11 N.J. towns ditch private haulers to share trash collection

Eleven municipalities in Gloucester and Salem counties are cutting costs by sharing waste and recycling collection services, saving taxpayers nearly $1 million per year, officials said.

Faced with economic pressures and rising property taxes, Logan Township in Gloucester County stopped using a private waste hauler to collect residents’ trash and established its own waste collection service in 2009.

Since then, many of Logan’s neighboring municipalities have signed on to share the service. Earlier this month, the eleventh town — Quinton in Salem County — joined the initiative.

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