![]() All recyclables may be placed in one single container curbside on your collection day. The county of Cape May implemented a new single-stream recycling program as of April 1, 2013. Please visit our Public Works page of this website to learn more information about the trash and recycling collection schedules, including our convenient recycling drop off center located just off Dune Drive at 15th Street. Additionally, whatever bags get through the sorter stations end up wrapped around rotating equipment which forces a complete shutdown of the system to enable employees to take time to cut away these bags that have become wrapped or jammed. The processing within the MUA plant is slowed by each bag has to be ripped open and dumped onto the processing belt. The MUA is receiving so many plastic bags that it is causing severe operational and equipment problems. It is not acceptable for the public to place the recyclables into a plastic bag, then place the bag in a container or set the bag out by the curb for collection. The correct process is for the public to place recyclables in a single stream container for collection. The Authority reminds the public that this practice is not acceptable and recyclables need to be placed only in a single-stream recycling container. The Cape May County Municipal Utilities Authority has alerted all 16 communities in the County regarding an issue involving recyclables being placed in plastic bags for disposal and collection. Avalon Single-stream Recycling Information/Why Not to Use Plastic Bags to Contain Recyclables ![]()
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