Recycling revenue sharing is back with a bang. This year marks the return of the program after a forced hiatus beginning in 2018, when the market for recyclables effectively collapsed after China reduced its purchasing of materials from U.S. suppliers, rendering the program unprofitable. Last week, the Ocean County Board of Commissioners announced the largest revenue-sharing grants since the system was established in 1995.

“We are very pleased to announce that for the first half of 2022 we are returning more than $966,832 to municipalities…