I would like to see the recycling center open longer for leaf and grass drop off. It closes way too early for those of use who bring their grass clippings and leaves. I am still cutting my lawn into November and have no place to put the clippings because you can't bring anything to recycling after the 2nd week in September. Ridiculous.

Why do we need trash pickup more than once a week? That only encourages people to produce more trash. I feel everyone should do their part to reduce the quantity of trash we add to the environment. Call mea tree hugger, but we may eventually run out of places to dump all the garbage- now we ship it to Ohio- how crazy is that?
As far as weekly recycling- what is the need for that? From my observation it seems a small percentage of residents actively recycle with present 2 week pickup cycle. What is needed is more strict enforcement of current recycling rules. The garbage pickup sees you throwing all your recyclables in the trash- they don't take your trash. Repeated violations should result in a fine.Sound like big brother?
To ignore the need for recycling is a crime against the environment and should be treated as such! Just my opinion.

Just put the bags on the street, in only a few months they will be taken away.

I could do once-a-week trash year long. But would like weekly recycling.

Would like to see more items recycled and picked up at curb (every 2 weeks is fine) Recently moved to Mahwah from another town and I'm appalled at all of the items I have to throw into the trash instead of having it picked up for recycling. Tying up the papers into bundles is very time consuming and an old fashioned way to have them collected. Many towns allow them to just be put into milk crates, paper bags, etc. along with junk mail.

If recycling goes to once a week, you should not have to "tie" your cardboard and newspapers. You use to be able to put newspapers in brown bags to be picked up in West Milford, making the job alot simpler, and that was 22 years ago! Cardboard boxes in Mahwah have to be cut and tied, making the process too much, therefore they are thrown away with the regular trash pick up! There are other towns and states that co-mingle everything, including the paper. If we are looking at opening this whole can of worms, of changing to private recycling, weekly pick ups, township employees losing their jobs...poerhaps take a look at the ENTIRE process.

Once a week recycling is the way to go at least in the summer. Thats when the beer cans start really piling up!

For me, the present system once a week trash pickup in the cold weather months is enough. Recycle pickup every other week is enough, but make it more convenient, and pick up more items! I take paper and cardboard to the recycling center rather than have the nuisance of bundling and tieing. Paper other than newspaper and magazines is not picked up at all. How about plastic # 3,4,5,6, etc? Also aluminum - pie tins, etc. I have to take these to my brother's house in another town rather than throw them in the garbage.
In my daughter's town, all recyclables can be mingled in one large container and they take EVERYTHING. The truck picks up the container and weighs it - the resident gets "points" based on the weight of the recycled items. "Points" can be exchanged for merchandise - like "green stamps" in the old days. Recycling in her town increased exponentially when this program was instituted. A program like this could greatly reduce the volume of trash, resulting in substantial savings while helping the environment.

We live in a townhouse and we must keep our garbage in the garage until pick-up. It is not the amount of trash we accumulate. It is having smelly garbage in our garages for a week. We would love to have twice a week pick-up all year around. Recycling is fine every other week.

I take my recycling items to the center but the hours could be more convenient. They close a little bit too early. In the warmer weather trash should be picked up twice a week..the smells & "critters" can be overpowering.