{"id":1844,"date":"2024-08-13T11:25:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T15:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dep.nj.gov\/dshw\/?page_id=1844"},"modified":"2025-10-10T15:23:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T19:23:15","slug":"contact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/contact\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Waste &#8211; Contact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][breadcrumb-shortcode][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">Contact Food Waste<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-max_mega_menu_2\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-0' id='mega-toggle-block-0'><button aria-controls=\"mega-menu-max_mega_menu_2\" 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Planning and Licensing<br \/>\nMail Code 401-02C<br \/>\nP.O. Box 420<br \/>\nTrenton, NJ 08625-0420<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][breadcrumb-shortcode][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Contact Food Waste [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;35&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] The Law &amp; Its Implementation Bureau of Planning and Licensing 609-984-4250 foodwasterecycling@dep.nj.gov \u00a0[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Food Waste in K-12 &amp; Higher Education Bureau of Sustainability 609-984-4250 [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Recycling Facility Permitting Bureau of Recycling and Hazardous Waste Management 609-984-3438 [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1748872797475{border-radius: 3px [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":0,"parent":1667,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1844","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NJDEP| Division of Sustainable Waste Management | Food Waste - Contact<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"NJDEP| Division of Sustainable Waste Management | Food Waste - Contact | Page Description\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/contact\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NJDEP| Division of Sustainable Waste Management | Food Waste - Contact\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NJDEP| Division of Sustainable Waste Management | Food Waste - Contact | Page Description\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/contact\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Division of Sustainable Waste Management\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-10T19:23:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/deptest.nj.gov\\\/dshw\\\/swpl\\\/fw\\\/contact\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/deptest.nj.gov\\\/dshw\\\/swpl\\\/fw\\\/contact\\\/\",\"name\":\"NJDEP| Division of Sustainable Waste Management | Food Waste - Contact\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/deptest.nj.gov\\\/dshw\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-13T15:25:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-10T19:23:15+00:00\",\"description\":\"NJDEP| Division of Sustainable Waste Management | Food Waste - Contact | Page Description\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/deptest.nj.gov\\\/dshw\\\/swpl\\\/fw\\\/contact\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/deptest.nj.gov\\\/dshw\\\/swpl\\\/fw\\\/contact\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/deptest.nj.gov\\\/dshw\\\/swpl\\\/fw\\\/contact\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Solid Waste Planning and Licensing\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/deptest.nj.gov\\\/dshw\\\/swpl\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Food Waste\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/deptest.nj.gov\\\/dshw\\\/swpl\\\/fw\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Food Waste &#8211; 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