WILL NOT COLLECT USED MOTOR OIL OR USED ANTIFREEZE UNLESS IT IS HANDLED IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED ABOVE.
PLEASE REMEMBER that the way you place your TRASH and RECYCLING MATERIALS out for collection has a direct effect on your NEIGHBORHOOD. Loose trash and recycling materials can be blown all over the place. If you do not use cans with lids for your trash it can be spread all over by animals. PLEASE follow the guidelines in this document and help keep our Municipality clean.
January 11 & 25 July 12 & 26
February 8th August 9 & 23
March 8 & 22 September 13 & 27
April 12 & 26 October 4 & 18
May 10 & 24 November 1 & 15
June 7 & 21 December 6 & 20
Your HOUSEHOLD BULKY WASTE, carpets, furniture, appliances and other large household items are collected on the days indicated by the schedule above. You MUST CALL 628-2647 to arrange for pickup prior to the collection date. Please make every effort to call prior to the weekend before the collection because of the limited space on our answering machine.
BULK WASTE ITEMS MUST BE TO THE CURB BY 6:00 A.M. THE DAY OF COLLECTION. All DOORS must be removed from refrigerators and freezers.
NO BUILDING MATERIALS OR CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS WILL BE COLLECTED, ALSO NO WOODEN FENCING, NO RAILROAD TIES, AND NO PALLETTS NO LANDSCAPING TIMBERS AND NO SCRAP WOOD WILL BE COLLECTED. NO GAS TANKS, FUEL TANKS, OR PROPANE TANKS WILL BE COLLECTED. NO PAINTS OR ANY OTHER TYPES HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WILL BE COLLECTED. The disposal of the materials we do not collect is the responsibility of the resident, homeowner or contractor.
Your GRASS CLIPPINGS, LEAVES AND OTHER YARD DEBRIS must be placed in PAPER COMPOST BAGS OR REUSABLE CONTAINERS. The COMPOST CONTAINERS must comply with the same requirements as the Trash and Recycling containers. The compost containers must have removable lids, external handles, have a minimum capacity of 20 gallons and a maximum capacity of 45 gallons, and not weigh over 50 pounds when full. The PAPER COMPOST BAGS must only be filled to a capacity that will allow a single collection crewmember to lift and load the bags.
Brush Collection Schedule – One week per month as stated below.
January 25 thru 2/1 July 19 thru 23
February 15 thru 19 August 16 thru 20
March 15 thru 19 September 20 thru 24
April 19 thru 23 October 25 thru 29
May 17 thru 21 November No Collection
June 14 thru 18 December No Collection
Brush, resulting from Residential tree trimmings and prunings, must be placed to the curb in a neat pile with the larger ends facing the street to be collected. Residential trimmings and prunings will be collected one week of each month following the schedule above. Residential trimming and pruning must be to the curb prior to the beginning of the collection week. Christmas trees will be collected during the month of January. Brush shall be placed 10’ from the curb or edge of pavement during loose leaf collection and will not be collected during November and December.
NO DEBRIS RESULTING FROM TREE REMOVAL OR LOT CLEARING WILL BE COLLECTED
Loose leaf will be collected from APRIL 1ST to APRIL 30TH and NOVEMBER 15TH to DECEMBER 31ST. Leaves must be placed to the shoulder of your street or road in long rows, not large piles, for collection.
LOOSE LEAVES PILES ARE PROHIBITED NEAR STORM DRAIN INLETS.
You must keep the leaf piles a minimum of 10 feet from any storm drain inlet. We only collect piles of loose leaves that are free of sticks and other debris. If your piles contain sticks and other debris they will not be collected until the debris is removed. Brush shall be placed 10’ from the curb or edge of pavement during loose leaf collection and will not be collected during November and December.
Tree Trimming Program Requirements
Township of Upper’s ordinance #11-1983 requires Township Residents to maintain any plant life within ten [10] feet of any street or roadway and within twenty-five [25] feet of the intersection of any two [2] streets or roadways. Any plant life [trees, shrubs, bushes, hedges etc.] bordering any streets, roadways or sidewalks must be trimmed to allow safe passage of vehicles and pedestrians. Intersections must be trimmed to allow clear sight of all traffic signs [stop signs] and approaching vehicles. A Township Official will notify anyone in violation of the ordinance and they will be given ten [10] days to correct the problem. If the violation is not corrected the Township will authorize the work to be completed and the property owner will be billed accordingly.
The Cape May County Municipal Authority sponsors two [2] FREE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS COLLECTIONS during the year for all residents of Cape May County.
They accept THINNERS, STAINS, SOLVENTS, GASOLINE, MIXED GASOLINE, HERBICIDES, PESTICIDES, and many other HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. They can be reached at 609-465-9026 for more information concerning this service and for registration information.
IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DISPOSE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN OUR TRASH TRUCKS AND IN OUR STORM DRAINS. Violators will be PROSECUTED to the fullest extent of the LAW
Your clean, folded and bagged USED CLOTHING, USED SHOES and HANDBAGS [in good condition] can be delivered to the Upper Township Road Department at 1691 Mount Pleasant Road, Tuckahoe from 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. five [5] days per week. The items are to be placed in the USED CLOTHING SHED to the left of the main entrance gate. The used materials are picked up by the Goodwill Southern New Jersey to be reused.
MONDAYS – All of Strathmere and Whale Beach.
Harbor Road, east side of the Parkway, trash collection.
TUESDAYS – North side of Church Road and north to the Township line, the Great Egg Harbor Bay. Harbor Road, east side of the Parkway, recycling collection.
WEDNESDAYS – Petersburg, Tuckahoe, Marshallville, Head of the River, Steelmantown and Martintown.
THURSDAYS – Hope Corson Road south to the Township line including the Foxborough development.
FRIDAYS – South side of Church Road south to Hope Corson Road excluding the Foxborough development.
The Township’s Sanitation Inspector has the responsibility of enforcing all the requirements of the Township’s Trash and Recycling collection programs. His job is to ensure that all Residents and Commercial Business adhere to the requirements of the Townships Solid Waste and Recycling Ordinances #4-1995 and #13-2005.
If the inspector notices or is notified of a problem with trash or recycling at a residence or business, he will tag the material that is in violation and hand deliver a notice of the violation to the offending party. The hand delivered material will specify what the violation is and how it must be corrected.
The Superintendent of Public Works can be reached at 609-628-2011 ext. 244. The Supervisors of the Road Department are available by phone at 609-628-2647 to answer all questions pertaining to the services offered by this Department. The goal of this Department is to offer fair and equal treatment to all that we serve. Messages can be left on our answering machine at anytime. The winter office hours are 6:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. [from Labor Day until Memorial Day] and the summer office hours are 5:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.[from Memorial Day until Labor Day]
Paul E. Dietrich, Sr. LeRoy L. Shone Christopher J. Thomas
Superintendent Public Works Supervisor of Roads Assistant Supervisor of Roads