The BCUA will be updating this section of the website on a periodic basis to provide current information regarding the Bergen County 2024 Revised Solid Waste System and Flow Control

 
 
 
Revised Bergen County Solid Waste Disposal System

On August 4, 2023 the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection certified the enclosed March 1, 2023 Bergen County District Solid Waste Management Plan establishing a revised solid waste system for Bergen County. In accordance with this Plan Amendment Certification, Bergen County will implement a solid waste flow control system utilizing a competitive contracting process for the provision of disposal services as a concession.

Commencing January 1, 2024 all solid waste generated within Bergen County must be disposed of at a designated Disposal Facility. Disposal Facility is defined as permitted solid waste landfill, resource recovery facility, material recovery facility and solid waste transfer station. 

The BCUA intends to enter into agreements with Disposal Facilities for the acceptance of Bergen County solid waste. Those Disposal Facilities that respond to the competitive contracting bid solicitation will be scored on a pass/fail basis. Disposal Facilities that meet the following criteria will be included in the Solid Waste Plan as authorized Disposal Facilities:

a. The Disposal Facility consents to enter into an Agreement with BCUA to accept solid waste generated within the District. The Agreement will contain the following terms:
i. The Disposal Facility may charge any solid waste disposal fees in accordance with any and all applicable federal, state or local statutes and regulations governing the disposal fees.
ii. BCUA will not regulate the Disposal Facility’s fee (tipping fee).
iii. The Disposal Facility collecting solid waste generated within the District will be required to provide to BCUA a written report each calendar month identifying the origin and tonnage of solid waste being accepted for disposal by the Disposal Facility, including a detailed breakdown of solid waste disposed of at the Disposal Facility by each municipality and/or each individual hauler. The monthly written report must consist of hauler and/or generator summaries based upon certified weights and is to be submitted to BCUA on or before the 15th of the calendar month immediately following the reporting calendar month. This obligation can be satisfied by submission of the written report generated by the Disposal Facility pursuant to and as required by N.J.A.C. 7:26-2.13(e), or by any other similar submission.
iv. The Disposal Facility agrees to remit to BCUA a flat per-ton Service Fee, which shall be calculated by the BCUA, in accordance with the Municipal and County Utilities Authorities Law, N.J.S.A. 40:14B-1 et seq.
v. The Disposal Facility consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New Jersey by entering into the Agreement.

Any solid waste hauler engaged in the transport of solid waste generated within Bergen County must engage the services of a Disposal Facility that is part of the Solid Waste Plan. Any in-state Disposal Facility that is not part of the Solid Waste Plan but accepts solid waste generated within the District, or any solid waste hauler who transports solid waste generated within the District and fails to transport that waste to a Disposal Facility that is part of the Solid Waste Plan will be subject to enforcement action as detailed in the Plan Amendment. This means that any solid waste hauler who transports solid waste generated within Bergen County to a Disposal Facility that is not included in the Solid Waste Plan will be subject to enforcement action. 
 
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