City Awards Contract for Hazardous Waste
A one-year, $17,000 contract to remove city-generated hazardous waste has been awarded to Consolidated Waste Industries Inc. of Montclair, the lowest bidder, according to a city staff report.
“Another key reason why staff is recommending CWI is that their proposal specified that they would recycle all hazardous wastes generated by the city, thereby avoiding land filling of the wastes,” the staff report said.
Such recycling will help meet state-imposed quotas for solid-waste reduction, the report said. Though the city government creates only a small amount of hazardous waste each year, strict state and federal laws require special handling and disposal of it.
The hazardous materials involved are used oil filters, used automobile coolant and asphalt emulsion, as well as printing solutions from the city print shop and expired drug testing reagents from the Police Department.
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