Hauler
The weight of collected material is typically measured in this unit.
What is a ton?
This New Jersey law made recycling mandatory throughout the state in 1987.
What is the Statewide Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act?
Materials Recovery Facility
This sponge-shaped character lives in a pineapple and would definitely contaminate recycling.
Who is Spongebob Squarepants?
This container type includes milk jugs and laundry detergent bottles.
What are plastic bottles and jugs?
Gaeta takes it's recycling to_______
What is Ricova?
This state agency is responsible for enforcing many environmental regulations in New Jersey.
What is the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection?
The primary purpose of a MRF is to do this with recyclables.
What is sort them?
In this movie franchise, transforming old materials into something new sounds a lot like recycling.
What is Transformers?
These plastic coded containers are accepted.
Plastics #1, #2, #3
True or False: All curbside haulers only accepts plastics #1, #2, and #5 in Morris County
True
This document guides how waste and recyclables are managed within a county.
What is a Solid Waste Management Plan?
This MRF DOES NOT accept Aluminum Foil, Pie Plates, & Trays
What is Trinity Recycling?
This show features a paper company where most waste is… ironically not recycled properly.
What is The Office?
These items are banned from curbside recycling due to fire risk in trucks and facilities.
What is lithium-ion batteries?
Municipalities are required to appoint this individual to oversee local recycling activities.
Who is the Municipal Recycling Coordinator?
This MRF accepts all Curbside Materials.
What is MCMUA Transfer Station and Republic Services?
This sci-fi film features a planet-sized garbage problem solved by a small robot.
What is WALL-E?
These items must be taken to HHW collection programs, not curbside recycling.
What are electronics (Tv's, computers, monitors)?
This term refers to separating recyclable materials from trash before disposal.
What is source separation?
This MRF DOES NOT accept cardboard?
This phrase from a famous movie could describe recyclables heading down a sorting line: "To infinity and beyond!"
What is Toy Story?
This material must be flattened before placement in the recycling cart to save space and improve processing efficiency.
What is Corrugated Cardboard (OCC)?