By DPW’s Mordy Holder. It’s that time of year… Pesach Cleaning! With a week to Pesach, I’m sure some residents are feeling the pressure.
But don’t worry, the Lakewood Township Public Works has taken steps to ensure the all will go safely, smoothly, and efficiently, so that you can go into Pesach calm and relaxed… or so we hope. In addition to the drop off sites, the resident drop off has extended the hours from 7am until 11pm.
On April 17th the drop off sites will be open. The hours of operation are from Wednesday 12pm to Friday 12pm. These locations will be open for 48 hours straight. There will be Eight (8) drop off sites for the Pesach pick up this year. The locations will be:
1- The Lakewood Resident drop off at 1 America Ave.
2 – 9th & Clifton.
3 – 9th & Forest Ave.
4 – Brook Road Park.
5 – Sunset Road Park.
6 – West Gate on Hillside Blvd.
7 – Patrick Park. Located at 1000 Vine St (Baseball field parking lot)
8 – D’Zio Park. Parking lot on Locust Street
Here is a list of what you can bring to the resident drop off sites:
Household garbage and recycling. Wood (up to a certain amount within reason) couches, chairs, sofas, doors, tables, all household furniture All household electronics and E-Waste and batteries. All metal, refrigerators, grills, and other household appliances.
Prohibited items that the Resident drop off and the satellite sites cannot accept are: tires with the rim on, paint, household chemicals, commercial construction and/or demolition material, large amounts of wood, cabinets, drywall, sheetrock, plaster, concrete, and hazardous material. Please do not put bulk trash out unless you have a scheduled appointment. All materials brought to and/or picked up by Lakewood Township Public Works can be denied at the discretion of its management.
A final announcement: Contrary to popular belief, your garbage cans do not belong to you. They belong to the DPW. We are doing all we can to ensure that the garbage is picked up Erev Pesach, but if your garbage cans are full, just bring your cans to one of the drop off sites. If you can’t, please set your cans at the curb, as if it were your pick up day and forget about them. It’s not your problem anymore; it’s ours. I’ve discussed this with several rabbonim and you can call your own rav as well. You don’t own the cans, and you don’t own anything that is inside of them.
My Rov told me the same: The bins, and what is in them, are not my belongings as long as the bin is placed past the curb so there is no question of kinyan chotzer – it (the chametz) being my responsibility because it is on my property. Because it is past the curb, in a Township bin,the chametz becomes automatically hefker.
Lakewood Ihr Hatorah!! Only in Lakewood does the Township consult with Rabbonim and Issue psakim on hilchos Pesach! Gevaldig!
Today, the Rav (a different one) stated that Township bins need NOT be placed past the curb.
So we’re can we drop of paints / chemicals ?
Mordy Holder is the man!!!
Puts the community 1st!
Thank you!!!
You can drop off paint at the Ocean County recycling place on New Hampshire/Oberlin -enter from the NH side- it’s the building after the the cardboard drop-off site.