Vineland, NJ Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Eligible for pickup
- Residential, 10 or fewer units
- Excluded
- Business, industrial, vacant lots
- Totes issued
- 2 max per type per unit
- Billing
- Monthly, like other utilities
- Schedule set by
- City Council resolution
Summary
The City of Vineland collects solid waste and recyclables only from residential properties of 10 or fewer dwelling units under City Code § 620-3, while businesses, larger multifamily buildings and vacant lots must arrange private collection. The City sets the pickup schedule and method under § 620-7.
§ 620-3. Properties subject to municipal collection. A. The cost of collection and disposal of eligible solid waste, including designated recyclable materials, and related support services shall be raised, as herein provided, by billing only residential properties of 10 or fewer dwelling units. To further explain, all property within the City shall be subject to municipal collection, with the exception of the following: (1) Business properties. ... (4) Residential properties of more than 10 dwelling units. ... ... § 620-7. Responsibility for solid waste and recyclable collection, removal and disposal. ... A. Manner of collection, removal and disposal. (1) Only those properties listed in § 620-3 are subject to municipal collection. The City shall provide 96- or 64-gallon totes for the collection of curbside designated solid waste and curbside designated recyclable materials, which shall be assigned to each residential unit entitled to municipal collection. ... (a) Regularly scheduled curbside collection. (b) Intermittently scheduled curbside collection. (c) Permanently established drop-off locations. (d) Intermittently scheduled drop-off locations.
Full Breakdown
City Code § 620-3.A limits municipal collection to residential properties of 10 or fewer dwelling units, funded by a monthly service charge, and excludes business, commercial, industrial and larger residential or mixed-use properties, mobile home parks, and vacant lots, which get no City collection and no billing for it. For eligible residences, § 620-7.A assigns each unit one 96- or 64-gallon City-owned tote for solid waste and one for recyclables, with a second tote available on request from the Director of Solid Waste and Recycling but a two-tote maximum per type.
The City, working with the Cumberland County Improvement Authority, delivers service through regularly scheduled curbside collection, intermittently scheduled curbside collection, and permanent or intermittent drop-off locations, with City Council setting collection districts and specific schedules by resolution under § 620-7.B. Properties outside municipal collection must make their own private arrangements under § 620-7.C. The Solid Waste and Recycling Utility, a division of the Department of Business Administration created under § 620-2, bills eligible properties monthly like other municipal utilities under § 620-6, and delinquent charges become a lien on the property enforced the same way as unpaid property taxes.
Violations & Fines
A property owner who fails to pay the monthly solid waste service charge under § 620-6 faces a lien on the property enforced in the same manner and timeframe as delinquent taxes under Title 54, and any person violating Chapter 620's collection provisions is subject to the general penalty of $100 to $2,000 or up to 90 days in the Cumberland County Jail under § 620-34 and § 1-15, with each day of violation a separate offense.
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