Recycling Center

Township of Roxbury Recycling Center

96 N. Dell Avenue, Kenvil, NJ

Hours: Saturday and Sunday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

There is no commercial or household trash accepted at our recycling center.

Trash can be be taken to: Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority

168 Gold Mine Rd., Flanders, NJ - 973-347-8106

Holiday hours for the center are as follows:

Closed-Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023

Open Christmas Eve, December 24, 2023 from 8:00 am - noon only

Open New Year's Eve from 8:00 am - noon only

Contractors and/or Professional Landscapers may not use the center.

Please note that our center is open for residents only. If you do not have a township permit displayed on your vehicle you will be asked for proof of residency. Once a permit is obtained, please be sure the permit is visible on your vehicle.

Accepted items-

The following items are accepted at the recycling center:

Batteries-Automotive & button, NiCad, etc. Household batteries can be placed in regular trash
Brush - 6" in diameter max. only
Clothing: Bins are available for clothing or you can call the Social Services Office at (973) 448-2026 to make a donation.
Cooking oil-please place oil in a plastic bottle with no other material.
Comingle: aluminum cans, glass bottles & jars, plastic food & beverage containers #1,2,5 milk, juice, soda, broth, etc. detergent and some cleaning supplies containers, steel/tin cans.
Corrugated cardboard - FLATTENED *Styrofoam must be removed from all boxes. Styrofoam can be placed in regular trash.
Cell phones -for more information and drop off locations, please visit www.mcmua.com
E-Waste-Televisions, Computers, Tablets, Laptops, Monitors, Desktop Printers, and Desktop Faxes are accepted.
Fire Extinguishers -only if discharged
Fluorescent light bulbs: Please transport carefully. Broken bulbs will not be accepted.*Review details below on acceptable bulbs.
Junk mail
Metal items -example toasters, microwaves, filing cabinets, refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, etc.
Motor oil: Please place waste oil in a plastic bottle. Do not utilize bleach containers for this purpose.
Newspapers
Tires: A tag must be purchased at the Municipal Building before tires are brought to the recycling center. Tires up to 19" - $5.00, tires up to 19" with rim will be $10.00. Any tire over 19" will not be accepted at the center.
Vegetative waste-consisting of grass & leaves only.

Not Accepted-

The following items are not accepted at the recycling center:

Anti-freeze
Air conditioners
Books -paperbacks can go in with mixed paper. Hardcovers are trash.
Bricks
Cement
Construction Debris
Cooking oil
Fencing
Flower pots and trays
Household chemicals (solvents, aerosols)
Logs (over 6" in diameter)
Lumber
Ornamental grass
Paint cans (use paint chips or kitty litter to pour into the paint so the paint is dry, place the can in regular trash without the lid)
Pizza boxes (only parts of the box with NO grease or food stuck to them. If the lid is grease free, tear it off & recycle, while trashing the greasy bottom)
Plastic shopping bags. You may recycle the bags at Home Depot, Lowes, Target & Walmart
Pool chemicals
Propane tanks
Large rigid plastics such as plastic chairs, plastic furniture, plastic containers
Rocks
Stumps
Shredded paper-please keep shredded paper to a minimum, shred what is needed (i.e, shred only confidential paper & leave the rest unshredded). Shredded paper must be in a tied in a bag so the material is contained and placed into the trash.
Styrofoam

MUA (Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority)

The Morris County Household Hazardous Water Disposal Program provides Morris County residents with an environmentally safe way of recycling or disposing of hazardous materials found in and around the home. The Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority offers a facility in Mt. Olive (168 Gold Mine Rd., Mt. Olive 07876) for disposal of your household hazardous waste.The facility is open on selected Friday & Saturday mornings. Proof or residency is required & an appointment is necessary to drop off waste. There is no charge for Morris County residents.

For additional information or to set-up an appointment, please call (973) 829-8006

MUA WILL accept- Pesticides & herbicides, oil based paints and stains, paint thinners and solvents, transmission, steering and brake fluids, gasoline, pool and darkroom chemicals, small quantities of asbestos, driveway sealant, roofing tar, and mercury containing devices, light bulbs

MUA will NOT accept- Latex paint, empty hazardous waste containers, unknown materials and business waste. Unknown material, explosives or highly reactive materials may be dangerous to transport. if you have these types of materials call first before transporting these materials.

You can drop off bread bags, bubble wrap, dry cleaning bags, newspaper sleeves, ice bags, plastic shipping envelopes, Ziploc & other re-closable food storage bags, cereal bags, case overwrap, salt bags, pallet wrap & stretch film, wood pellet bags and produce bags with your plastic grocery bags at most retailers (Walmart, Home Depot, Target, etc.). Go to Trex recycling for more information.

Remember-just because something isn’t accepted curbside or at the recycling center (i.e.stereos, VCR’s), it doesn’t mean there aren’t other places to recycle it. Please go to www.roxburynj.us/sanitation-recycling for suggestions on how to keep the material out of the landfill.

Keep plastic shopping bags out of the waste stream (bread bags, cleaning bags, dry cleaning bags, etc) are collected at Kohls (by the customer service counter, Walmart (inside front of store), Target and Lowe’s and recycled.

Tomco Products (973) 361-1589 will accept clean wood, concrete, brick, block, stone, rocks, and clean pallets.

Green Vision, Randolph (973) 998-7955 will take many unusual items such as DVD’s, VCR tapes, (non-acceptable E-Waste).

North East Products (973-584-5595 will take brush/tree parts, leaves, stumps, wood scraps (clean non-treated wood).

Please retire old/torn American Flags, do not throw them away. Drop boxes are available at our Recycling Center, Town Hall, Senior Center, and our Library.