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New Jersey

Pop = Population
HH = Households
RSD = Rate Structure Design
SD = Start Date
CT = Container Type

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State Solid Waste Program
Solid and Hazardous Waste Program
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
PO Box 414
401 East State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone: (609) 984-6880
Fax: (609) 984-6874
Web site Exit EPA

= Information from Unit-Based Pricing in the United States: A Tally of Communities, M.L. Mirando, Duke University, 1999.
= Information provided by states or communities since 1999.


Community Pop HH RSD SD CT
Bedminister 7,086 3,449 fully variable June 1993 can
Boonton 8,343 3,126 multi-tier Jan 1994 can
Bound Brook 10,000 3,641 multi-tier July 1990 tag
10,155 2,295 60 free bags
Branchburg 10,888 3,746 fully variable June 1993 can
Chatham Borough 8,007 3,129 additional base tax 1992 tag
8,460 2,700 fully variable
Chester Borough 5,958 1,891 additional base tax July 1990 tag
7,282 2,500 fully variable
Clinton Township 10,816 3,411 fully variable 1993 can
Delaware 4,512 1,601 no info no info no info
Dover Township 76,371 27,340 multi-tier May 1991 can
15,824 2 free cans/week tag
East Amwell 4,332 1,493 fully variable 1993 can
Elk Township 3,806 1,245 no info pre-1992 no info
Far Hills 657 249 fully variable June 1993 can
Flemington Borough 4,000 1,805 multi-tier Jan 1992 tag
4,200 2 tags (4 bags/week)
Franklin     fully variable 1993 can
Franklin Borough 4,977 1,811 multi-tier pre-1992 bag
Glen Gardner 1,650 710 multi-tier 1989 tag
Hampton Borough 1,550 569 multi-tier pre-1992 tag
High Bridge Borough 3,886 1,390 multi-tier 1988 tag
Hillsborough 28,806 10,149 fully variable June 1993 can
Holland Township 4,890 1,742 fully variable 1993 can
Kearney 34,874 12,513 no info pre-1992 no info
Kingwood 3,325 1,171 fully variable 1993 can
Lambertville 3,927 1,703 no info pre-1992 no info
Lebanon Township 1,036 421 fully variable 1993 can
Manville 10,567 4,125 no info pre-1992 no info
Mendham Township 4,500 1,685 fully variable April 1992 tag
5,400 1,500 1 can/week
Midland Park Borough 7,047 2,556 additional base tax 1991 tag
Millstone 450 173 fully variable June 1993 can
Mount Arlington Borough 3,630 1,298 additional base tax May 1991 tag
Mountain Lakes 3,847 1,222 additional base tax Sep 1994 bag
Mt. Olive 21,282 7,983 multi-tier 1992 tag
Peapack/Gladstone 2,111 777 fully variable June 1993 can
Pennsville Township 13,794 5,219 additional base tax 1988 tag
Plumsted Township 6,005 2,109 fully variable Dec 1991 can
Randolph 19,974 6,884 multi-tier 1993 can
Raritan Township 5,798 2,311 fully variable no info can
Readington Township 13,400 4,618 fully variable July 1989 tag
15,803 5,444
Rockleigh 391 66 fully variable pre-1999 tag
Somerville Borough 11,632 4,498 no info pre-1992 no info
12,423 2,681 4 free bags or can/week tag
South Bound Brook Borough 4,185 1,578 no info pre-1992 no info
4,492 2 free cans/week tag
Tewksbury 4,803 1,659 fully variable 1993 can
Union 50,024 18,820 fully variable no info can
Washington Borough 6,474 2,543 multi-tier Jan 1992 can
Washington Township 10,000 3,073 additional base tax 1992 bag
West Amwell 2,251 844 fully variable 1993 can
Westwood Borough 10,446 4,073 multi-tier 1993 tag
Woodstown Borough 3,154 1,292 fully variable 1992 bag
3,136 1,200

Number of programs from 1999 study: 47

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