By MARK ROSMAN
Staff Writer
MARLBORO – A recycling facility in Marlboro will be able to accept additional materials on a daily and weekly basis following an approval by the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders.
During a recent meeting, the freeholders passed a resolution adopting an amendment to the Monmouth County Solid Waste Management Plan.
The amendment allows the existing recycling center known as Gold Star Recycling, 133 Amboy Road, to increase the maximum daily tonnage accepted from 300 tons per day to 800 tons per day of masonry, asphalt and aggregate materials.
The amendment allows the recycling center to increase the weekly maximum of tonnage accepted from 1,500 tons to 3,000 tons of masonry, asphalt and aggregate materials.
Gold Star Recycling operates under an approval that was initially granted in February of 2004 and renewed in January of 2014. The company crushes, screens and separates materials it receives in order “to produce construction aggregate materials in a variety of gradations,” according to the resolution.
Representatives of Gold Star Recycling applied for the amendment to the Solid Waste Management Plan. The change in the plan will allow the company “to receive recyclable material from demolition projects that generate recyclable material in larger batches,” according to the resolution.
The freeholders held a public hearing on the company’s request on March 9 in Freehold Borough, and after considering the matter, determined that “the … amendments will result in more effective operations at Gold Star Recycling and … will be consistent with the goals and objectives of the Solid Waste Management Plan.”
Laura Neumann of the Marlboro Engineering Office commented on the freeholders’ action, saying, “Marlboro acknowledges the application of Gold Star Recycling to the Monmouth County Solid Waste Advisory Council (SWAC) which sought approval to increase the daily and weekly tonnage processed at the existing Gold Star Recycling site.
“The site is located along Amboy Road within an Industrial Office Research zoning district. Because this section of Amboy Road contains some non-industrial properties, we raised concerns with SWAC regarding traffic and the desire to limit the impact of additional truck traffic on residential areas.
“As a result of our comments, it was agreed that left turning movements onto Amboy Road would be prohibited. This will convey truck traffic toward major arterial roads including Tennent Road (Monmouth County Route 3), state highways Route 18, Route 9 and Route 79, and away from local roads such as Texas Road and Spring Valley Road,” Neumann said.
