Tire Recycling in East Brunswick, NJ

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• Middlesex County 2026 Recycling and Solid Waste Guide (posted by Woodbridge Township) (opens in new tab) · Middlesex County Division of Solid Waste Management
  • Middlesex County residents (not businesses) can recycle up to four automobile or light truck tires a month, with or without rims, at four county locations. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The county tire sites include the East Brunswick Recycling Center (357 Dunhams Corner Road), the Plainsboro Conservation Center, the Sayreville Recycling Center (Fort Grumpy, 3750 Bordentown Avenue) and Woodbridge Public Works (225 Smith Street, Keasbey). Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Woodbridge Public Works, 225 Smith Street, Keasbey, is one of the four county tire recycling sites. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The East Brunswick Recycling Center, 357 Dunhams Corner Road, is one of the four county tire recycling sites; the county guide lists its tire hours as Monday–Saturday 7:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Woodbridge Township: The Convenience and Recycling Center (opens in new tab) · Woodbridge Township Department of Public Works
  • The center is for Woodbridge Township residents only, with proof of residency; no commercial or out-of-state vehicles. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Borough of Sayreville 2025 Recycling & Sanitation Guide (opens in new tab) · Borough of Sayreville
  • Proof of residency is required per vehicle; no contractors, landscapers or businesses. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Auto tires, limit 4, rims accepted. Checked October 26, 2026.
• East Brunswick Township: Solid Waste & Recycling (opens in new tab) · Township of East Brunswick
  • Recycling Center guidelines: East Brunswick residents only with proper ID; residential materials only. Checked October 26, 2026.
• P.L.2007, c.347: Electronic Waste Management Act (as enacted) (opens in new tab) · New Jersey Legislature
  • Under the Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act (P.L.1987, c.102, as amended), each county adopts a district recycling plan to implement the State Recycling Plan goals. Checked October 17, 2026 (automated check).
  • Each county plan designates the materials every municipality must source separate: leaves plus at least three other recyclable materials. The statute does not name a fixed statewide list beyond leaves. Checked October 17, 2026 (automated check).
  • Municipalities adopt recycling ordinances under the county plan and may limit collection of designated recyclables to set hours. Checked October 17, 2026 (automated check).
  • Statutory targets: recycle at least 50% of the municipal solid waste stream and 60% of the total solid waste stream (by 1995). Checked October 17, 2026 (automated check).
• P.L.2004, c.46: New motor vehicle tire fee and Local Tire Management Program (opens in new tab) · New Jersey Legislature
  • Since August 1, 2004, buyers pay a $1.50 fee on each new motor vehicle tire sold in a sale subject to NJ sales tax. Checked October 17, 2026 (automated check).
  • Recapped tires are not new motor vehicle tires, so the fee does not apply to them. Checked October 17, 2026 (automated check).
  • DEP runs a Local Tire Management Program to clean up abandoned tire piles and give grants to counties and municipalities for that cleanup; it is not a consumer drop-off program. Checked October 17, 2026 (automated check).
• NJ Division of Taxation: Motor Vehicle Tire Fee (opens in new tab) · New Jersey Department of the Treasury, Division of Taxation
  • The Division of Taxation says the tire fee is $1.50 per tire, including a spare sold with a vehicle and new tires sold with repair or maintenance service. Checked October 17, 2026 (automated check).
  • Tire fee revenue goes to the Tire Management and Cleanup Fund in DEP. Checked October 17, 2026 (automated check).
• N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.60 Dry Cell Battery Management Act: findings, declarations (opens in new tab) · New Jersey Legislature (Office of Legislative Services)
  • The Dry Cell Battery Management Act requires counties to include used dry cell battery collection in their existing household hazardous waste collection programs. Checked October 25, 2026 (automated check).

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