SCOTCH PLAINS -- Effective immediately, recycling will no longer be picked up if it is bagged as the guidelines for recycling processing have recently been updated. This includes clear plastic bags. Specific protocols on recycling contamination have been revised this year with significant changes affecting the industry worldwide.      

When non-recyclable items (contamination) ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Union County is offering a free electronics recycling event on Saturday, June 30 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Union County Vocational-Technical Schools campus, 1776 Raritan Road in Scotch Plains.

Any Union County resident may bring unwanted televisions, computers, printers, and other electronic equipment to this e-cycling site. There is a limit of six items per ...

NEW JERSEY -- Recycling contamination happens when items that don’t belong in your home’s recycling bin are placed there. Unfortunately, putting recyclable items in plastic bags is harmful.

Plastic shopping bags are recyclable, but NOT in your curbside recycling bin. When they get into the recycling system, the bags can clog up or damage recycling center processing ...

MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ -- The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders invites residents and visitors of all ages to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of National Trails Day at the Watchung Reservation on Saturday, June 2, with a volunteer trail restoration project in the morning followed by an afternoon of special programs and activities.

The trail restoration project will take place rain or shine ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- A line of heavy thunderstorms roared through the area on Tuesday evening, and South Plainfield resident captured a funnel cloud twisting down west and north of Spring Lake Park.

The photo captures the funnel cloud which can be seen on the left-hand side of the photo.

The photo captures a school bus driving by, and the South Plainfield Volunteer Fire ...

FANWOOD, NEW JERSEY -- Fanwood has been awarded two grants for the Borough’s Environmental Commission that will aid in the ongoing restoration of the Fanwood Nature Center, which was damaged in the recent winter storms. T

he grants include a Sustainable Jersey grant, funded by The Nature Conservancy and a New Jersey American Water grant. Both will help finance the ...

ROSELLE, NJ - The Community Garden at the Frazee House in Scotch Plains will receive a grant of $500 plus materials as part of the 2018 "Plant a Seed" grants initiative. The County has awarded 27 garden projects within nine municipalities through the "Union County Means Green" Community Garden Grants program.

“The goal of Union County Means Green is to enable ...