DIRECTIONS TO TRANSFER STATION
(North)
MANAGING
LEFTOVER PAINT:
(Rte. 620)
Shunpike
1. Buy only what you need & try to
use it all!
Road
Oyster
Rte. 9
2. Store leftover paint properly for
touch-up and future projects. Tap lid
down to secure tight seal. Turn can
upside down for storage.
Parkway
Burleigh
Mini-storage
CMCMUA
Transfer Station
Indian Trail
Road
3. Donate leftover paint.
Garden State
Shunpike
(Rte 620)
Restaurant
Indian Trail
GSP S.
Exit 6,
Road
4. Dry leftover latex paint & discard it
in the regular trash. Make sure
there is no free flowing liquid.
OR
5. Take the leftover paint, oil based
and latex, to the CMCMUA
Transfer Station. See inside
panel for details and fees.
6. Paints are NOT accepted at
CMCMUA Household Hazardous
Waste Collection Days.
Traffic
Signal
N.W.W.
Blvd.
CMCMUA Transfer Station
650 Shunpike Road, Route 620
Burleigh, Middle Township, NJ
Home Depot
Operating Hours
Winter:
(1/1/2015 thru 5/ 22/2015)
Mon. – Fri. 7:30 am to 2:30 pm
Saturday 8:00 am to 11:30
Sunday Closed
Guide to
Recycling and
Disposal of
Leftover Paint
Summer:
(5/ 23/2015 until 9/13/2015)
Cape May County
Municipal Utilities Authority
P.O. Box 610
Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
(609) 465-9026
www.cmcmua.com
Mon. – Fri. 7:00 am to 3:30 pm
Saturday 7:30 am to 11:30 (Operating
hours until noon during July & August and May
25th and Sept 7, 2015
Closed Sunday
Visit www.cmcmua.com for holiday schedule
2015
Printed on recycled paper
Guidelines for Environmentally
Friendly Disposal and Recycling of
Leftover Paint
CMCMUA PAINT
Disposal & Recycling Program
WHO:
The Cape May County Municipal Utilities
Authority’s (CMCMUA) Paint Program was
developed to make it easy and convenient for
you to dispose of leftover paint.
You may bring your leftover paint to the
CMCMUA Paint Disposal & Recycling
Program. See details in this brochure.
Other options are listed below:
For disposal purposes, paint is divided into
two categories: (1) Latex paints and water
based finishes and (2) Oil based paints
and finishes. Check the label on the can to
find out what type of paint you have and the
recommended disposal options.
Latex paints and other water based
finishes:
• Can be recycled/disposed through this
program; or
WHERE: The paint drop-off building is
located at the CMCMUA’s
Transfer Station, Shunpike Road,
Burleigh, in Middle Township.
Note: The Paint Program operates
only at the Transfer Station,
not at the Landfill.
WHEN:
HOW:
• May be placed in the regular trash;
however, you must eliminate any free
flowing liquid. Air dry paint or add
absorbent. Use kitty litter, old rags or
purchase "paint dry" available at retail
stores.
Empty paint cans and paint cans that have
a thin skin of dried paint (of any type) should
be placed in the regular trash.
Bring paint to the Transfer
Station and stop at the
weighmaster window.
•
•
•
• Should be recycled through this program.
Paints, both oil and water based, are
not accepted at CMCMUA Household
Hazardous Waste Collection Days.
Paint is accepted during normal
operating hours (see back panel
for details).
Deliveries must meet the
following conditions:
Oil base paints and finishes:
• Should not be placed in the regular trash.
Paint is accepted from Cape
May County residents,
businesses, institutions,
municipalities and
non-profit agencies.
FEE:
Paint must be in its original
container.
Containers must be closed.
Customers must know how
many cans they are delivering.
$1.25 / gallon can
$6.25 / 5 gallon bucket.
Smaller cans and aerosol cans are free.
Customers with more than 30 containers
of any size must call the CMCMUA at
(609) 465-9026 or e mail Lyn Crumbock at
[email protected] for an
appointment.
WHAT:
Acceptable
Latex Paint
Oil Based Paint
Stains
Varnishes
Enamels
Shellacs
Lacquers
Non-Acceptable*
Turpentine
Benzene
Paint Thinners
Paint Cleaners
Solvents
Gasoline
Pesticides
Herbicides
Pool Chemicals
Other Household
Hazardous Waste
∗ Items not accepted at the Paint
Program should be stored in a
cool dry area in their original
containers and brought to the
next spring or fall CMCMUA
Household Hazardous Waste
Collection Day.
∗ Paint retailers and contractors that
have unopened mistints can
contact the National Council on
Paint Disposition NCPD for
information on donations at
http://www.netpaint.org/.