Copies of the Recycling Rules and Regulations can be picked up at the Borough Hall.
Collection of corrugated cardboard is on the third Wednesday of every month at the curb. All cardboard should be flattened or tied for pickup. Flattened cardboard can be put inside of one large cardboard box.
Cardboard is easily recognized by its unique design of a wavy line in between two straight lines. Cardboard must be placed at the curb by 7:00 a.m.
Collection of scrap metal is on the fourth Wednesday of every month at the curb. Items acceptable for pickup include anything at least 75% metal. Scrap metal items include bicycles, refrigerators*, washers, dryers, cookie sheets, coat hangers, cast iron radiators, ect. Such items must be placed at the curb by 7:00 a.m.
* Appliances such as refrigerators, air conditioners, etc containing "Freon or CFC's" must be certified that the Freon and CFC"s have been removed by a certified person or vendor and that a sticker (supplied by the removal company) is attached to the appliance. Appliances not having a sticker will not be collected. This required by law!
Beginning January 1, 2011 we will be recycling curbside recyclable items commingled. You no longer need to separate your recyclables as in the past. This is a major change to our recycling program. Curbside Collection of recycling will now be on Mondays and Tuesday only. Please check the schedule for your street to determine which days and area is your collection day. There are four areas, #'s 1, 2, 3, and 4. All recycling shall be placed at the curb by 7:00 a.m.
All glass (clear, green, and brown), Aluminum and bi-metal (tin) cans, plastic and aseptic packaging (juice boxes, etc) may now be placed together in one container. It is no longer necessary to "separate" these materials.
Plastic Collection Change
All plastics, #1 through 7, will now be collected.
Plastic food containers should be rinsed and cleaned of debris prior to being set out for collection.
PLEASE DO NOT USE CONTAINERS LARGER THAN 30 GALLONS.
(It may be necessary to use more than one container depending on the amount of recycling you place out for collection).
Suburban Disposal (Roselle) performs garbage collection in the Borough of Allendale under a contract with the municipality. The contractor collects garbage from both the East and West sides of the borough. The NJ Transit Railroad divides the borough in half. Report missed collections to Borough Hall at (201) 818-4400 ext. 200.
West Side Garbage: is collected on Mondays.
East Side Garbage: is collected on Tuesdays.
Holidays
Garbage Collection Holidays follow the same format as the Recycling Holidays. Whenever there is a "Municipal Holiday" collections will be made the NEXT DAY throughout the week!
For example, if a holiday falls on a Monday, the Monday collection will be made on Tuesday. Tuesday collection will be made on Wednesday, etc. This format will follow for that entire week.
Municipal Holidays that will affect garbage collection are: New Years Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Columbus Day and Christmas Day
Bulky Trash Collections: Bulky Trash collections on the east side are the first Wednesday of each month. Bulky Trash collections on the west side are on the second Wednesday of each month.
Cardboard & Scrap Metal Collections: Cardboard is collected on the THIRD Wednesday of each month. Scrap Metal is collected on the FOURTH Wednesday of each month.
IMPORTANT NOTE: On occasion there are 5 Wednesdays within a month. There are NO collection on the FIFTH Wednesday.
Inclement Weather
Every attempt is made to collect during inclement weather. Although the weather may disrupt or delay collections the contractor is required to collect garbage.
Please remember that it is the responsibility of each property owner to be sure that the contractor has access to your collection point. All snow and ice should be removed or treated so they can collect it safely!
To find out what streets are east or west of the railroad tracks, click on the links below that coincided with that side. To find out what streets are in an area that is east or west, click on the link to that area.
East of Railroad Tracks West of Railroad Tracks
Area 1 Area 3
Area 2 Area 4
The compost (dump) area is open on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. from April till December. Please have your permit ready to show the DPW employee.
Compost (dump) permits can be purchased at the Borough Hall between the hours 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. There is a fee of $30 for the permit. Checks should be made out to the Borough of Allendale.
The Borough no longer accepts material from landscape companies or landscape contractors.
300 West Crescent Avenue
Magazine, junk mail and office paper, car and small truck tires, used clothing and textiles and automobile batteries will still be collected for recycling
Household batteries are no longer accepted as they no longer contain mercury.
BULKY TRASH CAN NOT BE DROPPED OFF AT THE RECYCLING CENTER. IT CAN ONLY BE PICKED UP CURBSIDE ON YOUR SCHEDULED DAY.
WE DO NOT ACCEPT NEWSPAPERS OR SCRAP METAL AT THE DROP-OFF SITE.
The items listed above are only available to be brought to the Drop-off Site. The site is open on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. from January 7th until March 24th. Beginning on March 31st, the Drop-off site is open on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m. and Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please note that these hours could be changed during the year; please check the Borough website for updates. Please call (201) 818-4400 ext. 100 with questions.
All items acceptable for the home curbside recycling pickup are also acceptable for the drop-off site with the exception of newspapers and scrap metal.
Newspapers must be tied with string or twine and made into bundles no higher than 12 to 15 inches high and weighing no more than 25 pounds. DO NOT PUT NEWSPAPERS INTO BROWN PAPER BAGS. Only newspapers and their inserts will be collected. All other materials found within the newspapers will be left at the curb.
January 7
February 11
March 31
May 12
June 23
July 21
September 8
October 13
December 1
Residents may also drop off their newspapers at the far end of the Eastside NJ Transit parking lo, behind the A&P complex between 8:00 a.m. and 12 noon on the dates listed above.
AS A REMINDER OF NEWSPAPER COLLECTION DAYS, SIGNS WILL BE POSTED ON EACH OF THE TRAIN OVERPASSES, THE BOROUGH HALL AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO SATURDAY COLLECTION.