Ocean County Recycling Centers
Ocean County owns and operates two Recycling Centers.
The Northern Recycling Center is located on New Hampshire Avenue (off Route 70) in Lakewood Township.
The Southern Recycling Center is located at 379 Haywood Road near the State Motor Vehicle Inspection Station in Manahawkin, Stafford Township.
The two facilities both have 24-hour Resident Recycling Centers for aluminum and tin cans, glass containers, plastic beverage containers, aerosol cans, newspapers, mixed paper and residential cardboard.
Recycling is also available during regular hours of operation at both Centers for rechargable and button batteries, auto and boat batteries, motor oil, oil filters, antifreeze, tires, empty steel paint cans, boat shrink wrap, phone books, computers, ink cartridges, cell phones, paint, leaves, light brush and Christmas trees.
The hours of operation for the Northern and Southern Centers are 7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday (Saturdays residents only).
Both facilities are closed on County observed holidays but the 24-hour Resident Recycling Centers remain open.
 Links to Northern Recycling Center maps by subject:
 Southern Recycling Center location map (PDF)
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