Morris County Authority

What Morris County Authority does

Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority (MCMUA) is a public government authority established by the Morris County Board of Commissioners, operating as the county's integrated environmental resource organization. It is structured into two core divisions: a Solid Waste Division that manages recycling coordination, garbage disposal, household hazardous waste (HHW), vegetative waste composting, and clean communities anti-litter programs, and a Water Division that supplies wholesale drinking water to municipalities and water companies from aquifer sources. The authority also preserves open space in coordination with Morris County government.

MCMUA serves all 39 Morris County municipalities, along with schools, libraries, businesses, haulers, and residents, through a combination of directly operated infrastructure and inter-local shared services agreements. Core physical assets include two transfer stations (Parsippany-Troy Hills and Mount Olive), a permanent HHW facility co-located at the Mount Olive transfer station, composting facilities, and water supply infrastructure including the Alamatong Wellfield. Distribution occurs via curbside recycling collection, transfer station drop-off, wholesale water pipelines, and digital tools like the Recycle Coach app.

The authority's revenue model is primarily usage-based and fee-driven: tipping fees of $113.00 per ton at transfer stations, wholesale water sales to municipalities, recycling collection fees under shared services agreements, compost and mulch unit sales, and household hazardous waste disposal fees. It is not a privately held or publicly traded company; it is funded through service fees and public mechanisms typical of municipal utilities authorities, with no venture capital or private equity involvement.

Name

Morris County Authority

Legal name

Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority

Website

https://mcmua.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Public government authority providing Morris County, NJ with integrated solid waste management, recycling coordination, household hazardous waste disposal, vegetative waste composting, and wholesale drinking water services to 39 municipalities and county residents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Waste Management and Water Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Waste Collection (56211), Hazardous Waste Collection (562112), Waste Collection (5621)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Water Supply (4941), Hazardous Waste Management (4955)

akta.pro primary industry

Municipal Solid Waste Collection (Residential/Commercial) (IMAIAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Recycling Transfer & Consolidation (Single-Stream, Dual-Stream, Source-Separated) (EUAIABAC), Solid Waste & Recycling Services Administration (BPAIACAH), Commercial & Office Waste Collection (Non-hazardous) (EUAIAGAA)

Keywords

• Solid waste management
• Municipal water supply
• Recycling programs
• Hazardous waste disposal
• Transfer station services

Headquarters

HQ city

Randolph

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Tipping Fees: Fees charged to haulers and residents for disposal of solid waste at transfer stations. The current tip fee is $113.00 per ton.
2. Water Sales: Wholesale drinking water sold to municipalities and water companies, sourced from aquifers.
3. Recycling Services: Single-stream recycling collection and processing services provided to municipalities through shared services agreements.
4. Compost and Mulch Sales: Sale of compost and mulch made from Morris County's vegetative waste.
5. Hazardous Waste Disposal Fees: Fees for institutional hazardous waste disposal at permanent HHW facility.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

MCMUA provides integrated environmental services to Morris County, NJ through two divisions. The Solid Waste Division operates two transfer stations (Parsippany and Mount Olive), single-stream and dual-stream recycling collection, a permanent Household Hazardous Waste facility, vegetative waste composting, and Clean Communities anti-litter programs. The Water Division sells wholesale drinking water sourced from aquifers to municipalities and water companies, manages water quality monitoring and conservation programs.

Product overview

Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority (MCMUA) operates as a unified environmental services organization providing both solid waste and water management. The organization is structured into two main divisions: the Solid Waste Division handles recycling programs, garbage disposal through transfer stations, household hazardous waste management, vegetative waste composting, and clean communities initiatives; the Water Division provides wholesale drinking water to municipalities and manages water quality and conservation programs. Key services include transfer stations in Parsippany and Mount Olive, a permanent household hazardous waste facility, recycling collection services (single-stream and dual-stream), and educational resources like Recycle Coach. The authority also coordinates food donation programs and provides Clear Stream recycling containers for public events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Solid Waste Division

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NJ Clean Communities CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1986MCMUA coordinates with the NJ Clean Communities Council to implement county-wide litter abatement, education, and enforcement programs. Each municipality must have a Clean Communities Coordinator as main point of contact.
• Call2RecyclecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCall2Recycle provides free battery recycling drop-off boxes for public entities. MCMUA promotes this program for rechargeable battery collection, with free drop-off locations listed on the Call2Recycle website. Public entities can sign up online to receive collection boxes at no cost.
• Great Swamp Watershed Association (GSWA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGSWA and The Nature Conservancy jointly launched the 'Adopt a Catch Basin' program to combat clogged storm drain systems. MCMUA participates in stormwater management efforts.
• NJ Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNJDEP oversees the 'Don't Waste our Open Space' campaign to stop illegal dumping on public lands. MCMUA participates in statewide environmental protection efforts.
• Adopt-A-Highway ProgramminorOthersMorris County partners with Adopt-A-Highway to organize county road cleanups. MCMUA participates in coordinating community litter cleanup volunteer events.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Waste Management, Inc. Largest US solid waste and environmental services company operating landfills, transfer stations, and recycling facilities nationwide; competes with MCMUA for commercial hauling and recycling volumes in Morris County and represents the dominant private-sector benchmark for tipping fee economics.
• Republic Services, Inc. Major US solid waste, recycling, and environmental services provider with significant New Jersey operations; competes with MCMUA for commercial accounts and influences local tipping fee benchmarks and recycling commodity pricing.
• Casella Waste Systems, Inc. Regional solid waste, recycling, and resource management operator with Northeastern US footprint; competes for commercial and institutional accounts in counties adjacent to or overlapping with MCMUA's service territory.

Direct peers

• Bergen County Utilities Authority: New Jersey county-level utilities authority providing wastewater treatment and solid waste services to Bergen County municipalities; structurally similar to MCMUA as a public-sector environmental services authority operating across a single county.
• Somerset County Utilities Authority: New Jersey county utilities authority serving Somerset County with solid waste and wastewater functions; comparable mandate and fee-based revenue structure to MCMUA and another candidate regional consolidator or shared services partner.
• Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority: County-level New Jersey MUA delivering solid waste and wastewater services to Camden County municipalities; same operating model (government authority, county-wide service mandate, regulated fees) as Morris County MCMUA.
• Union County Utilities Authority: New Jersey county-level utilities authority providing solid waste management and environmental services to Union County municipalities; comparable as a state-mandated public environmental services authority serving a single county footprint.
• Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission: Large regional New Jersey utilities authority operating wastewater treatment and related environmental services for multiple municipalities; comparable as a county/regional-scale public utility entity delivering environmental infrastructure under state authority.
• Hunterdon County Utilities Authority: County utilities authority in New Jersey delivering solid waste disposal, recycling, and related environmental services to Hunterdon County municipalities; same county-level mandate and regulated tipping fee model as MCMUA.

Regional players

• Southeast Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority: Neighboring county-level MUA in New Jersey that provides water and wastewater services within its own service area; directly referenced on MCMUA's own website as a peer link, making it a near-perfect structural comparable even though its geographic territory does not overlap with MCMUA's.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mcmua
• YouTubeyoutube.com/MorrisCountyMUA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/morris-county-municipal-utilities-authority

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