Residents in the northern section of Bayville will soon be receiving large recycling Robo-Cans, a move Mayor Carmen F. Amato Jr. hopes will boost recyling efforts in Berkeley.
The township launched a pilot program in Bayville back in 2012 in several small areas of Bayville. The township recently received a $7,500 recycling grant from the county which will be put towards the purchase of additonal Robo-Cans,Amato said at a recent Township Council meeting.
While the original plan called for a five-year phase in of the program, plans are already ahead of schedule, he said.
Many residents in the southern portions of Bayville already have the cans.
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"The next section is Berkeley Shores," Amato said.
It costs Ocean County municipalities who use the Ocean County Landfill $81 a ton in tipping fees. So any recyclables removed from the waste stream help save the township money, he said
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Ocean County went to single-stream recycling several years ago, which means that all recyclables can be placed in a single container for pickup and don't need to be sorted.
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