Solid Waste

Our normal operating hours are:

Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Saturday, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon, Closed on Sunday.

Landfill

The landfill comprises 75 acres and each day handles up to 550 tons of solid waste generated in Cumberland County. It has received recognition as the Best Class B Landfill in North America.


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Pretreatment Facility


This facility treats leachate from the landfill before it is transported to the Sewerage Treatment Plant in Bridgeton. It makes the Solid Waste Complex one of only two closed-loop systems throughout the state.


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Tire Shedder

The Cumberland County Improvement Authority has identified several beneficial uses for the tire chips that result from the shredding of tires on-site. The tire shedder has two 100-horse powered electric motors that provide hydraulic power to shred the county’s tires. This unit can process up to 1,800 car tires per hour and reduces the tires into 3” x 6” shreds. Tire shreds will be used at the toe of slope on active cells as a drainage medium to facilitate the percolation of storm water to the Leachate Collection System. This will help to prevent the formation of mosquito colonies.
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Scrap Tires

For further information on Scrap Tires, please visit the State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection’s website at
http://www.state.nj.us/recyclenj.