'Irate' Recycler Hurls Styrofoam At Bergen Drop-Off Site Workers: Cops

GLEN ROCK, NJ — A recycler who was told by workers at his local drop-off facility that they don't accept Styrofoam hurled the plastic foam and left in a huff.

A 69-year-old man, authorities said, sought to drop off the foam Friday afternoon at the Glen Rock Recycling Center and became "irate" when he was told the site didn't recycle foam, borough police Chief Dean Ackermann said.

The borough man began to cause a disturbance, was abusive toward employees, and then threw his Styrofoam and walked out — a set of events that was captured on surveillance video, Ackermann said.

Police found the man several hours later driving on Pinelynn Road and issued him a summons for illegal dumping and an unrelated summons for a failure to keep right violation. He awaits an appearance in Glen Rock Municipal Court, police said.