Great Northern Recycling Co.

Hotline: 1-888-REUSE4U (1-888-738-7348)

Call this number if your recyclables are not picked up. Do not call the Public Works Department.

There will be NO GARBAGE PICKUP on the following holidays, it will be picked up on your next regularly scheduled day:

Date:

NORTH SIDE OF TOWN
Wednesday, April 16th (Until Completed)
Wednesday, September 10th (Until Completed)

SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN
Wednesday, April 23rd (Until Completed)
Wednesday, September 17th (Until Completed)

Collections will be conducted by the City of Rahway on behalf of Kenilworth.

The City of Rahway will be responsible for the collection of general household clean-up (Type 13 bulky waste) including the following materials: furniture, toys, storm windows, car tires (without rims), rugs, storm doors, doors, clothing, windows, wood fencing, lawn furniture and carpeting. Every effort must be made to properly and safely containerize or bundle materials for collection wherever possible.

There is no bulky waste dropoff at the Borough Yard. Only recyclable material may be dropped at the yard.

Yard hours are 7am -2:30pm Monday through Friday.

Grass clippings will be picked up on a regular basis, starting April 4^th through October, only. Grass clippings must be placed in a covered 32 gallon trash receptacle only. Grass clippings or any other type of vegetative matter placed in bags will not be picked up. DO NOT mix any brush (branches, tree parts) with grass. It will be left until separated.

Brush (branches, tree parts) will be picked up every Wednesday. Bruch must be bundled and tied in three-foot sections. SMALL TWIGS ONLY may be placed in a 32 gallon trash receptacle. Do not mix any other material with brush.  Brush WILL NOT be picked up during the months of November and December. Brush pick-up will commence the first Wednesday of January 2008.

Residents will be charged a fee of $25.00 per unit for disposal of stoves, washer machines, water heaters and dryers. Also, the fee applies to refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, dehumidifiers or any item containing freon or other refrigerants are required by federal clean air act to have refrigerants recycled, therefore the borough finds it necessary to charge residents a fee of $25.00 per unit to cover the cost of this requirement. The fee must be paid at the borough clerks office 567 Boulevard, prior to the pick-up of the unit. Refrigerator doors must be removed before being placed at curbside for pickup. Pickup will take place every third Friday of the month beginning March 21th 2008 and ending October 17, 2008.  Residents must pay for disposal fee one week prior to scheduled pick-up. DO NOT PLACE WHITE GOODS OUT FOR BULKY WASTE PICKUP. Items that are not placed at curbside the day of the scheduled pickup will be rescheduled for the following month. Items must be placed at curbside after 5pm on the night before a scheduled pickup.

Borough residents are required to register and receive an I.D. sticker to be placed on their vehicle from the public works department for the purpose of dropping RECYCLABLE MATERIALS ONLY off at the public works yard. Proof of residency is required at the time of registration. Any vehicle without I.D. sticker will be turned away from the yard.

Hours for drop off are Monday through Friday 7A.M. - 2:30 P.M. ONLY. Residents are required to sign in at the office and have items to be dropped off checked. Bulky waste, grass, brush, leaves, etc are no longer accepted at the Borough Yard.

The Borough of Kenilworth's Leaf Collection Program will commence operation on or about November 3rd, and will cease on or about December 7th. Leaf removal and disposal is a huge undertaking, the successful completion of which is dependent upon the cooperation of each homeowner.

Starting December 8, 2008 through January 9, 2009, all leaves must be placed in a covered 32 gallon trash receptacle and may be placed at curbside for pick-up. Leaves will not be picked up after January 31, 2009.

Leaves must be raked onto the street, leaving a space between the curb and leaves to allow for drainage. Residents who do not wish to rake their leaves to the curb may put them in a covered 32 gallon trash receptable placed at curbside. Do not rake leaf pile(s) onto or around any handicap-designated areas or fire hydrants. Do not rake leaf pile(s) onto streets where they will impede traffic or cover any painted street markings, i.e., crosswalks, stop-bars and lettering. Leaves MUST NOT CONTAIN branches, shrub clippings, or other foreign matter. DO NOT RAKE LEAVES INTO OR ON TOP OF STORM WATER CATCH BASINS. In addition, do not bag leaves for street pick-up.

Three working units will be collecting leaves within individual districts in an orderly, pre-determined pattern. Because adherence to these patterns is the only effective method of assuring a fair and successful operation, it is requested that residents not rake their leaves into the street immediately after the collectors have passed. As always, all leaves will eventually be collected. Therefore, REPEATED TELEPHONE CALLS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS WILL NOT GET THE JOB DONE ANY FASTER. Residents living along the Boulevard and Michigan Avenue should be aware that their curbside leaf removal is done by the Union County Department of Public Works.

Grass and Brush Pick Up

Grass clippings will be picked up on a regular basis, starting April 1 through October only. Grass clippings must be placed in a covered 32 gallon trash receptacle only. DO NOT MIX any brush (branches, tree parts) with grass.

Brush will be picked up every Wednesday. Brush must be bundled and tied in three-foot sections. Small twigs may be placed in a 32 gallon trash receptacle. Brush will not be picked up during the months of November and December. Brush pickup will commence the first Wednesday of January 2009.

YOUR COOPERATION IS GREATLY APPRECIATED
In order to prevent the possibility of fire, do not park vehicles on leaves that area piled in the street.

Borough code chapter 106.7 states: No items, i.e., garbage, clean up, recyclables etc., are to be placed at curbside before 5:00 P.M. on the night before regularly scheduled pick up. This code will be enforced, and you will be subject to the fines and penalties of the code if it is not adhered to.

KEEP KENILWORTH CLEAN

Public Works Department

Main Number - 276-5073
Information - 276-3105
Fax 272-4901