Woodbridge, NJ Public Health Rules: Syringe Disposal (2026)

4, defines HAZARDOUS MATERIALS as materials requiring special handling because of their inherent toxicity, breakage, consumption or illegal use, and it names discarded syringes specifically alongside paints, chemicals, hydrocarbons and their derivatives, refuse pharmaceuticals, radioactive materials, cathode ray tubes and fluorescent bulbs. The definition also notes the Mayor can expand this list by Executive Order, so the hazardous category is not frozen to the items named in the code. 1(d)) all carry an identical command that hazardous materials 'shall not be placed out for municipal collection' and must instead be taken to the hazardous materials disposal facilities the Township designates.

5 places the compliance burden on the generator, not the Township's collection crews: it is 'the responsibility of the generator of hazardous materials to ensure they are not put into the municipal collection system,' meaning a resident who bags a syringe with household garbage rather than routing it to a designated hazardous-waste facility is the one out of compliance. 1(g): garbage containing discarded apparatus, medication or wrappings used in treating patients must be disposed of in a manner approved by the Department of Health under Executive Order of the Mayor, rather than through ordinary municipal collection.