5 rules for unincorporated Burlington County, New Jersey.
Verified from official government sources
Burlington County does not collect residential trash. The county states plainly it "does not provide trash collection services." Curbside pickup is arranged by your municipality or private hauler; the county operates only the Resource Recovery Complex where waste is disposed.
Burlington County Dept. of Solid Waste
The County does not provide trash collection services.
Burlington County does not set curbside bin-placement rules; it runs no residential collection. Where and when to place trash and recycling containers at the curb is governed by your municipality. The county's recycling notices simply say to have containers curbside by 6 a.m. on your collection day.
Burlington County accepts bulky waste at its Resource Recovery Complex in Florence. The Complex includes a Class B recycling facility for bulky materials plus a bulky-materials center that handles tires, wood waste, construction debris, and white goods such as refrigerators and washers.
Burlington County Resource Recovery Complex
The Complex includes: a state-of-the-art landfill, on-site transfer station, convenience center... Class B recycling facility for bulky waste materials.
Recycling is legally required. New Jersey's Statewide Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act (N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.11 et seq.) makes recycling mandatory for all residents, businesses, and institutions. Each Burlington County municipality adopts an ordinance requiring residents to source-separate designated recyclables.
Dumping trash, tires, appliances, or debris on public land is illegal in Burlington County. The county's Illegal Dumping program warns that public lands "are being used as dumping grounds" and directs residents to report sites through the NJDEP stopdumping.nj.gov app. State littering law imposes fines starting at $100.
Burlington County Illegal Dumping program
Public lands all over New Jersey are being used as dumping grounds... it decreases property value, and costs the citizens of New Jersey tax dollars to cleanup.
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