Recycling Centers in New Jersey
406 recycling locations in 198 cities. Choose a city to see hours, what each center accepts, and who pays cash.
New Jersey at a glance: 298 recycling centers, 68 scrap yards, 33 electronics recyclers, 5 household hazardous waste facilities, 2 transfer stations. New Jersey has no statewide bottle deposit, so scrap yards are the main way to get paid for cans and metal.
Top cities for recycling in New Jersey
- Newark29 locations
- Paterson17 locations
- Camden14 locations
- Clifton9 locations
- Lakewood8 locations
- Elizabeth7 locations
- Trenton7 locations
- Toms River6 locations
- Hillsborough6 locations
- Pennsauken6 locations
- Jersey City5 locations
- Edison5 locations
- New Brunswick5 locations
- Hackensack5 locations
- Kearny5 locations
- Tinton Falls5 locations
- Egg Harbor Twp5 locations
- Vineland4 locations
- North Bergen4 locations
- Roselle4 locations
- Hawthorne4 locations
- Carlstadt4 locations
- Union3 locations
- Jackson3 locations
All New Jersey cities
- Allendale 2
- Andover 2
- Atlantic City 1
- Avenel 1
- Barnegat 1
- Barrington 1
- Belleville 1
- Bellmawr 1
- Belmar 1
- Belvidere 1
- Bergenfield 1
- Berlin 2
- Bernards Twp 1
- Blairstown 2
- Bloomfield 2
- Boonton 1
- Branchburg 1
- Brick 2
- Bridgewater 2
- Browns Mills 1
- Burlington 2
- Byram Township 1
- Camden 14
- Cape May Court House 3
- Carlstadt 4
- Carteret 1
- Cedar Grove 1
- Cedar Knolls 1
- Cherry Hill 1
- Cinnaminson 2
- Clark 1
- Clifton 9
- Clinton 1
- Closter 1
- Columbia 1
- Dennis Twp 1
- Denville 1
- Deptford 1
- Dover 2
- East Brunswick 3
- East Hanover 1
- Edison 5
- Egg Harbor City 1
- Egg Harbor Township 2
- Egg Harbor Twp 5
- Elizabeth 7
- Elmwood Park 2
- Ewing 2
- Ewing Twp 1
- Fairfield 2
- Fair Lawn 1
- Fanwood 1
- Flemington 3
- Florham Park 1
- Franklin 1
- Franklin Twp 1
- Franklinville 1
- Freehold 2
- Galloway Twp 1
- Garfield 1
- Garwood 1
- Glassboro 1
- Glen Rock 1
- Hackensack 5
- Haddon Twp 1
- Hainesport 2
- Hamilton 2
- Hamilton Twp 2
- Hasbrouck Heights 1
- Hawthorne 4
- Hazlet 1
- Hillsborough 6
- Hillside 2
- Howell 1
- Howell Twp 1
- Irvington 1
- Jackson 3
- Jersey City 5
- Kearny 5
- Keasbey 1
- Lafayette 1
- Lake Hopatcong 2
- Lakewood 8
- Lambertville 2
- Ledgewood 1
- Lincoln Park 1
- Linden 1
- Long Valley 2
- Lumberton 2
- Lyndhurst 1
- Mahwah 2
- Manalapan 1
- Manalapan Twp 1
- Mansfield 1
- Mantua Twp 1
- Marlton 1
- Matawan 1
- Mays Landing 1
- Metuchen 1
- Middlesex 2
- Middletown 1
- Midland Park 1
- Millville 2
- Mine Hill 2
- Monroe Township 1
- Montclair 1
- Moorestown 2
- Morganville 1
- Morristown 2
- Mountainside 1
- Mount Arlington 1
- Mount Laurel 1
- Mt Holly 1
- Mt Laurel 1
- Neptune 2
- Newark 29
- New Brunswick 5
- Newfield 1
- Newton 3
- North Bergen 4
- North Brunswick 2
- North Brunswick Township 1
- North Haledon 1
- Nutley 1
- Ocean 1
- Ocean Twp 1
- Ocean View 2
- Old Bridge 2
- Old Bridge Twp 1
- Orange 1
- Palmyra 1
- Parlin 1
- Parsippany 1
- Passaic 1
- Paterson 17
- Pennsauken 6
- Pennsauken Township 1
- Perth Amboy 3
- Phillipsburg 1
- Pine Brook 2
- Piscataway 2
- Plainfield 3
- Pleasantville 1
- Rahway 1
- Ramsey 3
- Randolph 1
- Ridgefield 1
- Ridgewood 1
- Riverside 1
- Riverton 1
- Rockaway 3
- Roselle 4
- Saddle Brook 1
- Sayreville 2
- Sea Isle City 1
- Secaucus 2
- Sewell 3
- Sicklerville 1
- Somerset 2
- Somerville 1
- South Amboy 1
- Southampton Twp 3
- South Brunswick Twp 1
- South Hackensack 1
- South Plainfield 3
- South Toms River 1
- Sparta 1
- Springfield 1
- Stillwater Twp 1
- Stone Harbor 1
- Swedesboro 1
- Teaneck 1
- Tenafly 1
- Tinton Falls 5
- Toms River 6
- Totowa 1
- Trenton 7
- Union 3
- Upper Twp 1
- Vineland 4
- Voorhees 1
- Waldwick 1
- Wall Township 1
- Wall Twp 2
- Waretown 1
- Wayne 1
- Westampton Twp 1
- West Berlin 1
- West Deptford 1
- West Milford 2
- West Orange 1
- Westwood 1
- Whippany 1
- Wildwood 1
- Williamstown 1
- Willingboro 1
- Woodcliff Lake 1
- Woodland Park 1
New Jersey recycling questions
How many recycling centers are there in New Jersey?
We list 406 recycling locations across 198 cities in New Jersey, including drop-off centers, scrap yards and specialty recyclers. Newark has the most, with 29.
Does New Jersey pay for cans and bottles?
New Jersey does not have a statewide bottle deposit law, so there is no standard deposit refund. Scrap yards often pay by the pound for loose aluminum cans, and the price changes with the metals market. Call ahead to confirm the current rate.