Woodbridge, NJ Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

The dumping ban sits inside Chapter 27, the Township's Solid Waste Code, and covers the full range of materials the chapter defines: garbage, refuse and rubbish as well as oils, chemicals and other noisome, unsightly or odoriferous substances. The prohibition reaches public streets, highways, public places, gutters, alleys, sidewalks and sidewalk areas, and it extends to private property as well, so dumping on a neighbor's yard or an empty lot is covered the same as dumping in the road. 3 because it 'includes a specific penalty provision' of its own rather than the standard Chapter 1, § 1-5 municipal penalty that governs every other Chapter 27 violation.

That specific penalty is a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $2,500 upon conviction. 3 imposes a second, distinct financial consequence: the person convicted must bear the cost of removal and proper disposal of whatever oils, chemicals, garbage, refuse or rubbish was cast, thrown, discharged, dumped or stored in violation of the section. That cleanup-cost provision lets the Township recover its abatement expenses directly from the violator rather than absorbing them, on top of the court-imposed fine. 3 sits within.