Backyard composting is allowed and encouraged. The Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority (MCMUA) runs two vegetative-waste compost facilities and gives residents free compost and mulch, up to 2 cubic yards per year per address.
The MCMUA operates the county's official recycling and solid-waste program. It runs vegetative-waste compost facilities in Mount Olive (Waterloo Road) and Parsippany (500 West Hanover Avenue), where leaves, grass, and brush are recycled into compost and mulch. Residents may take free unscreened compost and double-ground wood mulch on a first-come, first-served basis, limited to 2 cubic yards per year per address. Backyard composting of yard and food scraps is permitted and encouraged statewide; New Jersey mandatory source-separation recycling under N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.11 makes leaves a designated recyclable that must be kept out of the trash. Curbside leaf and yard-waste collection is run by each municipality.
Putting leaves/yard waste in with regular trash can violate municipal mandatory-recycling ordinances (fines set locally). Facility limits (2 cubic yards) are enforced by the MCMUA.
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Morris County, NJ
Morris County Park Commission parks close at sunset unless otherwise posted, and all visitors must leave by closing time. Pets must be leashed and are barred...
Morris County, NJ
Neither Morris County nor New Jersey has a statewide light-trespass law. Whether spillover light onto a neighbor's property is prohibited depends on your mun...
Morris County, NJ
New Jersey has no statewide dark-sky or outdoor-lighting law, and Morris County does not regulate residential lighting. Any full-cutoff fixture, shielding, o...
Morris County, NJ
Morris County does not regulate garage-sale signs. Your town's ordinance controls where you may post them, how big they can be, how long they may stay up, an...
Morris County, NJ
Displaying political signs on your own property in Morris County is protected free speech under the U.S. and NJ constitutions. Towns may set reasonable, cont...
Morris County, NJ
Morris County does not have tiny-home rules. Whether a tiny house is allowed as a dwelling depends on your municipality's zoning (minimum lot and floor-area ...
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