Monroe Township (Middlesex County), NJ Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

Chapter 52 does not print a weekday schedule. Instead, § 52-1.3 hands the schedule to the Director of Recycling, who is authorized to establish and promulgate regulations as to the manner, days and time of collections and the bundling, handling, location and time of placement of all materials for collection by the Township or any of its agents, servants, employees, or duly authorized recycling contractors. Those regulations are subject to the advice and consent of the Mayor and Township Council and to the approval of the Township's recycling contractor, if applicable.

The public notice rule is specific: the times, dates and manner of collection of recyclables are published periodically in a newspaper circulated in the Township or posted as notices in public places in the Township. Section 52-1.6 repeats the delegation for placement, directing the Director of Recycling or the Recycling Coordinator to issue regulations specifying the time, location and procedure for disposal of recyclable items. Once the regulations are accepted, the Recycling Coordinator must notify the residents, businesses, associations and organizations of the Township as part of the public education and public awareness program.

Section 52-1.4 places the Recycling Coordinator under the direct supervision of the Director of Recycling and makes the Coordinator primarily responsible for enforcement and for promoting the Township's recycling laws, consistent with state mandated recycling laws and with the laws and regulations of the County of Middlesex. Section 52-1.5 extends the separation duty to every owner, tenant, occupant and user of property, so the published schedule governs residences and businesses alike.

Bulky waste runs on its own calendar under § 52-3.2. The Department of Public Works offers curbside pickup between April and October, once per calendar year for each residential dwelling, by appointment. Section 52-4 names the Recycling Coordinator as Enforcement Officer.