County Considering Vegetative Waste Transfer Center in Riverdale

A regional supplier of mulch and topsoil is in line to operate the Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority’s third vegetative waste transfer center, bringing to the county's northeast corner expanded services that exist in the central and western regions. Once approved, the center would be in Riverdale after an existing facility is expanded.

RER Supply, known for its 1-800-Topsoil slogan, supplies its products to homeowners and landscaping contractors in Morris, Bergen and Passaic counties, including to the boroughs of Butler and Kinnelon.

RER manager Vitale Collesano said the new facility would be “an expansion of service.” There is no official opening date yet.

Presently, the company operates a composting facility under the name Riverdale Environmental Recycling, collecting yard waste such as leaves and brush. The transfer facility, which still needs approval from the Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders, would handle yard waste and an expanded list of vegetative waste, including leaves, grass, small brush, wood chips and logs, and would be approved for small brush grinding suitable for composting.

Deliveries to the site would be made by regional contractors with MUA contracts operating in the company’s area of service and municipalities.

Morris County currently operates two such transfer stations in Parsippany and Mount Olive and sells the compost produced at those sites to homeowners and contractors.

Under New Jersey law, vegetative waste is a recyclable material, said Glenn Schweizer, executive director of the MUA.

The county’s Solid Waste Advisory Committee approved the plans and the facility was added to county’s solid waste management plan, he said. The county Freeholders should have a resolution for approval of the facility on their Aug. 10 meeting agenda, Schweizer said.

Currently, material is collected and sent to other facilities, he said.

For more information on the county's composting program, click here.