No single Atlantic County truck collects your trash. Under N.J.S.A. 13:1E-20 the county runs the solid-waste district plan through the ACUA, which collects curbside directly in Egg Harbor Township, Hamilton, Brigantine, Ventnor, and Margate, while Atlantic City runs its own sanitation crews.
Every address in Atlantic County sits inside a municipality — New Jersey has no unincorporated land — so collection is arranged town by town. What sets Atlantic County apart is the Atlantic County Utilities Authority: the ACUA runs curbside collection directly for most municipalities, hauling weekly trash and every-other-week single-stream recycling in Egg Harbor Township, Hamilton, Hammonton, Brigantine, Ventnor, Margate, and Longport. Atlantic City is the exception, running its own Public Works sanitation crews. The county's role under the Solid Waste Management Act is to adopt the district plan routing waste to the ACUA Environmental Park in Egg Harbor Township.
Letting solid waste accumulate instead of arranging approved ACUA or municipal collection violates local health codes and the district plan adopted under N.J.S.A. 13:1E-20, exposing an owner to municipal court fines and abatement.
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