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North Bergen ranked #2 in Hudson County for recycling

A town’s recycling rate is measured by comparing the amount of recycled materials to the total quantity of waste materials collected —…

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A town’s recycling rate is measured by comparing the amount of recycled materials to the total quantity of waste materials collected — which includes both garbage and recyclables.

Secaucus leads the pack by a wide margin in Hudson County. The municipality with the next best recycling rate is North Bergen (50 percent), and even that is high compared to surrounding towns and cities: Bayonne (26 percent), Jersey City (11 percent), Hoboken (22 percent), and Union City (5 percent).

Read more at NJ.com