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BCUA hazardous waste collection CANCELED

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The Fair Lawn Recycling Division announces the following updated information regarding recycling and hazardous waste collections.

The Bergen County Utilities Authority has CANCELED their May 9th household hazardous waste collection. Please do NOT discard of your hazardous waste in the garbage or recycling.

The Fair Lawn Recycling Center will reopen on Monday, May 11th, during regular business hours. Please remember to continue social distancing and wear a mask while at the center. Staff will not be permitted to assist you in unloading your vehicle. Clothing drop off will not be permitted until our vendors reopen their containers. We are accepting plastic toys at the center. Please visit secondchancetoys.org for more information on the program.

Curbside recycling of scrap metal, appliances and electronics will resume on Monday, May 11th. Residents MUST have an appointment for the collection. You may call 201-794-5341 or e-mail recycling@fairlawn.org to make the appointment. Residents may also drop this material off at the Recycling Center once it is open.

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September announcements from the Fair Lawn DPW

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Handbook Correction
The original recycling handbook for 2018 had an error in Section 4. Recycling collection for Section 4 remains on Thursday. Please disregard the incorrect information in the handbook. A corrected version of the handbook is available to download from the Borough website: www.fairlawn.org. (Direct link:http://fairlawn.org/filestorage/355/357/438/440/2018_Recycling_Handbook.pdf) 

Litter Clean Up Volunteers Needed:
The Recycling Division will be holding its final 2018 litter clean up event on Saturday, September 15thfrom 9 AM to Noon. Volunteers are required to wear long pants and closed toed shoes. Volunteers must register by Wednesday, September 12th by calling 201-794-5341 or e-mailing recycling@fairlawn.org. Volunteers will be served lunch at the conclusion of the event.

Household Hazardous Waste Collection:
The Bergen County Utilities Authority will be holding a household hazardous waste collection at the Bergen County Campgaw Mountain Reservation, 200 Campgaw Road, Mahwah, NJ on Saturday, September 8th from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, rain or shine. This program is FREE for Bergen County residents. For more information visit www.bcua.org. 

Recycling Reminder – Cardboard / Paper
Residents and businesses are reminded to not put Styrofoam, wood or other garbage in the boxes. These are contaminants and will cause the Borough to incur penalties at the recycling market and possible rejection of the truck load. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Fair Lawn Boro summer 2018 hours for services and buildings

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Municipal Building Summer Hours: Monday through Thursday from 8:00am to 5:30pm Municipal Building Offices will close Fridays from July 2 through August 31, 2018.

Summer Hours for other Fair Lawn facilities:

Fair Lawn Senior Center (201-796-1191)
Monday to Friday – 8:00am to 4:00pm
Saturdays – 10:30am to 3:30pm
Sundays – 12 Noon to 3:00pm

Fair Lawn Community Center (201-794-5372 or 201-796-6746)
Monday to Friday – 6:30am to 9:00pm
Saturdays & Sundays – 9:00am to 5:00pm

Memorial Pool (201-794-5370)
Open Friday, June 22 to Monday, September 3
10:00am to 8:00pm 7 days a week, weather permitting

Fair Lawn Public Works Complex (Saddle River Road)
Monday to Friday – 7:00am to 3:15pm
Saturdays – 9:00am to 12:45pm
Sundays – 12 Noon to 3:45pm

Maurice M. Pine Free Public Library (201-796-3400)
Mondays – 10:00am to 9:00pm
Tuesdays – 10:00am to 9:00pm
Wednesdays – 10:00am to 9:00pm
Thursdays – 10:00am to 9:00pm
Fridays – 10:00am to 5:00pm
Saturdays – 9:00am to 5:00pm
Sundays – Closed July to Labor Day

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2017-18 New Year’s Holiday schedule for Fair Lawn Borough offices and garbage/recycling collection

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The New Year’s Holiday schedule for Fair Lawn Borough offices and garbage/recycling collection as follows:

Saturday, December 30 2017
Recycling Center open 9 AM to 1 PM

Sunday, December 31 2017
Recycling Center open from Noon to 4 PM

Monday, January 1 2018
Borough offices are closed
Recycling Center is closed
NO Garbage collection
NO Recycling collection

Tuesday, January 2 2018
Garbage collection in Sections 3 & 4
Bottles & cans collection in Section 1 & 5

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Small construction material pickup from Fair Lawn homes week of Oct. 23

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Construction garbage
Source: Wikipedia
The Fair Lawn garbage contractor, Cali Carting, will be collecting small amounts of construction material on garbage day during the week of October 23rd. This will be the second and final construction collection for 2017. This collection does NOT require an appointment. Place the material at the curb on your designated day.

Construction materials permissible for collection are wood, tile, sheet rock, toilets, sinks, cabinets, counters, doors, windows, molding and other items that are part of the house or affixed to it. This collection excludes hazardous materials including asbestos containing items, dirt, rock, stone, concrete, brick or block. Recyclables, including metal items, must be recycled and will not be collected.

Each house is limited to four (4) 32-gallon containers, not weighing more than 50 pounds each or the equivalent, to be placed out for this collection. Small pieces must be tied or contained. Businesses and contractors are not permitted to place construction materials at the curb.

Section 1 – Wednesday, 10/25
Section 2 – Thursday, 10/26
Section 3 – Monday, 10/23
Section 4 – Tuesday, 10/24
Section 5 – Friday, 10/27

Disposal options for construction material are listed on page 5 of the 2017 Recycling and Garbage Handbook.

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Clean up Fair Lawn on Saturday May 20 to help our town and the oceans

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10 things to do to keep trash out of oceans
Source: oceanconservancy.org
We don’t think about it much, but Fair Lawn is bordered by bodies of water on both of our east and west borders: the Saddle River that runs between Fair Lawn and Paramus and the Passaic River that separates us from Passaic County. Those waterways connect with the Atlantic Ocean, so it’s especially important that we clean up debris and litter. We not only beautify our town by doing so but we protect the oceans from the increasing amount of plastic that ends up being consumed by marine life and eventually making its way into our tummies.

The Fair Lawn Recycling Division will be holding it’s second 2017 Litter Clean Up event on May 20th from 8:45 AM to 12:15 PM at the Fair Lawn Recycling office located at 20-05 Saddle River Road, Fair Lawn, NJ. Volunteers are needed to help clean up litter and debris in Fair Lawn as part of the State wide Clean Communities program. Volunteers are provided with gloves, bags and transportation to the locations and lunch will be served at the conclusion of the event.

To register call 201-794-5341 or e-mail recycling@fairlawn.org.

Volunteers must register at least five days prior to the event to assure adequate transportation and supplies. The bus will leave the Recycling office at 9:00 AM sharp. Volunteers are required to wear long pants and closed toed shoes for the event for safety reasons. This even does count as 3 hours of community service time for school graduation requirements, religious school community service and other community service requirements

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Construction materials collection on garbage day week of May 8

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The Borough of Fair Lawn garbage contractor, Cali Carting, will be collecting small amounts of construction materials on garbage day during the week of May 8th. Small amounts are defined as four (4) thirty-two (32) gallon containers not weighing more than 40 pounds each or the equivalent. There is not need to call for this service, just put it out with your garbage on the designated day. The next construction material collection will be in October.

Construction material includes sheet rock, lumber, toilets, cabinetry, windows, doors and other items that are part of construction.

This special collection DOES NOT include hazardous waste such as paint and chemicals, recyclables, concrete, brick, block, stone, asphalt, dirt or rocks.

The collection dates for each section are as follows:
Section 1 – Wednesday, May 10th
Section 2 – Thursday, May 11th
Section 3 – Monday, May 8th
Section 4 – Tuesday, May 9th
Section 5 – Friday, May 12th