Union County Review

The Union County Board of Commissioners would like to remind you of several free recycling events coming up in July.   

Union County’s Scrap Metal Recycling program will continue on Thursday, July7th and Saturday, July 16th.   There are two (2) locations in Union County for residents to drop off their metal for recycling, one in Cranford and one in Rahway.  The location of the Cranford drop-off is the Emergency Services/ Traffic Enforcement facility located at 151 Kenilworth Boulevard.  The Rahway drop-off is located at the Rahway Service Yard located in Rahway River Park off of St. Georges Avenue.  The program is open from 9 am to 12 pm.  Residents can drop off old appliances, microwaves, air conditioners, and metal lawn furniture, to name a few.  

Union County’s 2022 Paper Shredding Events will continue in July.  There will be one shredding event in July.  It will be held on Thursday, July 7th at Rahway River Park (in the lot adjacent to Park Service Yard off St. Georges Avenue).

The next Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) event of 2022 will take place on Sunday, August 7th.  It will take place at the Union County Vo-Tech, which is located at 1776 Raritan Road in Scotch Plains.  The event will be held in the Police Academy Lot.  The event will be held from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm.  Items for drop off include old pesticides & herbicides, pool chemicals, gasoline, oil-based paints and deck stain full and empty propane cylinders, and more.  Latex Paint/Acrylic/Enamel (wall paint) is water-based and is NOT ACCEPTED.  It should be dried out and discarded in with your regular garbage.  This event is drive-up only.  

Please visit www.ucnj.org/recycling for more information or directions.  

Please download the Recycle Coach app to get the latest information and reminders about county recycling events.3

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