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  • Greg Basile

  • Public Works Manager
  • home icon 732 Broadway
  •       West Cape May, NJ 08204
  • phone icon (609) 884-1005 x 116
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  • Staff

  • Bill Isaac, Laborer
  • Charles Fox, Laborer
  • Bill Keller, Laborer

  • Office Hours

  • Monday - Friday
  • 8:00am - 3:00pm

  • Documents

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The Borough of West Cape May Department of Public Works is a multidimentional workforce that has a broad range of functions.  Divisions within the Department of Public Works are: Facilities, Grounds, Roads, Snow & Ice Control, Fleet Maintenance, Community Services.

How Do I Dispose of ... ?

Click Here for a link to the Cape May County MUA's online portal to assist with instructions on how to dispose of certain items!

Trash & Recycling Information                               
Borough Hall Recycling Facility
Open: Monday - Friday between 7:30am and 2:45pm

Trash and Recycling Collection provided by Pineland Construction, LLC (effective January 1, 2021)
Contact: Bob Webster (609) 425-8564
 
Trash and Recycling is collected every Wednesday. Items should be curbside by 7:00am
 
Please Note:
  • All trash and recycle containers should be curbside by 7:00am
  • All single stream recycling should be in containers of 20 gallons or less
  • Cardboard boxes must be broken down
  • Loose paper must be in a paper bag
 
Single Stream Recycling
Recycling is now easier than ever! Single Stream Recycling includes: cardboard, magazines, news and other paper, plastic, steel (tin), aluminum and glass containers which can all be placed in ONE recycling container.
 
Please DO NOT place your recyclables in plastic bags, as this slows down the processing and gets stuck in the recycling machinery.
 
Recycle Right: Only empty, clean and dry loose bottles, jugs, jars, and containers (without lids) and never place recyclables in plastic bags.  For additional, item specific information visit the CMCMUA website's Waste Wizard.

Changes to Cape May County's Single Stream Recycling Program
Effective October 1, 2019
Recycling programs across the country and around the world are at a crossroad due to contamination and the changing marketplace. Effective October 1, 2019, shredded paper and bulky mixed rigid paper (non-bottle items larger than 2.5 gallons) will be disposed of as trash.
 
  pdf Click Here for the updated Single Stream Recycling Brochure
  pdf Click Here  for an article posted by the Ocean City Sentinal
 
Residential Organic Waste Curbside Pickup         **Complimentary Sample Waste Bags - Limited to 1 bundle at a time per household **
Provided by West Cape May Public Works -proudly serving our community-
 
WHAT: Organic Waste, such as grass, leaves, plant materials and branches/sticks smaller than 1/2 inch
Larger branches may be brought to the Borough Recycling Center during regular business hours.
 
WHEN: Every Monday (effective January 1, 2020)
 
HOW: Waste must be in PAPER biodegradable bags and be placed curbside by 7am
(sample, complimentary bags available at Borough Hall, while supplies last - additional bags available at local hardware stores)
 
LIMITS: Bags cannot exceed 40 pounds and cannot contain invasive species such as bamboo or phragmites.
No soil or concrete allowed in the bags. Plastic bags prohibited. No commercial landscaping waste is allowed.
 
QUESTIONS? Contact the Borough's Public Works Department at (609) 884-1005 ext 116
 
A landscape waste receptacle is available behind Borough Hall.
BULK TRASH PICKUP
Collected the THIRD WEDNESDAY of May and October
 
INCLUDES: furniture, mattresses, boards, tied tree limbs and pieces of wood (not more than 5' in length, not more than 50 pounds).
 
NOT INCLUDED: tree stumps, cast iron, metal products (including grills), demolition/construction material, cars or car parts, TV sets, computers, white items (such as refrigerators, sinks, etc).
 
Questions? Contact Pineland Construction, Bob Webster at (609) 425-8564




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